A 1990 US Fender HM StratEddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat, red painted version
Superstrat is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style. Differences typically include more pointed, aggressive-looking body and neck shapes with increased cutaways to facilitate access to the higher frets, an increased number of frets on the fingerboard, a contoured heel at the neck joint facilitating easier higher fret access, the usage of humbucking pickups, and locking vibrato systems, most commonly the Floyd Rose.[1][2][3]
There is no formal definition of a superstrat;[3] the categorization is still largely left to popular opinion and depends greatly on the artist(s) associated with a particular model and how it is marketed.
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