All user reviews for the Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster [2003-2010]

-Made In USA
-manche 22 frets
-1 Volume, 2 Tone 5 position selector (N; NM; M; MC; C)
for the rest referer other opinion

USE

'I find it very pleasant to handle both fine enough but still, quite a bit bomb was midway between that of a tlecaster and an Ibanez RG

-Access To acute is very easy is reached very quickly check the 22nd effortlessly.

-Cete Guitar is very well balanced and is light enough, really very pleasant

- As regards the sound is there is little simpler, plug your skyscrapers turn your amp and before even having to touch knob orez you most want to change your rglages

-From More like this guitar very well and that the agreement malgres the bridge! : D

SONORITS

-I Play a lot of Pop, Rock the 60s to 70, 80% of Hendrix, so needless to what extent has prciser sonorits this guitar suits me.

'I plug my fender on a marshall AVT150H and I can get almost identical characteristics to that of his hendrix but I can also get close to a sound has Page.

-The Micro cobalt noiseless really excelent both its clear that crystalline distortion, and can compensate for this own weakness to Start 'Standard,

In short, a wonderful ca rings, ca resonates, all with class!

NOTICE GLOBAL

-I The grades are used for 4 months and I still do not gives me the sound of this guitar, just beautiful.

-The Microphone are excelent, er sorry, the whole guitar is excelente, when I bought i was just came in the store to buy a pedal effect, and I saw then I have tried and I could not the loose.

Made in the USA,
Bridge with tremolo-type "two point synchronized tremolo" with stainless steel saddles Fender Deluxe.
Maple neck "C Profile" covered with satin polyurethane varnish over the entire playing surface.
Rosewood fingerboard 22 frets like medium / jumbo and chrome hardware.
Alder body selected (first choice).
Without luthier we clearly see that each element and a single piece of choice.
3 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat single coil ™ N3 almost entirely eliminating unwanted noise while providing quality sound breathtaking.
One can find the switch system including S-1 "push-push" ally 5-way switch, bringing 10 different tones.
Fender Deluxe Staggered Cast mechanical / Sealed Locking (Auto-blocking).

USE

The handle is a smooth even taking guitar made perfect series hand but I would have thought the custom, amazing.
Ergonomics, a strat shape, weight 4 kg. If you are looking for lightness at all costs, it is a Parker you.
The neck heel is chamfered for easier access to acute.
We get good sound vacuum as amplified.

SOUNDS

This strat suits my style of music.
I get sound mainly crystalline; one approaches the fat in position 3 pickups in series without equaled Gibson.
I play a Fender Superchanmp XD with the footswitch.
The sounds that I prefer is the only neck pickup and then passed three series, such as rhythm & solo.
I do not hate any sound despite a very special position that some may not supported, but I like. Micro out of phase.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use since 25/09/2010, set myself.
I had tried other model before, but I could not buy better given my budget, already exploded but it is worth the price.
The feature I like most sound
the feature that I like least, while the manual about it are in English, AT THIS PRICE! This is not normal!
The value for money is justified I remake this choice, despite being very large in this range all confused product.

A strat with a modern vibrato well maintenance agreement and a system of ingenious clip whammy bar without screws ..
I bought this guitar to get a good strat and am not wrong .. a fender in U.S. it can not be that good quality ... Yes, but should not be too hard my friend ...

UTILIZATION

action is low and it is easy to play ... but I had some problems for concerts and studio recording sessions. The sound engineer is my scientific evidence (sine wave on the screen of the computer) a loss of signal on its noiseless pickups ..
This confirmed my feeling about these mics that I think lacked grain and attack ...

cutting and machining of wood makes it very easy to play guitar.

SOUNDS

nothing to say, it's more than ... by insipid against the silence of the microphones is not a legend .. this is nice ..

the resonance of the guitar is average .. I would have preferred a more snapping strat ..

OVERALL OPINION

Then ... Too expensive for what it is, you will have the pleasure of reading "California USA" engraved on the heel of the neck and a beautiful case thermo-molded.
I even tested Asian models more convincing ..

If you want a good fender new U.S. should really pay dearly .. voila.
The term "deluxe" did nothing fancy here believe in my experience ..

Conclusion: Resold after 2 years for Fender Baja Mex; (a killing).

I have had a squire strat pak, and it was fine for about a year and a half, for a beginner, but i wanted something much much better, so i went to guitar center and they ordered for me specially a fender american strat hss for about 1000.

EVERYTHING!!! It is so smooth and soft to play on. It sounds great, it hardly ever goes out of tune. And the whammy bar thing is really cool. Most of all, it looks real nice, and it came w/ a hardshell case and a care kit w/ an xtra cable, cloth and someother things that i have not figured out what they are yet. O yeah and the dots on the frets are cool.

