Fender - American Professional Classic Stratocaster RW Faded Sherwood Green Metallic + Housse

You may have already laid your hands on a Strat, but not this one. The Fender American Professional Classic Stratocaster RW Faded Sherwood Green Metallic doesn't try to impress with glitter, it prefers to shine through its luthiery accuracy. Its alder body, combined with Coastline '57 pickups, was already delivering harmonics full of attack and roundness, long before your amp had finished warming up.

The moment your fingers touch the rosewood fingerboard with its 241 mm radius, the Modern 'C' neck makes you forget all about the effort. It's as if this Strat had slipped under your fingers overnight. With its 22 medium jumbo frets, you can string together bends without grumbling about the action, and the standard truss rod keeps it all in line. From slamming funk to more lyrical solos, the feel remains constant, as if whispering "let me do the work, you'll like it". And given the ergonomics, it's hard not to give in.

The Greasebucket Tone System is a bit like the ninja of tone circuits. It infiltrates and cleans out aggressive highs, but without messing with your bass. As a result, you can fine-tune without destroying your grain. At the same time, the 5-position selector lets you juggle between crystal clarity and vintage crispness. Add to that the deliberately aged knobs and selector, and you've got a Strat that doesn't need to raise its voice to command respect.

In a world of glow-in-the-dark buttons and overly satin sleeves, this Strat takes on its Faded Sherwood Green Metallic finish with elegant phlegm. The glossy polyurethane varnish catches the light like a discreet wink. The ClassicGear Staggered tuners ensure rigorous tuning without showing off. A well-mannered guitar, but not too wise.