I bought a new American Standard Strat at GC, black with maple fretboard. I must say I am impressed with the quality of this particular instrument. I played all they had and this one sounded the best. Only thing I had to do was slot the nut a little deeper on the high E. For strings, I use 10's so I had to do a setup, as it came with 9's. I use 4 springs on the trem, which I had a set laying around. The 3 black springs it came with seemed weaker than what I'm used to. The pickups sound pretty darn good IMO. DC resistance for each is: neck=5.8K, middle=6.0K, and bridge=7.2K! That's similar to an EJ setup I believe. Very balanced sounding with some grunt at the bridge, but still very strat-like.

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Leo Fender

Congrats rjake!

Yeah, those black springs are weak, replaced mine too. I think that the Am Std is a great Strat, good for you. Now you know why they call it a "hot" bridge pup. However, you should know the rules by now, pics please.

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+1

Only a cad regales us with tales of a new guitar then leaves us twisting in the wind by not posting the requisite pics!

Post 'em if you got 'em!



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Didn't figure you guys would want to see a boring black strat. here it is:

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Leo Fender

Black is beautiful, and a timeless classic! Thanks rjake.

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Por favor, disculpe mi español, no se llega a la práctica con mucha frecuencia.

She's a looker alright!

Congrats!!!

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Black strats do have their fans. I think Clapton played one alot, and possibly that Gilmore dude.

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The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.
Leo Fender

Same with this fellow although I seem to have forgotten his name......



As I recollect he was very fond of hi-perf automobiles and was known to be a real 'highway star'.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Is that the guy from Rainbow?

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The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.
Leo Fender

Yeah, yeah -- that's him! Ritchie......uh, something-or-other.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Mr B looks a bit wooden in that picture or perhaps i should say waxy. It looks like any smoke on the water of fireball might melt him

Maybe he's a Leo......



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

But he is not a lion! He has melted before "burn"

His 'woman from Tokyo' pulled him from the flames at the last possible moment -- a real 'child in time', she.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Nice choice RJ. One of mine is a Black/Maple combo AmStd that just wails. Congrats........

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