After completing a string of trades and sales I wound up with a new leftover 2011 American Standard Strat in Charcoal Frost and an Orange Dark Terror head and PPC112 cab. My original plan was to go for an American Deluxe and a TH30, but my dog got pretty sick and the vet is expensive. Anyway, when I brought it home I immediately dropped in a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (with a mini switch) figuring I wanted to get some metal tones too, but then I watched PJ20. The sounds Mike McCready and Stone Gossard get from a Strat made me realize what they're capable of (I've always owned HSS Strats), so I put the stock bridge pickup back in with a new pickguard and I was blown away. I liked the split tones from my SCT and old Customs, but this blew it away. Also rolling the tone back darkens it enough for the metal I love, not perfect, but different. This guitar definitely gives me a lot of options and is a great compliment to my Singlecut Trem. Now the pics, first is with the Hot Rails and the second is with the stock single coil and tortoise pickguard.

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2011 Fender American Strat, Charcoal Frost
2007 PRS Singlecut Trem, Dragon II's
1997 Ovation Standard Balladeer 1861

Orange Dark Terror & PPC112

Happy new guitar day to ya!

Nice one. They play really nice. Congrats........

Great guitar! Congratulations!

Nice looking guitar - I really find the Chorcoal Frost a nice colour.

Nice New Guitar Day...And the pickguard change is different and not a combo I have ever seen...cool

T2

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What time is it? It's Fender Time.

Thanks. I like the look too. Luckily it sounds and plays just as nice.

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2011 Fender American Strat, Charcoal Frost
2007 PRS Singlecut Trem, Dragon II's
1997 Ovation Standard Balladeer 1861

Orange Dark Terror & PPC112

nice giutar... good color...