This is my latest addition to the house, a Fender Stagemaster. To be honest I wasn’t very familiar with the stagemaster. The stagemaster is no longer in production and it was made from the mid 90’s till about 02 (i think). Almost all of the stagemasters have a licensed Floyd Rose trem and a reverse headstock and at least on humbucker. There are different levels from the standard to the deluxe series. Most were made in China Or Korea. According to the serial number mine was made in 1999.

Some of the stagemasters are wicked nice with neck-thru maple necks with basswood bodies and a quilted top finish. There are seven string models too. The neck on mine os one of the thinnest necks I hace seen on a Squier strat.

I like the fact that these are somewhat similar to the HM Strat at a fraction of the price. The stagemaster sells all day long on ebay for $150-$250.