AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTER
May 01, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS MICHAEL WATTS
One of the many highlights of 2019’s NAMM show was the launch of the American Acoustasonic Telecaster, a modernist design that proved a hit thanks to its combination of striking looks and performance geared towards the needs of the Instagram generation. Just as it did in the 1950s, following that oh-so-modern Telecaster is an even sleeker sibling.
Just like the Telecaster version, the American Acoustasonic Stratocaster has a hollow mahogany body routed from two centre-joined sections that act as a frame – including the round-edged forearm chamfer and belly-cut – into which a transverse-braced Sitka spruce top is set, with the finish and purfling printed rather than sprayed onto
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