Detail 01
HSS pickup layout
A humbucker sits at the bridge, with single-coils in the middle and neck positions.
Product detailSKU #1500000458558
SquierClassic Vibe '70s Stratocaster HSS Electric Guitar - Mocha
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Finished in Mocha, the Classic Vibe '70s Stratocaster HT HSS combines a poplar Stratocaster body with a maple neck and Indian laurel fingerboard. Its HSS electronics place a Fender-designed alnico humbucker at the bridge alongside alnico single-coils in the middle and neck, with five-way switching for changing pickup combinations. The fixed, string-through-body hardtail bridge uses six individual bent steel saddles for intonation. Large-headstock '70s styling, a tinted gloss neck finish and nickel hardware frame a guitar designed for practice, studio sessions and stage use.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Studio sessions needing access to bridge-humbucker and neck or middle single-coil pickup voices.
- Stage playing where a fixed hardtail bridge and five-way pickup switching suit the set.
- Practice sessions focused on bends across a 25.5-inch scale with narrow-tall frets.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players seeking an expressive vibrato bridge; this Stratocaster has a fixed hardtail bridge.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Control layout
Tone 1 is assigned to neck and middle pickups; Tone 2 is assigned to the bridge pickup.
Detail 03
String-through-body hardtail bridge
The fixed bridge uses six individual bent steel saddles for intonation adjustment.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01Confirm that a fixed hardtail bridge, rather than a tremolo bridge, suits your setup.
- 02Confirm the right-handed orientation.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01What is the HSS configuration?
It uses a Fender-designed alnico humbucker at the bridge and Fender-designed alnico single-coils in the middle and neck positions.
02How many switching positions are available?
The guitar uses a 5-position blade switch.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
1 detailsPickups & controls
- Pickup Configuration
- HSS
6 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Number of strings
- 6
- Number of frets
- 21
- Number of Frets
- 21
- Number of Strings
- 6
- Scale Length
- 25.5"
11 detailsBody & build
- Color
- Olympic White, Mocha
- Body Material
- Poplar
- Neck finish
- Tinted gloss urethane
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Body wood
- Poplar
- Neck wood
- Maple
- Fingerboard wood
- Indian laurel
- Hardware finish
- Nickel
- Nut material
- Bone
- Body Shape
- Stratocaster
- Body finish
- Gloss polyurethane
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 25.5"
- Nut width
- 1.65"
17 detailsOther
- Pickup configuration
- HSS
- Truss rod
- Head adjust
- Tier
- new
- Control knobs
- Aged white
- Controls
- Master volume, tone 1 (neck/middle pickups), tone 2 (bridge pickup)
- Body style
- Stratocaster
- Neck
- Fender-designed alnico single-coil
- Category Source
- detail
- Color
- Olympic White, Mocha
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Vintage-style
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Middle
- Fender-designed alnico single-coil
- Switching
- 5-position blade
- Source Id
- site51500000458558
- Prop65
- WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- Bridge
- Fender-designed alnico humbucker
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