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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:03 am
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There are no photos with floyded American Deluxes yet. :?


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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 2:06 am
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yeah... getting few and far between eh.. :?

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:27 pm
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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 2:52 pm
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Duuuhhh, I should have recognized that. Forgive my ignorance. :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:09 pm
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I have a 2008 AM Dlx V neck with Dimarzio area pups... I'm satisfied
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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 9:20 pm
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This is my 2013 version. Just came in last Wednesday. Needless to say I am very happy. The only pics I have uploaded so far are the ones that Sweetwater sent to me.

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 11:27 pm
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Eddie's 70 wrote:
This is my 2013 version. Just came in last Wednesday. Needless to say I am very happy. The only pics I have uploaded so far are the ones that Sweetwater sent to me.

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Hey thats nice!! boy that rosewood is dark!! :)

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:05 am
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Here is my 2008 American Deluxe Stratocaster when it started it looked like this


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I didnt like alot of things about it so I began to change it into the perfect guitar it now is.

I hated the gold pickguard thought the pickups sounded lame and the fact I couldnt
pull up on the tremolo or get those cool Steve Via Brad Gillis Warbles by slappin the bar.
So I began to work on it it took a while to get it right there was a couple times
I was like oh man why did I do this but I kept pushing up the hill made it to the top.

Now I have a Warmoth custom pickguard on a hand routed and installed body.
The pickguard is silver grey pearl but photographs blue for some reason.
The electronics are all fender out of a Highway 1 hot alnico 3 single coils.
The Atomic was hand picked out of a batch for its lower ohm reading and brighter sound.
Some Atomics read up to 16.7 and are very fuzzy this one was a 13.4

The wiring is vintage cloth Gavitt wired American Standard S-1 removed I used a 250k
pot for the volume and 500k pots for tone
I originally had Dimarzio Injector neck and Area Middle with a D Activator Bridge.
The Fender pickups Sound better in my book.
The tremolo is Original Floyd Rose and I had to mill a groove in the back of the locking nut for truss access.

I did all this stuff myself as I do my own work.

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:28 am
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Blertles wrote:
yeah... getting few and far between eh.. :?



Floyded strats are getting few and far between because Fender bought 2 sinking ships
CHARVEL and JACKSON

They took away all Fender Strat players locking tremolos save the cheap Mexican Blacktop with a junk Floyd Rose Special on it made in Korea.

If you call FENDER and ask about it they immediatly say hey have you tried our CHARVEL and JACKSON line?

In an attempt to to up sales of thier purchased companies they are forcing us to buy CHARVEL and JACKSON

So... I gave my 2012 and 2013 Guitar purchases to GIBSON ($2000 a year) and did my own work on my old Fenders.
I guess I will just buy used and start routing do my own Floyd Rose install work.

That is my grudge against CHARVEL and JACKSON.

Sure I played them in the 90s they are trend guitars like BC Rich that are out of style in my genre now.
I resent FENDER forcing me to buy one if I want a Floyd Rose.
I will NEVER buy a CHARVEL or JACKSON now.

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:50 am
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BTW Bertles

Thats a nice American Deluxe man hope it gives you years of enjoyment.
I know mine has and it didnt even flinch when I took it under the knife.

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:20 am
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donnycraven wrote:
Floyded strats are getting few and far between because Fender bought 2 sinking ships CHARVEL and JACKSON


FWIW, my CS Charvel hands down outplays all of my Fenders. My Jackson Strathead plays better than my Deluxe or my Masterbuilt, but my MIJ Fender Strat 1-hum is pretty much on par. Build quality on all my CJ's and Fenders are comparable. My ESP Strat smokes them all in build quality. And yeah, I think I own enough of each to validate my opinion. lol


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There are no photos with floyded American Deluxes yet. :?


This one is going into the shop to get a Floyd today! ;)

edit: I'm not gonna put a Floyd nut on it though, I'm happy with the LSR + Schaller locking tuners.

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:25 am
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Is that the Aero Dyne?

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:26 am
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I can see its a American Deluxe now when did they make no inlays?

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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:27 am
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That's the None More Black FSR from 2005-ish?


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Post subject: Re: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster lovers...
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:29 am
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donnycraven wrote:
Here is my 2008 American Deluxe Stratocaster when it started it looked like this


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Donny,
I would happily, happily, very happily buy the original bridge from you. PM me if you'd like to sell it.

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