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Post subject: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:56 pm
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I bought an American Special Strat with a Satin Honeyburst finish at Guitar Center last year before Christmas.

Unfortunately, the guitar was mislabeled as having Texas Special pups and Greasebucket tone circuitry when they didn't.

I called up Fender last year, and they confimed the honeyburst finish came with standard strat pups and not the Texas Specials.

When I went to complain to Guitar Center, they offered to install the Texas Specials for an additional 100.00 so I declined and had them give them to me for free so I could install them myself...so actually, I now have both the standard pups and the CS Texas Specials.

There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding this particular guitar and what the specs are exactly.

Reading through Strat-talk forum, some people are saying if you have the 2012 version of the honeyburst finish with a ivory colored pickguard, you should have Fat 50's in them.

Can anyone tell me for sure, which pups the 2012 American Special Strat w/honeyburst finish comes with?

If they are standard pups, which standard pups are they?


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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:57 am
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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:31 am
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The description supplied by Fender for the FSR American Special Hand Stained Honeyburst says American Standard Strat® Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge, Middle, Neck).

Your guess is as good as anyone's as to what that means.
Could it be they found a box full of old stock Am Std Strat pups which had been replaced in 2012 by the Fat 50s in the Am Std series and decided to use them in a special run. Who knows.

You should be able to tell from the pup construction which ones you have as the old American Standards had plastic bobbins and DC resistance of >7k ohms bridge and between 6-7k ohms middle & neck. The CS Fat 50s are DC resistance Neck: 6.0k ohms, Middle: 6.3k ohms & Bridge: 6.2k ohms.


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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:42 pm
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I purchased a used honeyburst from guitar center a month ago, and really dig it.

the hangtag on the guitar indicated that it came with texas special pickups. I am thinking of changing pickguards, and checking the pickups to see if they are indeed texas specials.

do the pups have anything on them that would let me know that I got what was on the tags? its not a deal breaker-I am still happy with my axe!


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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:07 pm
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It's likely possible a very few of these FSR honeyburst USA Special Strats were shipped with AlNiCo V single-coils since this guitar came stock with Texas Specials.

Apparently Fender decided to use the leftover stock of AlNiCo Vs from the pre-2012 USA Standards rather than dropping them to the trashcan (just a supposition :idea: ).


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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:34 pm
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We have covered this topic already, and it was apparent that GC screwed up in the description of these particular guitars. The Honeyburst finished Am Spcl came only with Am Std pups, not TS pups, even though the regular Am Spcl had TS pups.

phreddybee wrote:
...do the pups have anything on them that would let me know that I got what was on the tags?...


The TS pups will have traditional paper bottoms on them, with a blue dot on the neck pup and a red dot on the bridge, while the AM Std pups will have molded plastic bottoms. Easily identifiable if you want to post pics. BTW, the FF pups look just like the TS pups, dots and all.

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Post subject: Re: Which pups in Am. Special Strat w/honeyburst finish?
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:54 pm
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I have had nothing but bad experiences in buying guitars.
It seems stores are trying to take advantage constantly
They should know what pick ups are in the guitar and should have given you a new one immediately.


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