Applause Stratocaster

Early 90's (no idea when it was manufactured) standard stratocaster, made in Korea... Comes with a modified Floyd Rose, which I've found much easier and much more desirable than the bottom locking FR's.

I use it for all sorts of different genres, house, breaks, synthpop and funk, and it sounds absolutely amazing through amplitube. I prefer it over my squier strat and mexican made strats that I've heard.

I bought it used and had the action reset by my work. With it reset, I've found it to be remarkable. Plays very nicely and easily. No flaws whatsoever. Pickups were perfect.

This thing is pretty solid. I'm a studio musician so I take care of my instruments and I believe this one will last a long, long time.

Awesome value for this rare guitar. Try and grab one if you can, they're cheap and amazing.

I THINK THIS GUITAR WAS MADE IN 1983.THIS IS A 22 FRET STRAT BODY
GTX 20.MAPLE FRET BOARD BLACK WITH DEEP RED CRACKLED BODY.MY
GIRL FREIND PICKED THIS UP ON EBAY.AND WHEN IT GOT HERE
I HATED IT.IT WAS LIKE A 1980sss NIGHTMARE.BUT I'D PLAY IT,
WHEN KNOW ONE WAS AROUND:AND LITTLE BUY LITTLE,,,,,,,,,, [WELL
YOU KNOW THE REST][.THIS IS JUST A GREAT SOUNDING GUITAR.
I HAVE 3 GUITARS.1972 LES P ,A IBANEZ ELEC\AC,YAMMAHA STRAT
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS UP THERE WITH THE LES P.
I THINK THIS IS A 9.5 OUT OF A 10

I PLAY ALOT OF STYLES MOSTLY ZZTOP,SANTANA,FOO FIGHTERS,SABBATH,BUSH

THIS GUITAR HAS THAT REAL BLUES SOUND WITH A TUBE SCREAMER A

GREAT BITE.OK THE TAIL PEICE IS NOT THE BEST.

ACTION IS GREAT.LOVE IT
OK THE FINISH IS LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LIKE WOOD FINISH - NOT LIGHTING BOLTS,SKULLS,OR SNAKE FINISH
I DON'T LIKE THAT JACKSON 80s LOOK
THATS JUST ME

GREAT LIVE GUITAR.
I THINK YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT.
A FOOL IM NOT.ALWAYS!!!!! ALWAYS!!!!!!!! HAVE A BACK UP.

I/VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS 14 IM 43.IM NOT GREAT BUT I LOVE TO PLAY
I JUST LIKE THIS GUITAR.IS IS BETTER THEN MOST GUITARS.GOOD JUST GOOD!!!!!!
BETTER THEN A IBANEZ,KAMER,SILVER TONE,MEX\FENDER,YAMAHA,
NOT AS GOOD AS A GIBSON BUT WHAT IS!!!!!!!!!!

This is a Applause-made (I guess the trademark is owned by Ovation since I have seen "Applause by Ovation" logos in Musicians Friend catalog many times)replica of a stratocaster. Typical strat features (3 single coils, 5-position switch, one vol, two tone knobs, passive electronics) BUT in addition has floyd rose type of floating "un-detuneable" bridge with fine tuning adjustments and locking nut.
Very narrow 22-fret maple neck with satin maple fretboard. I do not know which wood the body is made of but the guitar is very heavy and feels extremely solid. I give 10 here because of the floyd rose type bridge and locking nut that is not found on regular stratocasters.

The guitar has very original strat sound, the pickups are powerful and as noise-free as single-coils can be. The 5-position switch and two tone controls provide a wide range of sounds applicable in lead and rhythm as well. I plug this guitar into 100W Tubeworks combo directly without any effects and the quality of sound is amazing. Since this is a guitar with single-coil pickups you cannot get humbucker sounds from it but since my style is SRV, Hendrix and Clapton I do not really miss that.

I bought this guitar used so probably someone had already adjusted it. Its neck is absolutely great, 100% straight and very narrow (narrower than my $500 (back in 1982) Peavey Horizon II's that already has a very narrow neck), action is super low without any buzzing, strings are routed exactly on top of the pickup poles, and the finish looks professional. This category is absolutely perfect!

I bought this guitar a few months back and use it as a backup guitar in gigs. Solid structure and the bridge that you CANNOT detune make this guitar very reliable. However, everyone should have a backup guitar at gigs because of possible string snaps. This is my backup.

I have never had a need to talk to them.

This is a great guitar with plenty of features at a low price (I guess I paid less than $200 for it used). I have been playing guitar for over 20 years and can pretty well tell if the guitar is good or not. If stolen, yes, would buy it again but it is very hard to find these nowadays because the model is discontinued. And, who else is making stratocates with a floyd rose bridge?? If someone does what is the price you would pay for it?