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Published on 08/13/07 at 08:52
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Excellent
Solidbody Electric Guitar-Shaped Guitars.
Its exact designation is "Black and Chrome Fat Stratocaster ® (Special Edition) 0321703 032-1703 - (506)."
On the head are the logos "Squier by Fender", "Stratocatser", "Standard Series".
On the back of the head, "Designed and backed by Fender", "Crafted in Indonesia".
Agathis body and black lacquer. Maple neck, profile "C", polyurethane varnish. Rosewood, 241 mm radius, in reference points. 22 boxes. Pitch of 648 mm, width at nut 43 mm. Rather thin frets. Head rather "seventies", black.
The next rule is trussrod head. Two guide ropes (strings 1-4).
Vibrato bridge-2 anchor points. Settings for action and intonation separated for 6 strings. Mechanical clutch, unsigned (probably Grover). All hardware is chrome (even the buttons volume / tone).
1-ply plate, mirror, 11 screws.
Two Alnico pickups simple (Channel and Middle). Humbucker in the bridge position.
Standard 5-way switch (Manche, Manche + Medium, Medium, Medium + Bridge, Bridge).
Channel Sutton, Sutton Middle, master volume.
009-042 mounted to the origin. Two tremolo springs.
Curiously, the selector knob and the tip of the stem of vibrato are white, while the entire rest of the guitar is black or silver.
UTILIZATION
This is an extremely versatile guitar, obviously designed more for beginners.
All the characteristics of a Start are there, except the simple micro bridge.
The violin is excellent, and the "set-up" can be easily adjusted. We can adjust the "like old slippers" very easily.
It is very ergonomic. The body is rather heavy (as it should), and the perfect balance.
These are the microphones that are obviously the cost of the "price canon", and, paradoxically, the humbucker is most interesting. It greatly expands the scope of this guitar. A significant imbalance between the volume of the humbucker and single is embarrassing. Is remedied by choosing instead the position "Middle + Bridge" when it returns from the neck pickup, because the intermediate position humbucker is the slightly "out of phase", which the calm a little. Other interesting sounds in the English Channel + Middle position. The sounds of "singles" are only ... those of a guitar to 300 Euros.
It is now mounted in 010-046 and won a lot in the treble, less nasal.
SOUNDS
It's an eclectic guitar ... First for rock, blues, pop ... But the power of the humbucker also helps to saturate a lot of preamps! This is not an EMG ESP +, but it can discover many things.
I played on a Marshall MG 15 DFX (where she does what she can). It sounds ... uh ... Squier as a small Marshall. With a multi-purpose (Zoom 2.1u) it becomes very satisfying.
On a Fender Champion 600 (small 5W All Tube Class A) is bliss.
This is the perfect guitar to drive the multi-effects & other numerical modeling (or if all that matters in the guitar is its ergonomics).
OVERALL OPINION
I bought 8 months ago (January 2007).
It is very ergonomic, very versatile, and it is a learning tool without equal.
Above all, she is very beautiful, with its unusual look (mirrors, chrome, black).
It is entirely consistent with the standards of the Start (pitch, run, ergonomics).
Holding agreement is perfectible (nut to redesign?).
I hesitated between a Telecaster (less versatile) and a Lite Ash Start (costs double), or when an Epiphone LP.
The value is excellent.
The version "HSS" ("fat") is preferable to the "SSS".
Rather than change the pickups (it's a musical instrument, not a box of Lego), add it a small multi-effect: this is what she needs.
This choice I would do without hesitation, but perhaps instead to add to it a Marshall and a zoom, I would direct a Vox AD 15 VT (modeling preamp with a lamp) (total budget guitar + amp + jack: 550 Euros approximately).
Its exact designation is "Black and Chrome Fat Stratocaster ® (Special Edition) 0321703 032-1703 - (506)."
On the head are the logos "Squier by Fender", "Stratocatser", "Standard Series".
On the back of the head, "Designed and backed by Fender", "Crafted in Indonesia".
Agathis body and black lacquer. Maple neck, profile "C", polyurethane varnish. Rosewood, 241 mm radius, in reference points. 22 boxes. Pitch of 648 mm, width at nut 43 mm. Rather thin frets. Head rather "seventies", black.
The next rule is trussrod head. Two guide ropes (strings 1-4).
Vibrato bridge-2 anchor points. Settings for action and intonation separated for 6 strings. Mechanical clutch, unsigned (probably Grover). All hardware is chrome (even the buttons volume / tone).
1-ply plate, mirror, 11 screws.
Two Alnico pickups simple (Channel and Middle). Humbucker in the bridge position.
Standard 5-way switch (Manche, Manche + Medium, Medium, Medium + Bridge, Bridge).
Channel Sutton, Sutton Middle, master volume.
009-042 mounted to the origin. Two tremolo springs.
Curiously, the selector knob and the tip of the stem of vibrato are white, while the entire rest of the guitar is black or silver.
UTILIZATION
This is an extremely versatile guitar, obviously designed more for beginners.
All the characteristics of a Start are there, except the simple micro bridge.
The violin is excellent, and the "set-up" can be easily adjusted. We can adjust the "like old slippers" very easily.
It is very ergonomic. The body is rather heavy (as it should), and the perfect balance.
These are the microphones that are obviously the cost of the "price canon", and, paradoxically, the humbucker is most interesting. It greatly expands the scope of this guitar. A significant imbalance between the volume of the humbucker and single is embarrassing. Is remedied by choosing instead the position "Middle + Bridge" when it returns from the neck pickup, because the intermediate position humbucker is the slightly "out of phase", which the calm a little. Other interesting sounds in the English Channel + Middle position. The sounds of "singles" are only ... those of a guitar to 300 Euros.
It is now mounted in 010-046 and won a lot in the treble, less nasal.
SOUNDS
It's an eclectic guitar ... First for rock, blues, pop ... But the power of the humbucker also helps to saturate a lot of preamps! This is not an EMG ESP +, but it can discover many things.
I played on a Marshall MG 15 DFX (where she does what she can). It sounds ... uh ... Squier as a small Marshall. With a multi-purpose (Zoom 2.1u) it becomes very satisfying.
On a Fender Champion 600 (small 5W All Tube Class A) is bliss.
This is the perfect guitar to drive the multi-effects & other numerical modeling (or if all that matters in the guitar is its ergonomics).
OVERALL OPINION
I bought 8 months ago (January 2007).
It is very ergonomic, very versatile, and it is a learning tool without equal.
Above all, she is very beautiful, with its unusual look (mirrors, chrome, black).
It is entirely consistent with the standards of the Start (pitch, run, ergonomics).
Holding agreement is perfectible (nut to redesign?).
I hesitated between a Telecaster (less versatile) and a Lite Ash Start (costs double), or when an Epiphone LP.
The value is excellent.
The version "HSS" ("fat") is preferable to the "SSS".
Rather than change the pickups (it's a musical instrument, not a box of Lego), add it a small multi-effect: this is what she needs.
This choice I would do without hesitation, but perhaps instead to add to it a Marshall and a zoom, I would direct a Vox AD 15 VT (modeling preamp with a lamp) (total budget guitar + amp + jack: 550 Euros approximately).