NOVENTA STRATOCASTER

PRICE: £849 (with Deluxe padded gigbag) ORIGIN: Ensenada, Mexico TYPE: Double-cutaway solidbody electric BODY: Solid 2-piece alder NECK: Maple, 4-bolt neck join, satin urethane finish with gloss urethane headstock facing SCALE LENGTH: 648mm (25.5”) NUT/WIDTH: Synthetic bone, 42mm FINGERBOARD: Glued-on maple, with black dot markers, satin urethane finish, 241 mm radius FRETS: 21, medium jumbo HARDWARE: Hardtail Stratocaster bridge with through-body stringing, recessed jack socket TUNERS: Vintage style 6-a-side, chrome/nickel plated STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 52mm ELECTRICS: 2x Noventa soapbar pickups, single volume and tone controls, 3-way selector WEIGHT (KG/LB): 3.3/7.27 OPTIONS: Pau ferro fingerboard on Crimson Red version RANGE OPTIONS: Noventa Tele (as reviewed, £799), Noventa Jazzmaster with 3x Noventa pickups (£899) LEFT-HANDERS: Not yet available FINISHES: Daphne Blue (as reviewed), Crimson Red, Surf Green

PROS It has everything the Noventa Tele has and much more; that musical neck P-90 tone and the extra ones found in the middle position will sway many players CONS Arguably not as happy visually as the Tele