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Post subject: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:58 pm
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Hello everybody,

A while ago I orderded a Fender American Special Ash HSS FSR stratocaster.
These guitars came with a tortoise pick-guard and white pick-up covers/knobs.
When the guitar arrived over here (Europe), the look of the guitar was different.
Everything that used to be white or tortoise now was black.
I like this new look but there is no information to be found anywhere.
I asked Fender and they also can't really say what this is.
They say: "This serial number checks out in our system, I just think there was a change to the standard black plastic parts that are used on the regular model but still having the Ash Body and natural finish."
Anybody got this guitar or know something about this?

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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:07 pm
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Nice guitar but I like more old style color ; white for pickgard and knobs.


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:34 pm
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stratele52 wrote:
Nice guitar but I like more old style color ; white for pickgard and knobs.


For a sunburst Strat I also prefer white plastic, but for a Strat with a natural finish I go for black.
But that doesn't answer my question...
I really like to know if there are people who own the same guitar or have seen it.

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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 3:17 pm
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What's the year this guitar was made , 2012 , 2013 ?


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 3:52 pm
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stratele52 wrote:
What's the year this guitar was made , 2012 , 2013 ?


Serial number says US1207.... so 2012.

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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:04 pm
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Nothing in any Fender catalog 2011, 2012 ,2013.

You have a collector guitar :D


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:19 pm
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stratele52 wrote:
Nothing in any Fender catalog 2011, 2012 ,2013.

You have a collector guitar :D


It should be a FSR, the same one as this but only with black parts http://www.fender.com/guitars/stratocas ... r-hss-ash/
But is it normal that Fender change the look of a FSR and it cannot be found anywhere?

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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:55 pm
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Specs can change without notice at the whim of the manufacture. Nice looking guitar.


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 5:13 pm
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Still I think it's strange, you buy a guitar, and you can't find the specifications of it anywhere, you have to guess if it's the same as another one.
Fender made this guitar, it came out of the Fender factory...
How can I know how many were made at all??
But maybe I know too little of this FSR-thing and more special editions are not to be found on the net or in a catalog.

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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:07 am
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:roll: If you bought this used
they could have changed parts


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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:18 am
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:) Factory special runs made different for each store that orders them
eg., guitar center vs sweetwater vs elderly instruments.etc,...
Each store can ask for modifications
checkout sweetwaters' "burnt"
I have a black pickguard ,parts also fsr 2011 natural body also ,but mine is maple fretboard and all 3 single coils -back plate says limited edition
usuallly from 100- 250 made worldwide
I have "straight six "2007-2009 fsr edition -one humbucker only -black satin finish -ads say "831 made "
I bought five of this model and all the necks feel different - one has skinny thinner neck , one has nice grain showing on neck , one is slightly tinted, one neck is bigger "c shaped neck, all satin finish necks
I bought five from different dealers in US -I changed out the pickguards onlly to make them different


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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:21 am
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txdent777 wrote:
:roll: If you bought this used
they could have changed parts


Read the first post ; new order


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:23 am
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txdent777 wrote:
:) Factory special runs made different for each store that orders them
eg., guitar center vs sweetwater vs elderly instruments.etc,...
Each store can ask for modifications
checkout sweetwaters' "burnt"
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If you ordered one specific model from the Fender catalog, the store must not ordered something else


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Post subject: Re: Anyone knows this guitar?
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:33 am
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As I said before I ordered this guitar brand new at my local guitarshop in Holland http://www.fender.com/guitars/stratocas ... r-hss-ash/.
They ran out but Fender told them to ship 6 more over to Europe but that was gonna take some time
4 of them were already sold by then, so I had one of the last 2 copies.
When the guitar arrived months later I noticed this different look.
I find it nicer than the first look but just curious about this whole FSR-thing and if anybody got this same guitar... Can't find it anywhere.

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:50 am
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