Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Fender has been known throughout history. They have had some of the most famous guitar players ever as their best advertisements; hence they need no television coverage or radio ads. They get all they need from the massive stars who stand, carefree in front of thousands of fans, playing the MOST famous guitar that will ever be built. It is an AMERICAN standard. The American Standard Stratocaster has every mark of a classic guitar, and more than ...
...appreciate the craftsmanship of a Fender Stratocaster. The neck is smooth and not overly thin, and the string height is just “so” so that it retains that much talked about fender twang. That’s not to say it can’t play anything except twang, Strats have been used for everything up to an including light jazz, to death metal. The sound is quite simply remarkable. There are few words to describe the sound of the volume lightly ...

eaglesas 05.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar

...Fender... I don't know what Fender Corporate is thinking sometimes... Outside of that, if you find a good one it's probably the most versatile guitar available in that price range. A good upgrade from a cheaper Strat line, a great choice for someone buying their second guitar. ( my opinion ranks is on a well finished and constructed Strat) ...

zarniwoop 13.10.2001 · Read full review
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Bought a maple-neck (with black plastic dot markers) sunburst Am Std Strat from Bentley Music in Kuala Lumpur in 1992 for RM 1 670. came with a rectangular hardshell case (not form-fit) with screw-type SKB hinges and lock (padlock not provided). Had to go through 7 guitars until I found 1 that had a flaw I could correct (faulty volume pot). This goes to say that all the guitars I tested had unpardonable flaws such as poor string-polepiece alignment ...
...lose tone and sustain) or scratchy/poorly tapered volume and/or tone controls (makes the guitar unsuitable for live gigs until these are replaced). This should not be the case with a fine company such as Fender. Quality control must be tightened, in my humble opinion. As mentioned before, out of neccessity; I chose one with everything 'in order' except for a faulty neck volume pot (the one closest to the bridge). A quick switch to a new Ibanez 250K ...

bluesguy62 16.11.2007 (17.11.2007) · Read full review
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