Lives up to all Expectations (Fender Stratocasters in general)

Member Name: will852

Product:	Fender Stratocasters in general
Date:	20/02/09 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: Incredable sound and action, which ever model you have.

Disadvantages: None

Guitars a little like fine wine...it all depends on the year.
Recent Gibsons for example are slightly lesser quality wood and tend to have very glossy finishes. I'm so relieved that Fender arn't going through a patch like this though.

My Stratocaster is an American Standard, made in the USA and a 2008 model. Its in a cream finish with a solid 1 piece maple neck and set up with Fender Silver Bullet strings. It also came in a Fender hard flight case.

I picked mine up, brand new at "The Guitar Centre" in Orlando, FL. for the princley sum of $900.
Which at the time was £450.
I can firstly say then - what an absolute bargain!
This guitar retails here in the UK at £1,399 but can be bought from most online guitar shops for £1,099.

So, if your thinking about an american made guitar...and you happen to be going to America soon....you should certainly wait and see what you can get out there.

The guitar itself is everything I expected and more. I've played Strats before, but all Mexican made, and the action and feel of the neck on an American strat is just fantastic!
The Versatility of the sound is incredible aswell. It obviously belts out the classic strat sounds (Hendrix, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd) as well as the more contemporary ones (Arctic Monkeys and Jamiroquai). But really, whatever you throw at it, the strat has a way of making it sound brilliant. From Heavy metal to longwinded surf jam solo's, it always sounds the dogs!!

If your reading this because your thinking about buying a stratocaster, then I really recommend going out to a guitar shop and trying 5 or 6 different guitars and then lastly an american strat with a maple neck.
Honestly, you won't look back. What ever age, finish, quality; its probably the finest and most classic guitar ever made and I really cant think of a wrong time to be taking a strat off the rack!

Summary: A simply stunning instrument