All user reviews of 5/5 for the Fender American Standard Stratocaster [1986-2000]

I bought mine in 1995 in California. After testing, comfort, class and pleasurable sound of legend, but I still had a small financial margin so I did make three small changes: replacing standard microphones by US Texas Special and graphite saddles and Installation a TBX on the last tone knob. I installed my original pickups on a silver Japanese Squier series.

UTILIZATION

maple neck, bending impeccable once settled. Tip: to adjust the handle once a year. When the balance between the handle, pulling the strings and the bridge is found, then it is no more than a total happiness. The versatility of electronics allows for almost all ranges of sound.

SOUNDS

My first amp was a Jazz Chorus 120: a killer as we will not go into saturation, but a clear and mellow sound, very mastered. Then I switched to a Fender Blues Deluxe strat and has become even more beautiful, it was the fireworks.
I have long turned to the positions 1,2 and 4 of the selector, but my Dr. Strat of vendor (Reims) found me a perfect balance last year, and now, as in love, I love all positions ! 1 solid and crunchy rhythm, 2 and 4 for the Funk, 3 and 5 for the lead.

OVERALL OPINION

I use my strat US since 1995 and I think if I had the money today, I probably still would pay a. These guitars will definitely improve with time, and it sounds even better now than when I bought it. her two small SOFC, its maple neck begins to fade between the 3rd and 15th box only add to its majesty.
In my rare moments very inspired, sometimes when the sound escapes I feel a strange sort of pleasure and a little ashamed, and I brush the toe of the talent of Clapton, Gilmour, Ry Cooder.
I bought all the impertinence of youth, it is now worthy, majestic, beaming. She is my Excalibur.

1995 USA Fender Stratocaster, complete appellation is' Limited Edition SURF GREEN Matching Headstock Stratocaster USA Series ", it was produced in a limited edition between January 1995 and June 1995.
Series: American Standard Series
Body: Alder
Handle: Maple
key: Rosewood (010-7400) or Maple (010-7402), (9.5 "Radius/241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 25.5 "(648 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.6875 "(43 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Mechanical: Fender Standard (Schaller - Cast / Sealed)
Bridge: American Standard
Pickguard: 3-Ply White
Microphones: 3 American Standard Strat Pickups Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade Deluxe
Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck), TBX Tone (Mid, Bridge)

I do not put 10 for details that could be improved ... Condos, wiring, control buttons plastoc ...

UTILIZATION

handle strat, easy, pleasant ... We all know the sleeves of Start!
Typical strat sound also because it's still a strat with a different aesthetic.

SOUNDS

Personally, I love it!
Super versatile, playing everything I play on various tube amp, sounds of thunder, from blues to heavy rock n roll, but with a great look which I agree thoroughly!

OVERALL OPINION

I just bought the guitar but I had another strat before, and found the typical strat 90s oldies to look.
The strat is really super versatile, it can just be a little lacking in character compared to other guitar but must choose ... Typed or plyvalente!

Channel mapple neck, 1986 Series or 1988 white, micro lace original sensor
a beautiful Fender following the 1970s or the level was rather low!

UTILIZATION

Perfect round end, a typical strat
micro fabulous, extraordinary knighted by E J Beck and Clapton, not its parasite, very quiet and stable over time my strat 30 years!

SOUNDS

a great choice and perfect for blues rock 1970!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 30 years, the house where I live or recorded: solid, perfect. The guitar I dreamed: Fender made the

I sold my strat bought in 1973 that the ert I never regretted:
for me one of the best series strat for 30 years!
if you see one: take:
and micro lace sensor are amazing!
you understand: I love this guitar!

Manufacturing USA.
Easel vibrato Fender American Standard. Channel incredibly thin and flat, the fastest I've seen on a Strat, with superb quality varnish.
3 knobs settings: a tone, a tone with TBX and, of course, a volume.
3 single coil Fender American Standard.
Alder body.
Mine was black with rosewood fingerboard.

UTILIZATION

The handle of the Strat was a boulevard! I have never seen a round shallow as on a Strat. The ease of play was perfect.
Like all Strat, shape, weight, giving a total playing comfort
The finish was not suffering from any defect if it was mimime.
This guitar sounds great and offered much I appreciated the presence of the second tone, the sytem TBX. It played like a normal tone to 5 and offered a nice shine and highlighting the midrange and treble registers. It was by no means a boost as I have read. It was completely passive and interacted on the middle and bridge pickups.
Get a great sound required only one thing: at least know a chord!

