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70 Years Young…

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Hello readers. I was honoured to be asked to contribute to this edition, celebrating the magazine’s 40th anniversary and the 70th birthday of the Fender Stratocaster. For my ‘editorial’, I thought I’d share a few thoughts about Strats and other

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