The Super-Strat is a variation on the Fender Stratocaster intended for (although not limited to) a varity of rock/heavy metal playing styles. As technical mastery of the guitar fretboard progressed from the late 70's guitarists such as Dave Murry and Eddie Van Halen began modifying their guitars to suit their playing style. Grover Jackson is credited as having created the first mass production Super-Strat after buying the Charvel brand in the early 80's. The Super-Strat went into decline in the 90's along with shred style playing, many manufactures were either bought out by other companies or went out of business altogether although there has been a resurgence of interest in technical playing and the instruments suited for it in recent years.Common features of a Super-Strat include:
- Thiner neck for better playability wider fret board to allow for faster alternate picking
- Jumbo frets that allow for easier bending and a more distinct stop when sliding to a particular fret
- Necks can have 24 frets allowing the player to reach two octaves
- Locking nut and bridge keeping the strings in tune under aggressive bending and tremolo techniques
- Humbucker pickup in the bridge position for lower noise levels when playing with high gain distortion.
- Jackson
- Charvel
- Ibanez
- Hammer
- Kramer
- Dean
- Guild
For more information on the history of the Super-Strat check out this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstrat
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