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Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Stratocaster
Fender Lincoln Brewster Stratocaster 33%  33%  [ 2 ]
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Post subject: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:21 am
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Birthday gift soon from my lovely wife! I can't decide between these 2! :D I've already tried the LB Strat and it does fantastic. Mid-boost is really usable in live usage but main issue is that the neck pickup's fully wide open and you cannot use the tone knob. I also do NOT like the color but the overall comfort and ease of playing's really awesome.

I have not tried the Ultra yet as our local stores does not have it yet. My concern with this is mostly the pups, and the neck. The previous Elite has very muffled and non-vintage tone so I dunno if Ultra still has that problem. This new series also has slimmer D profile which based from the demo videos are catered to more 'fast' players which I'm not.

Both have compound radius so it is the best of both worlds but 10" for Ultra seems a bit flat? Not sure.

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What are your thoughts folks? Thanks!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:56 am
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valvestate wrote:
Both have compound radius so it is the best of both worlds but 10" for Ultra seems a bit flat? Not sure.

I wouldn't notice a half inch difference in radius at the nut end (and that's all it is), and I'm pretty sure most folks are the same.
Go and try one out.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:30 am
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stratmangler wrote:
Go and try one out.


^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^

You can spend days comparing secifications but it is all down to feel and sound. And when you consider two guitars of the same model can feel and sound different the debate on specification is almost irrelevant....Almost irrelevant.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:14 pm
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valvestate wrote:
Birthday gift soon from my lovely wife! I can't decide between these 2! :D I've already tried the LB Strat and it does fantastic. Mid-boost is really usable in live usage but main issue is that the neck pickup's fully wide open and you cannot use the tone knob. I also do NOT like the color but the overall comfort and ease of playing's really awesome.

I have not tried the Ultra yet as our local stores does not have it yet.

My concern with this is mostly the pups, and the neck. The previous Elite has very muffled and non-vintage tone so I dunno if Ultra still has that problem. This new series also has slimmer D profile which based from the demo videos are catered to more 'fast' players which I'm not.

Both have compound radius so it is the best of both worlds but 10" for Ultra seems a bit flat? Not sure.



That's a very nice birthday gift! I think you should wait until your local shops have Ultras to try out, both the HSS and SSS models. I won't vote on any one, because in the end, it only matters what you think and feel.
I also think your wife loves you, and wants you have to what you really want. Maybe you at least owe it to her to try all of your options. Would she mind that you wait until you can do that? I don't think so.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:05 pm
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That is indeed a tough call.
I would normally say go with the LB, but I really do not like that color at all.
OTOH, I'm not a fan of H-S-S Strats.
But simply due to the ability to get the Ultra as an S-S-S, and the inability to get the LB in anything else, I say go with the Ultra.
It's really not much different from the current Elite, so it's a "known item".

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:53 pm
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I'm not seeing an amp worthy of a Strat in your gearlist.

Mebbe you should ask for a Deluxe Reverb instead......?

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:13 pm
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Thanks for the responses folks. My dilemma now is that the Lincoln Brewster Strat's currently out of stock and it will only be available in 3 to 6 months time. Fender Ultra will be in probably a month's time.

This is killin me! I can already purchase LB strat but the allure and spec of the new ULTRA is quite enticing.

Should I wait for another 6 months??? :x I just want to hold and feel the neck of these new Ultra.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:20 pm
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valvestate wrote:
Birthday gift soon from my lovely wife! I can't decide between these 2! :D I've already tried the LB Strat and it does fantastic. Mid-boost is really usable in live usage but main issue is that the neck pickup's fully wide open and you cannot use the tone knob. I also do NOT like the color but the overall comfort and ease of playing's really awesome.

I have not tried the Ultra yet as our local stores does not have it yet.

My concern with this is mostly the pups, and the neck. The previous Elite has very muffled and non-vintage tone so I dunno if Ultra still has that problem. This new series also has slimmer D profile which based from the demo videos are catered to more 'fast' players which I'm not.

Both have compound radius so it is the best of both worlds but 10" for Ultra seems a bit flat? Not sure.



That's a very nice birthday gift! I think you should wait until your local shops have Ultras to try out, both the HSS and SSS models. I won't vote on any one, because in the end, it only matters what you think and feel.
I also think your wife loves you, and wants you have to what you really want. Maybe you at least owe it to her to try all of your options. Would she mind that you wait until you can do that? I don't think so.

JMHO,


Thank you! She is indeed a keeper :) Yeah I might as well maybe try first the ULTRA... she told me that this is a very VERY expensive guitar so I need to be really sure on what she will be purchasing.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:59 pm
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So glad you posted this. I'm in the same boat. But after playing both the LB and an HSS ultra maple board for several days now, I'm going for the LB strat. It's just a solid guitar in and out. That nitrocellulose lacquer finish looks and feels great, and the soft v neck fits my style of playing over the ergonomic modern D neck. To me, the neck is where the tide breaks one way or the other. A lot of folks are going to dig the modern D, so more power to them. I also like the locking vintage style tuners over the deluxe tuners on the ultra. The other selling point for me with the LB was the push/pull volume boost option which is exactly what I need for a church setting. And it also cleans up really nice when you roll the volume back to about 4 so I don't need to toggle to a clean channel. All that being said, I would not complain over an ultra at all. To the ultra's credit - the S1 option gives the ultra more sounds, and having the S1 engaged while the selector is in the bridge sounds really good. I like the ultra's hard shell case over the LB and the ultra offers better colors too, but I'm fine with the gold. My wife just told me not to wear a red shirt while playing it because I would look like a McDonald's.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:53 pm
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maddyguitars wrote:
So glad you posted this. I'm in the same boat. But after playing both the LB and an HSS ultra maple board for several days now, I'm going for the LB strat. It's just a solid guitar in and out. That nitrocellulose lacquer finish looks and feels great, and the soft v neck fits my style of playing over the ergonomic modern D neck. To me, the neck is where the tide breaks one way or the other. A lot of folks are going to dig the modern D, so more power to them. I also like the locking vintage style tuners over the deluxe tuners on the ultra. The other selling point for me with the LB was the push/pull volume boost option which is exactly what I need for a church setting. And it also cleans up really nice when you roll the volume back to about 4 so I don't need to toggle to a clean channel. All that being said, I would not complain over an ultra at all. To the ultra's credit - the S1 option gives the ultra more sounds, and having the S1 engaged while the selector is in the bridge sounds really good. I like the ultra's hard shell case over the LB and the ultra offers better colors too, but I'm fine with the gold. My wife just told me not to wear a red shirt while playing it because I would look like a McDonald's.


Sweet! Thanks for chiming! Exactly the review I'm looking for! :)

I didn't know that they have different hard case? What's the difference?

How do you find the neck position lacking the tone control? Is it too trebly? That's another thing that I'm really considering since I will be plugging this to a VOX AC15.

I also play in Church and I just love LB's monster playing!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Lincoln Brewster VS American Ultra Series Strat
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:34 pm
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Here's a link to the Ultra hard shell - https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... lsrc=aw.ds

And one for the LB case https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... lsrc=aw.ds

They both work fine. I just prefer the plush interior and the locking center latch on the Ultra hard shell.

I don't have a problem with the neck pick up, but I'm playing this through a Headrush pedalboard and I'm not modeling the AC15. The Ash body should give a lower resonance to mitigate the treble.


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