Hmmm... im not sure. I like everything about it. Maybe it could have been less expensive. Hah just kidding its worth it. I just have to figure out what kind of difference the S1 switch makes. I haventt really had time to experiment with it.

Excellent. Everything is smooth, and the finish on the guitar (mine is chrome silver) is great.

This will be last electric guitar u will ever need (I think). Its a quality, well made, great sounding instrument from the company that started it all.

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Bought from Hogans Music, Newbury UK. For the rather reduced price of £800. It is Red, with maple fretboard, the usual abalone inlays, aged plastic, locking machineheads etc....

It looks amazing, the maple and the red along with the aged plastic and (now rusty... i let them go that way) screws it looks so vintage.
The neck is like butter and the frets and attention to detail is meticulous. It sounds beautifull. Every one of the noiseless pickups sounds wonderfull. The vibrato (well at Fender they call it tremelo... Wrong!) is smooth and and everything stays in tune.

The wammy bar falls out. Constantly, it used to be alright, but it just keeps falling, not that i use it that often.
I sometimes wish i had bought the fat strat instead.

Solid as a rock. Nice and rugged yet all very very well done and tastefull.

Im not going to need to replace this. It is a perfect guitar, but it does come at a price.

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I bought this guitar at piano's and stuff in Pittsburgh, Pa for around $1000 dollars tax included. I purchased this guitar because I needed a quality guitar and I was tired of playing anything less that the best.

There's really nothing not to like, This guitar has locking tuners, comes with schaller locking strap locks and never goes out of tune. The intonation is also the best I've yet to play. Also you can get absolutly any sound out of this thing. Given the right pedals and some basic guitar knowledge and creativity, you can do anything with it. I almost forgot, The finish on the american deluxe is as close to custom shop as your going tho get, and it also has abalone inlays which adds to its high quality appeal.

I really have no complaints about anything on this guitar. The only thing I wish I would have done different though, is that I wish I would have bought the american deluxe fat strat. That humbucker is freakin awesome.

The construction is anything that you'd expect from a high quality instrument. It never goes out of tune, its almost wierd. Other than that I have yet to have any problems.

Bottom line: I looked for a new guitar for about 6 months. I played everything from gibson LPs to Prs's to a whole bunch of off brand expensive stuff not worth mentioning. The problem with les pauls and prs guitars are that they are one trick ponies and their tonal qualities don't even compare to this guitar. This is easily the best guitar for the money and then some. I'm not knocking LP's( I currently bought a gibson standard) but this strat's intonation is better, it stays in tune longer, and in my opinion, is the greatest damn guitar ever. Thank you

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Bought new, Sam Ash, King of Prussia, PA. I've been saving up and my Squire finally bit the dust. $935 included case and care kit.

Pure Fender. Noiseless Pickups --a winner. Rosewood fretboard, ash body, pearl dot inlays, smooth, fast, and toneful.

Floating bridge is harsh on keeping the strings in tune, but much improved on this model. Lots of tools for maintenance and setup. Setup should only be done by a professional if you want it done right. and ouch on the price! If you can afford it, you can't go wrong.

A+ on everything about this guitar.

The last electric guitar you'll ever need. Period.

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Sam Ash - New York, $850.00, Bought on location by a friend, in 1994



I like the sound, clean and sharp, smooth to play, very good looking guitar, black body and rosewood fretboard, with a Original Floyd Rose bridge and a humbucker pickup and 2 single coil pickups. When the bridge is pretty much okay, tuning is perfect, either harmonics or notes, and it holds everywhere.



I still have no certainty if my bridge is coreectly setup. Everywhere I send it to they bring it back with very little action on the bar or strings are too high.


Besides, I like to play Malmsteen, who tunes a tone 1/2 lower or so, and Satriani, Iron Maiden, Vinnie Moore, who tune their gear standard. which means I have to reset the bridge everytime. I never know if the bridge is leveled, and it's a hard work to change strings and level the bridge.




Amzingly perfect and clean. Just beautiful finish and it still has no dents of bumps on it.



It's a great professional guitar. If you know how to set it up, I think it's one of the best and most versatile guitars ever made. You can play Heavy, Soft, Jazz, Samba, pop.. classical...



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Made in USA
Bridge with vibrato type "two-point synchronized tremolo" with stainless steel saddles Fender Deluxe.
Maple neck "profile C" covered with a satin polyurethane varnish over the entire playing surface
Rosewood 22 frets kind medium / jumbo and chrome hardware.
Alder body selected (first choice).
Without being luthier you can clearly see that each element and a single piece of choice.
3 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat pickups ™ single-coil N3 almost entirely eliminating unwanted noise while providing sound quality breathtaking.
Can be found including the system of S-1 switch "push-push" allied to the selector 5 positions, bringing 10 different tones.
Fender Deluxe Staggered Cast mechanical / Sealed Locking (Auto-blocking).

