Fender Stratocaster Plus was produced from 1987 to 1999 and was equipped with Lace Sensor pickups, a roller nut, locking tuners, a TBX tone control and a Hipshot tremsetter. The Strat Plus Deluxe was introduced in 1989 with pickup and tremolo variations. The Strat Ultra was introduced in 1990, again with pickup variations, and also with an ebony fingerboard. Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster is a model of electric guitar designed in 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously manufactured the Stratocaster from 1954 to the present. It is a double-cutaway
Fender Telecaster Deluxe with two "Wide Range" humbuckers, and in most other respects these guitars are very similar. Electronically, the Tele Deluxe also resembles the Gibson Les Paul – as both models have dual humbucking pickups, an upper-bout mounted 3-way pickup selector switch, and independent volume/tone controls for each pickup. A very small number of Telecaster Deluxes' (supposedly fewer than 50) left the factory fitted with Stratocaster tremolos. These tremolo equipped Telecaster Deluxes' became highly sought after by collectors and Fender briefly reissued them as part of their Classic Player series in 2009. Also in 2009, Fender released the Telecaster Thinline Deluxe, combining