TOM MORELLO STRATOCASTER

The RATM legend’s Soul Power Strat can now be yours!

RRP: $2,749

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple

Scale: 25.5 inches

Fingerboard: Maple

Frets: 22

Pickups: 2x Vintage Noiseless, 1x Seymour Duncan Hot Rails

Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup), Killswitch Toggle Hardware: Nickel/Chrome

PROS

• A very iconic instrument.

• Comes with all of Tom Morello’s customisations, including (optional) decal.

CONS

• Floyd Rose and killswitch not for everyone.

Few artists have used their guitar as a weapon in the way Tom Morello has. As the founding guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, he was usually spotted with his custom Arm The Homeless superstrat, but in Audioslave he was more known for playing his black Aerodyne Stratocaster – now made available by Fender from this year.

Though this model doesn’t actually come with ‘Soul Power’ written across its upper body, the decal is included for those hoping to recreate the iconic look – which is a nice option to have. It also comes with many more of the RATM legend’s customisations – from the chrome pickguard and killswitch toggle to the recessed Floyd Rose system and inclusion of a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails bridge pickup for heavy humbucker sounds. What you get is a very modernised Strat perfectly suited to higher gain rock riffers and shredders alike.