UTILIZATION

The handle is a very smooth, perfect grip, guitar made series but I would have thought of having to measure, hallucinating.
Ergonomics, a strat shape, weight 4Kg. If you are looking for lightness at all costs is a Parker you.
The heel of the neck is chamfered for access to acute easier.
This gives good sound as amplified vacuum.

SOUNDS

This strat suits my style of music. Rock Blues Reggae
I get sound mostly crystalline, one approaches the fat in the 3 position pickups in series, without equaled Gibson.
I play a Fender Superchanmp XD with the footswitch.
The sounds that I prefer is the neck pickup alone and then passed three in series, such as rhythm & solo.
I do not hate any sound despite a very special position that some may not supported, but I like. Micro out of phase.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using on 25/09/2010, settled myself.
I had tried other model before, but I could not buy better given my budget, already exploded but it is worth that price.
The feature that I love most, the sound
the feature that I like least, all the books about him are in English, AT THIS PRICE! This is not normal!
The value for money I will ever justified this choice, although it is very large in this range any product confused.

Corona California made a handle "c" key and maple noiseless micro switch S1

UTILIZATION

handle very pleasant
ergonomics: it is a strat not very heavy
Easy access acute
branches and ofSuite you great sound

SOUNDS

be a lot of style Zique blues rock reggae.
I play with a fender FM212R, until a small lamp.

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it? 1 month
Have you tried many other models before buying it? no, I'm left handed so very limited testing!
What is so special that you love the most, least? The +: the look, sound, the legend .. the -:?? You really have to be difficult!

The Fender Stratocaster is a iconic instrument that is really stood the test of time. There hasn't but then much evolution of the instrument but certainly there has been some modifications to the original instrument. You've seen these guitars feature hardtail bridges or hunbucker pickups installed or a variation of different types of pick ups in the instrument. But overall the body has virtually never changed. This is a great sounding instrument and probably one of the most versatile instruments that you could ever on our play.


UTILIZATION

Features

Select alder body with contoured heel and body
Rosewood or maple neck
C-shaped profile
22 medium-jumbo frets
Compound radius fretboard (9-1/2" at the nut, 12" at the 12th fret, and 14" at the 15th fret)
Three N3 Noiseless single-coil pickups
S-1 switching system
High-mass tremolo block
Locking tuning keys
Upgraded, molded case



SOUNDS


The tone of the Fender Stratocaster is a very unique tone that has a sound that is fantastic for pretty much any style of music that you play. This is the kind of guitar that you would grab if you only have one choice in the world to own one guitar. This would probably be the guitar you would grab because it has such a great tone and extremely versatile usable voicing that blends well with pretty much any style of music. Whether you're playing it with a high gain amplifier such as a Marshall or a Bogner amplifier or you're playing with a clean amplifier such as a Fender or a Vox amplifier you're going to get a great sound and a great tone night after night of playing.

OVERALL OPINION


These guitars come in right around $1499 or so. It's a great price for an American built solid sounding instrument . The color of this guitar is great as well and overall this is just fantastic guitar for any player whether they're learning how to play the electric guitar or have been playing for dozens of years. This is a great guitar for anyone recording and doing a lot of live playing as well. Whatever application you put this instrument and it's going to do quite well for you.

You can immediately feel a great tone and overall from first strum and just probably the most versatile and perfect instrument you can play for any style of music. You get three single coil pickup's a volume control knob and two tone control knobs that allow you to dial in your specific total needs for each pick up. You also get a five way pick up selector that allows you to pick each pick up individually and then the space in between the two outer pick ups in the middle position. It's a simple guitar and doesn't have a whole lot of extra switches and booths and different things to get in the way of just pure tone. The wood grain with this pick guard is a nice look as well

UTILIZATION


Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot Position Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"-14" Compound Radius (24.1 cm-35.56 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood or Maple
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S/S
Bridge Pickup: Noiseless™ N3 Strat® Bridge Pickup
Middle Pickup: Noiseless™ N3 Strat® Middle Pickup
Neck Pickup: Noiseless™ N3 Strat® Neck Pickup
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: S-1™ Switch
Controls: Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Middle and Bridge Pickups)

SOUNDS

The tone from this guitar is absolute top notch. There is a reason that these guitars have been copied the world over and still remain one of the most classic icon on music history. This is an extremely versatile guitar with the 5 way selector and humbucking and single coil operation. You can find these guitars played by some of the most famous musicians around the world.

Any old amp will do with this guitar. This guitar will connect with you like no other guitar can and probably ever will. I love the way this guitar sounds with a good old Fender Bassman or a Marshall plexi amp. The soul from this guitar is just magical and pleasant. If you have played one American Fender Stratocaster than you know exactly how one sounds. There isn't too much variation of tone between Strats. This fine instrument is so silky and smooth that is makes you amp sing like it was meant to be together.

