2008 American Standard Strat

dfc · **Joined:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:24 pm **Posts:** 37

What's your oopinion of this model year?

Tanner1994 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:58 pm **Posts:** 2121

i have an 08 american standard and it is a great guitar! no problems, and everything feels right. that being said, each guitar will vary slightly, and the only way to get the right opinion about a guitar is to go play one your self.

Twinhit · **Joined:** Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:33 am **Posts:** 650

Tanner1994 wrote:

i have an 08 american standard and it is a great guitar! no problems, and everything feels right. that being said, each guitar will vary slightly, and the only way to get the right opinion about a guitar is to go play one your self.

Tanner, does your 2008 have that microtilt screw feature in the neckplate as evidenced by the telltale screw hole.

I have a 2010 amer. stndrd strat. that I've now had for just over a week.
No complaints so far, though I am tempted to tinker with the pups.

Strataholic · **Joined:** Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:28 pm **Posts:** 1956

IIRC, 2008 was the year that Fender introduced some very nice design improvements to the Strat. I don't have one but I should think it would be better than an 07 (on average... as mentioned above, they are ALL different however).

DetroitBlues · **Joined:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:58 am **Posts:** 2187

Its a great guitar and you'll be happy if you buy it. As long as its not all dinged up, you should be golden!

dfc · **Joined:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:24 pm **Posts:** 37

Thanks, guys...appreciate it.

I bought one in February, 2008...looks just like my avatar - 3-tone burst, rosewood fretboard.

Now I'm jones-ing for an Eric Johnson 2-tone burst with a maple fretboard!

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgggg! I've got G.A.S.!!!!!!!!

DetroitBlues · **Joined:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:58 am **Posts:** 2187

dfc wrote:

Thanks, guys...appreciate it.

I bought one in February, 2008...looks just like my avatar - 3-tone burst, rosewood fretboard.

Now I'm jones-ing for an Eric Johnson 2-tone burst with a maple fretboard!

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgggg! I've got G.A.S.!!!!!!!!

Get the EJ rosewood. Its the first strat I can remember in a long time with binding on the neck!!! Whoa! Look out y'all!

strat2caster93 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:57 am **Posts:** 2

I own a 2010 am. std. one, but its the same design as the 08. It is a great guitar, with great action. Neck feels great, stays in tune, pickups sound good.

Buy the rosewood fretboard.

firstrat · **Joined:** Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:21 am **Posts:** 527

I love my 08. I also, think that the maple fretboard is the way to go on a fender. Classic fender look to me, and rw from Fender seems wrong and looks wrong to me. In general though I prefer rw fingerboards. But the Fenders have the advantage of being a one piece neck. You compromise that with a rw fretboard, because the maple has to be thinned and the rosewod gets glued on.

Andorra	EN	ES	FR
Belgium	EN	DE	FR
Croatia	EN
Czech Republic	EN
Estonia	EN
France	EN	FR
Germany	EN	DE
Italy	EN	IT
Latvia	EN
Lithuania	EN
Malta	EN
Netherlands	EN
Poland	EN
Romania	EN
Slovakia	EN
Sweden	EN
United Kingdom	EN

Austria	EN	DE
Bulgaria	EN
Cyprus	EN
Denmark	EN
Finland	EN
Greece	EN
Hungary	EN
Ireland	EN
Liechtenstein	EN	DE
Luxembourg	EN	DE	FR
Monaco	EN	FR
Norway	EN
Portugal	EN
Slovenia	EN
Spain	EN	ES
Switzerland	EN	DE	FR	IT

	Page 1 of 1	[ 9 posts ]

Mod Shop

Custom Shop

2008 American Standard Strat

Who is online