SOUNDS

Really great Strat, I concervée for 15 years and never got separated because my American Series Strat was even better, which is saying something, and I returned to my first love: the Les Paul. I still hesitated to sell.
Played on any amp, the good old American Standard always gave the best of herself, the epitome of his Fender.
All mic positions had nice sounds. The "Hum" in "micro alone" position was not too far, less than my American Texas Special.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar made me return to the game after a long stop. I had gotten together with a Fender amplifiers ROC PRO 100, which I also have fond memories. I sold the first time a friend in the 99 months after buying it! While with the Texas Special and American Deluxe at the time, I regretted.
An excellent guitar that gave me the taste and my passion is reborn.

I got my Squire at a huge 1999 end of the year sale at Musicians Outlet in Palm Desert, California. I paid $170.00 and got the black Squire, 2 sets of Jim Dunlop picks, a Peavey Blazer 158 amp, strings, strap, stand, 15ft cable, Seiko digital automatic/manual tuner, and a mini cigarette box amp. And I thought,"how could this get any better?"

This is my first guitar... but i've played others. And I don't feel that everyone should be so negative about this guitar. It has great sound with a high end amp, and I have never had anything break or become loose ever since I bought it in 1999. I have never had any problems tunning... oh no 1 minute out of my busy day. And people say it has its "Limits" but my uncle can play any Santana song of your choice on my guitar, and it still sounds live in concert.

One thing I will say I don't like... is the fact that it seems to hypnotize people to walk over, pick it up off my stand, and accidentally drop it.

But even though my guitar has come in contact with dumb people it still doesnt have any dents, dimples, divots, or dings. It is a very sturdy long-lasting guitar. Perfect for those clumsy beginers.

It is a great value even if it isn't on sale. And the only "Limits" you will ever encounter are your own. Also never forget to: Play because you love it, not because you can.

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I bought this guitar in Winnipeg, Manitoba at St. Johns Music for about $320 Canadian. I bought it to start of my guitar playing.

Great sound, precise tunning pegs, great pick ups, great bridge/saddle, beautiful head, 21 frets, a volume control, and two tuning controls. All the great things you need for a great guitar.

Nothing that i can think of...

Great quality... havnt found anything bad yet...

This guitar is just a great guitar for its price and is a great guitar for amateurs and even pros.

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I purchased this guitar second hand off a mate, who was wanting to get rid of it to make some extra cash, for £125.

As a beginner i found it so easy to play, and now as a quite a good player stll find it to be a great guitar. I've played many different guitars from Gibsons to "proper" fenders and i still like my squier the most. The action - fantastic, the sound - fairly good (through a decent amp) and they are reliable as anything. Two words "Great buy".

nothing really... the only downfall may be the sound but you can fix it by putting it through a good amp.

it has 22 fret maple neck, tremelo, 3 single pick ups, two tone knobs and a volume knob! Jet black body with white scratch plate.

This is a great buy for beginners, they are also great for gigging or even just as a reliable back-up. All i can say is why fork out £300-400 on a strat when you can get virtually the same thing for half the price. Some people think that if its cheap then it must be pretty rubbish, but how misguided some people are...

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I bought this guitar as my first and I've been playin for about 1.5 years w/ it now. It was only 120 dollars (American). I bought it on the store owners own personal recomendation for a sweet, cheap guitar that will last a long time, and man was he right!

I like the way it sounds, it sounds exactly like a Fender strat and it is lighter and less than half the price! Its got a glossy fretboard that makes for very easy finger slides and pretty good pickups, although I did decide to put a humbucker in it, the others are still good. It doesnt have to be tuned very often and its just an all around great guitar.

There's relly nothing that I dont like about it, it's great.

very durable, nice solid body, great coated maple fretboard and nice pick-ups.

SAMICK RULES!

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Friend $40
Project guitar

Well stock the unit is poor. Luckly i was into completely rebuilding it. The old neck was bowed, the old single coil pickups were garbage. I replaced the neck with a mighty mite reversed head stock model and put in a Kramer quad rod booster pack, and now it can hold its own against my Ibanez (actually better for clean play in coil tap mode.

Everything stock on it is POS ish tuning keys are plastic knobed. The old frets cut a lot. I used to just sigh at it.

Well before I rebuilt it and took the time to sheild it and such it was poor no friggen sound came out of the pickups. Now it rocks

If you buy one get a standard fat strat or double and rip all the crappy 3rd world electronics out of it. The wood is decent now get it some decent pickups.