OVERALL OPINION

At new you can find these for right around $1500. This is the deluxe models series so there is a little more involved in the building process and the overall construction is top notch as well. This one be the step right under custom guitar from Fender. So if you don't want to spend several thousand dollars then this is the best guitar for the money.

Made in California.
22 Frets
Fender Bridge 2 Points, SCN noiseless pickups.
SETTINGS start classic volume, (accreditation of the S-1) 2 tonalitées, a microphone 5-position selector.
C handle, rosewood or maple fingerboard to choose from.

UTILIZATION

First of all we must remember one thing that Fender guitars els regardless of source, is two months in a container and store dan sun for a while. Thus, it is essential to regulate his stratocaster of his purchase to be able to apreciate the true value.
Mine of origin, required adjustment of the handle, the bridges, the vibrato, microphones short the total.
For this guitar already suggest 10/49 as the tyrant of strings, try having a lot smaller and just bends are difficult to control and it turns more into a register very jazz.
This is a guitar character that we must learn to know and master.
Mine is montego black, black with very light brown flakes and gold plate blends very well into the landscape of violin
The neck is maple C is on mine, handle very nice, very fast because of the maple.
Easy access to up to treble the box after 19 ca becomes complex with my big fingers, ca jdis for those who try to play the solo to Whole Lotta Love top
The guitar has a balance and let go of it does not move, it's very light, one can easily enchainer few hours on it without releasing.
If you get a good sound easy? Lol what a question is a stratocaster!
the noiseless pickups are very accurate and the system S-& can cut the mics to get that sonoritées s'aproche the humbucker.

SOUNDS

I play everything, really everything lol .... and this is the perfect guitar, she can walk in all registers: jazz, rock, blues, bossa, hard, metal ...
I use a Fender Hot Rod amp Deluxeet is that of happiness.
Can be a lil sorry for playing dirty sound like Neil Young, is a little bully, pushing its retrnachement because noiseless pickups as their name suggests removes any noise sound, and it has a negative effect feedback on the detail but it is a
it is possible to obtain a large number of sonoritées, the very hot or even boiling for blues and rock hendrix way, the lens, very cool to funk. when the system activates the s-1 can be considered stand up to Gibson, of course remains the grain ca fender do not expect a big sound bold, but the sound is round, heavy, powerful, you can easily play the led igh zep or hard rock with crazy metal disto my boss me 50 I play sometimes even metal.
a sound that is the j'aprécie particularly through micro s-1 activated which allows the recovered a slap in the manner of superstition stevie wonder.

OVERALL OPINION

I use depusi over a year now.
Special? I do not know, I like my guitar is all, is a set of things that make it my 6 th member.
I tried a few guitars, a rickenbecker, a Gibson SG standard telecaster a ... but nothing very exciting.
The guitar is expensive there is nothing wrong with a deal but once you know where your money is spent is the US fender with a perfect finish and I find nothing wrong in it a worth the price ...
With the experience I would do this choice.

- United States
- 22 Jumbo frets
- 3 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless with switch
- Bridge Fender Deluxe; mcaniques wraps Schaller
- 1 volume, 2 tone, 5 slecteurs positions, a switch
- Channel stocky, modern touches Saddle C

UTILIZATION

- The handle is extremely enjoyable by both its form and finish and the quality of the varnish: bars or spills pose no worries. Action trs bottom of the first dernire the frets.
- Access in acute is appropriate, as in all strata
- Trs good balance, weight IDAL, perfect ergonomics
- You simply plug it (and again, his empty promise dj )

SOUNDS

- More than perfect for blues, rock, funk ... the rest is not a Jackson ... although the switch fulfilled its role
- Peavey Classic 30; Digitech Rpx 400
- Start is the sound, despite all the criticism I've read on the SCN, jugs too "clean" by some: clean sounds absolutely stunning, snapping wish, or round and mellow for jazz . Crunches are incisive and prcis, arrogant and returns it. Finally, a couple Fuzz, Hendrix tribute is mandatory! The switch in him is far from being a gimmick, giving more substance to the sounds DIFFERENT, and approaching (and I mean approaching) with a double.
- The crunch sounds are my favor: I do not play with this more practically config, just fiddling the gain of the amplifier.

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it for a month now and each grip j'prouve the same pleasure. The mere fact of opening the flight and feel the smell of wood! I rediscovered the joy of my beginners, fun to play.
It is obvious that it is an investment but for that price you have a high-class instrument, trs well finished ... While the SCN do not have the character of Texas spcial, but are all the m me a great Russianness.
I do not regret one second that choice and I think the brand has just won a (future) unconditional.