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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:59 pm
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Personally, I like it better with the pearloid pickguard and dark pickups. I went to school for photography, and one thing they taught us, is your eye is naturally drawn to the lightest (highlights) part of a photo (scene). That is part of why I don't care for the '70s headstock and I prefer pickguard/pickups of the same color, either all white or all black. I find my eye going to the headstock on a Strat with a '70s headstock. That was probably an intentional marketing idea. With the old black pickguard setup, my eye goes directly to the pickups, which, to ME, is NOT the coolest part of a guitar. Again, this is just MY opinion. To me, the shape of the body is what I like about the design, and you've got to know THAT was a huge design departure from traditional looking guitars, back in the 50's. The Telecaster and Stratocaster were ahead of their time and lasted, where the Flying V, Explorer & Moderne were too wild for 1958 and didn't sell well until the late '60s and '70s. I think it was probably Hendrix that had a big influence on the V making a comeback.

Nonetheless, the Strat is really cool BECAUSE you can customize and personalize it to your liking. My R7, R8 & R9 are basically bone stock. The only thing I changed on them was to put on Faber Toneloc stoptail posts. The guy I play with, I take my R8 with 11's tuned down a whole step and one of my Strats with 10's tuned down 1/2 step. That gives me a VERY versatile combination.



I like it this was the best too I just didnt think the black pickguard and white pickups gave it good definition on stage.
I built it that way originally as a tribute to my first strat a 76 it looked exactly like that

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:06 pm
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If you decide you want to put red body on here is link.

http://www.fender.com/store/strat-bodie ... apple-red/

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:10 pm
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Really like the white mother of toilet seat pickgaurd w/ the black pup covers and black bobbin bucker... Sharp ;)
I'm gonna go try out one of these professional series strats... might be what I'm looking for... see how they compare to the american standard hss..or is it the american deluxe hss... can't remember all these diff models... :P

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:27 pm
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If you decide you want to put red body on here is link.

http://www.fender.com/store/strat-bodie ... apple-red/


Very cool, but I learned something a few years ago...that is I would want to know the weight of the specific body I'm buying. The pick guard assembly with the 1 volume and 1 tone on my Candy Apple Red Am Special started life on a Might Mite body/neck. It had a quilt maple top and was gorgeous. What I didn't know is what weight you want a Strat body to be to NOT be too heavy. That Might Mite weighed 10 POUNDS, fully assembled!! My R7 1957 Goldtop reissue weighs 8 lbs 9 ozs and both my R8 & R9 weight 9.3 lbs, so a 10 pound Strat is absolutely ridiculous. It didn't sound good either, AND the neck seemed unstable. When I bought my Americian Special body by itself, I found out it weighed 3 lbs 15 ozs. That guitar, fully assembled, is 7 lbs 14 ozs and sounds amazing. That means that particular neck, pickguard, bridge, etc. combo weighs 3 lbs 15 ozs, and THAT tells me that Might Mite body was about 6 lbs. It must have been a very wet piece of wood or the maple top adds a lot of weight.

I asked my friend at GC to weigh the USA Professional Strat before I bought it, and it was 8.1 lbs. I'm no luthier, but it seems to me a lighter, dryer piece of wood is more resonant. I would be hesitant to buy a body directly from Fender if I can't find out what it weighs.

I got a smoking deal on my Candy Apple Red body. I only paid $200 for that, and it reminds me of my Dad, so I have a special affinity for that guitar.

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:26 pm
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Pro.... Schmo... !!

All it is is Marketing Hype.

Just bait to lure the unsuspecting 'Trout' ! :lol: :lol:

All the real 'Pros' started out and became famous using used, battered or run-of-the-mill, off-the-shelf, guitars.

Only when their earnings caught up to their 'Fame' did they start sporting 'Bling' or 'Custom' guitars.

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:00 pm
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I think you're missing the point... Nothing wrong with any of the guitar companies marketing different interpretations of an instrument. Different configurations... neck profiles... frets etc... I'm happy to see these concepts brought to life by Fender.

It's nice to have variety. Regardless of the type of guitar a musician chooses to play... In the end... It's what the player makes happen with the guitar.

What the quality is of the instrument a player starts out with in the beginning is a non-issue. It's where they go with their talent... and if they stick with it it's only natural to move forward to a high quality instrument. I'm happy there's good quality guitars out here... It's not a badge of honor to be proficient playing on a low quality instrument. Speaking for myself..
I choose NOT to play a POS.
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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:20 am
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Strat-Slinger wrote:
I think you're missing the point... Nothing wrong with any of the guitar companies marketing different interpretations of an instrument. Different configurations... neck profiles... frets etc... I'm happy to see these concepts brought to life by Fender.

It's nice to have variety. Regardless of the type of guitar a musician chooses to play... In the end... It's what the player makes happen with the guitar.

What the quality is of the instrument a player starts out with in the beginning is a non-issue. It's where they go with their talent... and if they stick with it it's only natural to move forward to a high quality instrument. I'm happy there's good quality guitars out here... It's not a badge of honor to be proficient playing on a low quality instrument. Speaking for myself..
I choose NOT to play a POS.
Rock On


Not quite certain I'm the one missing the point... :roll:

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:18 am
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Not quite certain I'm the one missing the point... :roll:

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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - William Shakespeare

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Post subject: Re: USA Professional Standard Stratocaster HSS
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:10 pm
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Very cool, but I learned something a few years ago...that is I would want to know the weight of the specific body I'm buying. The pick guard assembly with the 1 volume and 1 tone on my Candy Apple Red Am Special started life on a Might Mite body/neck. It had a quilt maple top and was gorgeous. What I didn't know is what weight you want a Strat body to be to NOT be too heavy. That Might Mite weighed 10 POUNDS, fully assembled!! My R7 1957 Goldtop reissue weighs 8 lbs 9 ozs and both my R8 & R9 weight 9.3 lbs, so a 10 pound Strat is absolutely ridiculous. It didn't sound good either, AND the neck seemed unstable. When I bought my Americian Special body by itself, I found out it weighed 3 lbs 15 ozs. That guitar, fully assembled, is 7 lbs 14 ozs and sounds amazing. That means that particular neck, pickguard, bridge, etc. combo weighs 3 lbs 15 ozs, and THAT tells me that Might Mite body was about 6 lbs. It must have been a very wet piece of wood or the maple top adds a lot of weight.

I asked my friend at GC to weigh the USA Professional Strat before I bought it, and it was 8.1 lbs. I'm no luthier, but it seems to me a lighter, dryer piece of wood is more resonant. I would be hesitant to buy a body directly from Fender if I can't find out what it weighs.

I got a smoking deal on my Candy Apple Red body. I only paid $200 for that, and it reminds me of my Dad, so I have a special affinity for that guitar.



Brotha if anyone can relate to being picky about Strat parts its me. Mine have to be American and live up to my minds eye picture as well.

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