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I bought this guitar from a friend of mine who plays in a band that covers a lot of classic rock. I paid $650.00 for it.
It is a 1991 in great shape. It has a pewter finish, maple neck, and a pearloid pickguard. It is absolutely beautiful. The pickups have been replaced with Fender Lace Sensors (two golds and a red in the bridge).
I play a wide variety of music and this really fits the bill. The red lace sensor is very hot allowing a great "crunch".. The two golds give it a great tone.

I love the feel of the fast maple neck. It is light and comfortable. This guitar has great eye appeal..

nothing

The construction is great and very durable.

A great guitar. Would suggest one like it to anyone who wants to achieve any tone or sound under the sun.

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I got this guitar because a couple of my favorite guitarists used it. I bought it from musicians friend and paid $300

I really like the neck. The neck is finished just enough to shine, but still let your fingers fly around without getting that stick on the glossy necks. The look of it is cool, I like the bridge, I like almost all of it.

I didnt like the cheesy look of it when I first bought it. I got black with maple fingerboard. The pickguard was pure white, and it looked really ugly and dumb. I put black knobs and black pickup shells on it and replaced the bridge pickup with a seymour duncan JB jr. It sounds really cool, especially if you like that downstrum-Ramones type sound.

It stays in tune through anything. My string strip very frequently at the bridge though. It is better (In my opinion) than American Strats.

I would very much suggest buying this guitar.

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United States Standard Stratocaster 1989
Three micro single, standard configuration
Fender vibrato bridge
1 volume 2 tone
Saddle + key rosewood I think.
Nothing exceptional in itself. But all is well suprieur the sum of its parts. This alchemy the 10 property is worth a pes.

UTILIZATION

The handle is trs enjoyable, comfortable, fast, wide and flat, touch lgrement bomb. exceptional action on the strings. A little less vibrato in the brush that mtal like any vibrato dsacorde lgrement when making a bend. But it is not rdhibitoire in my case.
Access in acute ... Well, it's a Start, what. Idalie weight and shape. What a beauty I too sometimes I contemplate it without playing, so it is beautiful. No frills kind of finish the wood grain visible. A beautiful canary yellow book (do not laugh, I love this color) any sober, that's enough.
Getting a good sound with this obviousness is a MODEL, provided you love the sound strat. But then the one is used.

SOUNDS

I do not know if my pickups are amricains, Mexican or otherwise, but the fact is they sound exceptionally well. Biting clarity, smooth agressivit, they know everything and fits all types of music. I could try it on the marshall, mesa boogie, peavey, carvin, roland, and even on little itty bitty amp all, she always sounded exceptional fawn. The casseroles funky, bluesy riffs, sounds clear, warm and distortions are powerchords privilgis Obviously, but there is no problem to get more jazzy sounds, softer, rounder. It's all about rglage. Bon Obviously, if you are a fan of the SG / Marshall lamps, it is impossible to obtain without dnaturer the sound of the guitar, which would be a bit bte. But versatility is the quality and always.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for 16 years. I had a crush on her, and she has never other than of making me feel badly my own limitations. I do not deliberately spare (I spar dj guitar much more expensive while retaining the-l.
I have lots of guitars on jou diffrent, the Gibson SG, Les Paul, 335, a Music Man Eddie Van Hallen, Telecaster, other Stratocasters. All taient excellent guitars. May even be some Whereas some taient objectively better than this. But for me, this guitar is the queen indtrnable of my little kingdom amateur musician.

American Standard Stratocaster, as it was called the era. So United States.
22 frets, 3 single pickups Fender
Std Fender Bridge
Attention rglages: My Start is 95 and has an original petition: The Treble Tone also controls the micro acute. It was not done before, has done more APRS did. I lacated that gives a small advantage for rglages sound.
Channel stocky, rosewood fingerboard (I wanted a sound not too dry)

In short a nice guitar, made to be able to change what you want it. A kit, such as Mr Fender wanted.

UTILIZATION

It's fun to play like a Start. Not top notch but more comfortable than a Les Paul (and below)
Access in acute: Yeah, not bad, nothing more. This is not an Ibanez for crazy suprieures octaves.
Sound, so it's easy to find, at least if one seeks the Start sound (see more)

Its default?
- On my Start, you can not rgler tilt.
- Conducting random image agreement if the tortures vibrato.
- Hum and buzz for microphones (excluding combinations) ds we approach an amp lamp, a halogne, a no, a notch of tl or computer. Yeah, to do with: the ranon sound for this type of microphones.

