NGD -Found a good American Special after all!

joaokorb · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:37 am

Xit, a half-day has passed and I still cant get my mind off that American Special neck. Damn! Can I ask how much have you paid for that babe ?

AndyK · **Joined:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:53 pm **Posts:** 59

joaokorb wrote:

Xit, a half-day has passed and I still cant get my mind off that American Special neck. Damn! Can I ask how much have you paid for that babe ?

Sorry to taunt you with this killer deal. $760 USD!

joaokorb · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:15 am

Ok now thats official. I wont sleep this night over that deal you´ve got.
I keep thinking if in your run the American Special series were out of maple necks, so the Custom Shop may have "borrowed" some for the line.
Dont forget to contact me first if you ever think of selling this babe one day.

AndyK · **Joined:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:53 pm **Posts:** 59

joaokorb wrote:

Ok now thats official. I wont sleep this night over that deal you´ve got.
I keep thinking if in your run the American Special series were out of maple necks, so the Custom Shop may have "borrowed" some for the line.
Dont forget to contact me first if you ever think of selling this babe one day.

Could be the line accidentally took a custom shop piece of neck wood! Who knows. Maybe the custom shop didn't like the wood, flamed as it is, so they donated it to the line production team?

If I ever think of selling it, you will be the first in line!

antitype · **Joined:** Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:59 pm **Posts:** 158

That neck is sweeet !!!

HWY1Strat · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:15 pm

Yep....I just put a down payment on this one's cousin.
The Oly. White/ Black pickguard HSS Stratocaster F.S.R......exclusive to Guitar Center only..I'm told..
Much like the others...she'll get a make-over to suit my needs!
DiMarzio Injector (n)
DiMarzio Area 67(m)
DiMarzio P.A.F. Pro (br.)
Fender/Schaller locking tuners
Graph Tech String Saver saddles

AndyK · **Joined:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:53 pm **Posts:** 59

HWY1Strat wrote:

Yep....I just put a down payment on this one's cousin.
The Oly. White/ Black pickguard HSS Stratocaster F.S.R......exclusive to Guitar Center only..I'm told..
Much like the others...she'll get a make-over to suit my needs!
DiMarzio Injector (n)
DiMarzio Area 67(m)
DiMarzio P.A.F. Pro (br.)
Fender/Schaller locking tuners
Graph Tech String Saver saddles

Ha! I held that same guitar right before I bought mine! Nice choice! I too am getting the Fender / Schaller locking tuners!

Naughtius Maximus · **Joined:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:55 pm **Posts:** 78

AndyK wrote:

Thanks all!

pred1993 wrote:

That's a really good-looking strat, man! Congratz!

Now you just have to get it scalloped YJM-style.

With these huge frets, it feels like it's scalloped already! :mrgreen:

Interesting info on the Callaham trem. I usually float to half of Fender's spec, but I wonder why the Callaham block / design doesn't let you dive much unless you deck the trem? Seems pretty limiting, no? Thanks for the heads-up. The top plate on the Ping trem that came with the guitar is pretty junky, I would hate to not use the Callaham in place of the Ping. I'll set it up and see what happens. If the trem doesn't let me be me, I'll sell it and get an AVRI trem. Stay tuned!

What's so junky about it? Do you just like the nickel plating better than the chrome?

AndyK · **Joined:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:53 pm **Posts:** 59

Maybe junky isn't fair to say. Not the best quality is more accurate.

Naughtius Maximus · **Joined:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:55 pm **Posts:** 78

AndyK wrote:

Maybe junky isn't fair to say. Not the best quality is more accurate.

Yeah, but what specifically makes the top plate junky to you?
The Callaham one I got actually had a little crack where the edge of the bent part tapers into the flat part, nearest the whammy bar hole. I was kind of turned off by that and then when I went to assemble it I noticed that it didn't dive as far as the stocker (probably due to where the block is spaced in relation to the top plate) so I just used the fender top plate like my other highway one. Not knockin Callaham, he makes nice stuff, just opted for the stock plate and never gave it much thought after that...
I actually got curious after you said that and looked and can't find any info on whether the fender plate is of any higher or lower quality material than the Calliham part... He says his is high carbon steel but I imagine any top plate would have to be made of pretty durable stuff to put up with standard whammy bar abuse...
Anyway, just wondering what it is you don't like about it.

candycoke09 · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:14 pm **Posts:** 153

Get an octavia, wah, uni-vibe, and fuzz face and you'd be set. And don't forget the coil-cord.

candycoke09 · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:14 pm **Posts:** 153

By the way, looking at the guitar, it has a six-screw trem already. Tell me how it can be any different than a AVRI trem, because I have my doubts that there is any difference.

jimmydenton · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:59 am **Posts:** 110

Why the hell don't fender offer this guitar in White as standard?

chromeface · **Posted:** Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:32 am

AndyK wrote:

I found this FSR Olympic White one at a different GC in a nicer part of the state. When I saw the neck, I jumped on it! I'll be installing a Callaham vintage spaced tremolo in the next few days - that should make it play even better, if the legend is true! Here are some pics...

This guitar looks especially amazing played upside down a la Jimi Hendrix.

Just throw in a set of CS 69s with the reverse-staggered bridge pickup. These babies will take you from Woodstock into a new era.

joaokorb · **Posted:** Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:59 am

that neck.....
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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