Well it took me a while to build up the personal pride and feel to own a true Fender. I felt I deserve one now and can do it justice to play a true Fender.

2011 American Deluxe SSS maple neck. Can't complain, now if only my amp will keep working. Blackstar HT 60 Stage sounds beautiful with the guitar plugged in.

I feel invigorated to learn more and improve my sound.

Who else has felt inspired by sheer sound and touch of their Fender?

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My Pleasure

Nothing inspires me as much to play the blues as a good old Strat does!

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Esp Eclipse II
Fender Strat LoneStar

Ever since I saw the Beatles play on the Ed Sullivan Show back in the 60's, I've always been inspired to play. I just love the sound of a guitar!

My first real guitar was an SG, a used 60's my parents purchased for me on my 13th birthday along with a Fender Princeton Reverb too, I got a Muff Box a few months later. I was turned off by the SG's unstable neck, too wobbly for my tastes.

...Fender turned me off for a long time, too many people played the strat and I did not like single coil hum at all.

I wanted to do something different than what everybody else was doing so I bought many different types of guitars but was never fully satisfied. Finally, ...37-years later, I decided to give a strat a whirl. Long story short, I did experience the Fender magic and found myself extra inspired to play from that point forward.

And, one night..., no joke, I swear I felt Leo's spirit enjoying my playing as I played effortlessly; so effortlessly, while playing, I found myself in deep thought about the design of the guitar and that's when it happened. I felt Leo's presence strong. It was...spooky, but spooky good!

And thus far, ...I've found magic in every single American Fender I've played! So, ...I know that there will always be a Fender out there and I don't have to get too attached to one guitar anymore!

...had Gibson gone with Les Pauls idea to do a neck-thru on the SG, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation, however. ...an SG, coil tapped with a neck-thru and a floyd rose, dear sweet mother of guitars!

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Dennis in CR
Rockin' since 1963

Hi
I am about to collect aFender duluxe rosewood 2010 in acople of weeks
How do you rate your one?
Cheers and good luck John

I could be wrong but I took his title to mean he's been playing guitar for 17 years and finally owns a Fender. Not that he's 17 years old.

Glad for you man! I don't have a USA Strat YET, Hopefully down the road soon. But I finally got me a 1997 Fender USA made HRD A few weeks ago. Retubed with JJ's and ordered a Weber 12F150 Speaker. Waiting on it. So I know how you feel for owning a real Fender USA product. Sounds awesome now and Weber will break-in the speaker for me for no additional cost. Should be a killer amp!