Its quality?
- Comfortable
- Can be almost anything rgler: the height of the frets, the hollow of the neck, the tuning fork, a reminder of spring. everything is the door through a scratch like me. Thank you Leo.
- You can almost change everything. This is a kit that can modify all or part (microphones, run, hide, plate, mechanical, body etc ...). It is also scratch through the door. Again, thank you Leo.
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SOUNDS

be a trs's my style of music I play blues and has not nerv, Fender is cooool.
The Start is less than the type T but it has its characters and also we can do with things impossible with a Tl (try the sounds out phase with Tl-I laughs a little). Purchase any fawn I try not war, one day I will also have a T!

It's too lightweight for big sound that good but with Czech pedals in front of a good amp lamp families, sends out the same as graouh.
What I use on my Start hummm? Ben 's not all ... prs
- Micro Serious blues solos typs
- Serious and middle pickup combinations: rhythmic
- Micro environment: more solos and rhythmic rock type
- Middle and treble pickups combination: more rhythmic funk
- Micro acute: I use it almost never alone. Too aggressive for me the one!

You see, I do not reinvent the tide water, I use my Start trs acadm finally.
short, I love all his sounds.
For me it's even one of the great strengths of the skyscraper: the diversity and yet the personality.

OVERALL OPINION

I have 10 years.
Pigalle bought new for 4600 USD, c'tait the right time.
I hsit with prestigious MODELS (Start + etc ...). A salesman advised me: "You want the sound of discs you Listen to you? Buy Standard. It buzz, it is rustic, but it was worth the money: you have the sound of your idols"
He was right the guy.

If I had not my Start and my Gibson would be too happy, but not!
So well that sr aa t a purchase of my life. I use it at least once a week, and even if I am doing infidlits, it is one of the favorite and she knows it.
But today, it's true that I often watch the Warmoth site, why not a Start Super beautiful personal mmmmhhhh?

In any case, for the price I had paid the era, I have no regrets. Not a problem, no knob spitting, no nut that cuts the strings (I broke my string Premire two months ago, yet I would put the 10-46 that I bend to a Your 1 / 2 or 2 tones of time).
A reliable guitar, classical, without risk, but which gives leeway to scratch to hear his playing personality. A really good scratch. Mine is the color "Candy Apple Red" (red apple caramlise in the text, photo on my profile), and thus we see beneath the veneer alder. Simple, class, lgant, great everything.

In short, a skyscraper that made me happy! And continues!
: Happy:

Standard Stratocaster sunburst made in United States in 1991. Settings Vol / Tone / Tone + TBX.

The origins of microphones have been replaced by Van Zandt Blues. I also added a Bartolini preamp and mechanical blocks Schaller.

If you must bring a note of these features I can only put 10 being a fan of the configuration 3 microphones, possible settings, vibrato, the handle, etc ... Start the 'what.

UTILIZATION

The handle is extremely comfortable. Obviously all the difference, in my opinion, between a custom shop or a reissue, is the handle. One can certainly find it more comfortable but the fender standard US offers nice balance between playability and character of the handle ... Basically you have to "send", play with the nuances, attack ... A guitar and a handle to tame, but a wide variety of sounds appointment.

Weight level mine is particularly light, it still has 15 years, but in general the strata 'alder have a very reasonable weight.

I put 8 because of mechanical junk that they were at the time.

SOUNDS

Sound Start 'is the versatility to meet you. The single coils deliver clear and saturated sounds wonderful little we know dose effects and adjust the amp. Then the original pickups are a scandal to me. The pickups fender, it's really not that great, except for some Lace Sensor and rigor of the Texas Special ... Do not hesitate to go to Di Marzio, Seymour Duncan, Van Zandt, Kinman ... It depends on taste and color.

I use most often on Mesa Boogie, Peavy Classic 30 and Fender Hot Rod or Twin. Always a treat.

Belle versatility but blame fender pickups and rotting during the 90's.

OVERALL OPINION

Stratum 'standard US violin offers quality, beautiful acoustic and aesthetic qualities. I know Fender has since installed additional microphones and mechanical on the standard and at the same time increased its prices significantly ... After testing I am not convinced by the microphones ... The value for money is impeccable, even excellent. Even if it is added 200/300 euros to get the sound, this guitar through time, is very versatile and is mostly very solid and well finished. And the bonus is that it sounds better and better with time ... An excellent investment over the long term.

9 because of those pesky microphones fender ... (They've got the recipe lost after the 70's or what?)