SQUIER CONTEMPORARY ACTIVE STRATOCASTER HH

Back in the ‘80s, Fender offered a really fun guitar line called the Contemporary Stratocaster, produced in Japan and offering humbuckers and locking tremolos. They were crazy amounts of fun (although some of the bridges offered were better than others), and they helped to keep Fender relevant in a changing market where everyone wanted ‘Superstrats’ with names like Ibanez, Jackson and Kramer on the headstock.

Now, the Contemporary name is back on a range of high-quality Squier Stratocasters and Telecasters, most of which retail at $899 and feature fixed (in the case of the