[HN Gopher] The Stratocaster Turns 70
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       The Stratocaster Turns 70
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-07-15 20:02 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | tzs wrote:
       | ...and ever since generations of electric guitarists have been
       | confused over tremolo and vibrato, because Leo Fender mixed them
       | up.
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       | One the the Stratocaster's major innovations was a bridge system
       | that allowed for large string bends without messing up
       | intonation. For unknown reasons he called this a tremolo system,
       | even though the effect produced using it is vibrato (varying
       | pitch) rather than tremolo (varying volume).
       | 
       | He did a similar thing with the Fender Vibrolux amp. That had a
       | tremolo effect built in, but Fender marketed as vibrato.
        
       | josefritzishere wrote:
       | I dig this, but If you had asked me what the greatest electric
       | guitar design was I would have actualy answered Telecaster.
        
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