I have played my cherryburst for 4 ears now. I like the sound. The finish on this guitar SUX! Cracks started appearing at the neck pocket corners after 6 months! Now the finish has chipped off in the cutouts and has started onto the body. I have also noticed if you get a ding in the finish you will see how air gets under the finish and will eventually start flaking off. I'm in the process of refretting and refinishing mine now.
Could you please let me know what is the sound difference between an ash and an alder body ? Deos generally ash produces a darker tone than an alder one ?
@snipperacoustics alder seems to have more umph in the lower mid range, whereas Ash is pretty well balanced in its highs, mids, and lows and seems to sustain longer. Of course pickups can make a big difference.
You can play pretty much everything on this guitar. It is a quality instrument.
If you want really heavy stuff get a guitar with EMG active pickups fitted.
This fender is a beautiful and versatile instrument. It depends on your budget and what style of music you want to play as to which guitar you should get. This would be a major purchase to most of us Joe Average guys. Unless you are absolutely minted.
I have this exact guitar, bought it 2 1/2 years ago. The SCN pickups with S-1 is awesome. You can get pretty heavy sound out of it if you run it through the right amp. I ran mine through a 5150, and it floored me time and time again. It won't sound like a gibson though, but it doesn't compromise the natural clean fender tone, but gives you options if you run it through a very dirty amp (5150 or similar). Excellent guitar. Glad I got mine before they raised the price by $400
If you are talking American Standard in the UK they are £800. Euros 920, $1248 US @ 13 Feb 2010.
So it depends which currency you are talking. Obviously they will be cheaper in the ole US of A. For a USA deluxe in the UK that's approx £1,000, 1150Euros, $1,560US
Got one too, bought mine a few years ago so its the anni version. Mines not cherry burst or tobacco, I haven't seen another one like it... its a color in between (might be sienna burst but even still, I haven't seen one like it). I paid $1350 at guitar hole out the door but I didn't want the plain black case so I had to buy the vintage case for the extra $50.
i bought one brand new last week along with a new 65 reissue deluxe reverb amp. the sound is awsome bout the only time im not playing it is when im in bed sleeping. beautiful clean tones and handles a big muff really well...tho i prefer to play stragiht thru the amp (clean)
I bought one of these beauties a few years ago, cherry burst. They've gone up about $500 bucks since I bought mine, glad I got her when i did, she's absolutely perfect! (after i put some more springs in the tremolo)
Actually, you can. It only works on the MIA Deluxe Strats. If you push on the S1 switch just enough before you actually activate it, it lowers the sound to the point where it emulates a killswitch. Try it :) it works for me.
Alder is actually the lighter wood. There are two different types of Ash..Hard Ash and Swamp Ash. The Ash bodies produce brighter tones with more sustain, where the Alder is a more balanced tone. Hard Ash is heavy, Swamp Ash, while maintaining it's brightness, is lighter by about a pound.
Ash is much denser than the standard alder body, so there is definently some tonal difference between the two, contrast and compare, and see if its worth it to you to spend that extra few dollars.
is this guitar good for grunge music.. EG. Nirvana?? i also want to play a\other classic rock (AC DC, Van Halen etc) so is this guitar good for playing those type of songs??
While you can get in the ballpark with this strat, it really isn't going to nail these tones. All the music you've described are humbucker driven, so maybe a humbucker equipped guitar is more of what you're after.
i have the maple board, 3 tone burst alder s-s-s am dlx...and it's my baby i bought it new in '05 and it has the original schaller locking tuners (without the "f" on the back)...itnever goes out of tune and the scn's are amazing dead quiet but still very stratty...i only wish i could also afford the h-s-s version too! and i REALLy wished they'd make an H-H version!
what is the difference between the fender stratocaster eric clapton and fenfer stratocaster? yea i know about the booster but what is the main differnce? pls answer.. thnxs! :D
Our Eric Clapton Stratocaster guitar is guaranteed to please all you "Slowhand" fans. Among the "Cream" of our crop, this signature Strat offers special features including a trio of Fender Vintage Noiseless™ pickups, plus powerful active mid-boost and TBX circuits, all of which make it one of the most versatile instruments we offer. Other features include a special soft V-shaped neck and a blocked original vintage synchronized tremolo bridge.
Icon. Not a word to be used lightly. But the Stratocaster is just that. The new American Standard Stratocaster guitars are beauties to behold in sound, look and feel. We kept the hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for playability, tone and stability, and added several new features, including:
Dude... sweet guitar... but let me ask you guys, a few questions... What are the main differences from Ash do Alder? If I get one myself, is it worthy to put a Floyd Rose Tremolo?
dude, i have this baught this guitar on sail for 800, last week. and it can defenatly handle the floyed rose, i jam it with heavy distortion and it stays intune beatufuly, well unless you go crazy with the whammy like steve vai and them, then it will go out
Ash is much denser than the standard alder body, so there is definently some tonal difference between the two, contrast and compare, and see if its worth it to you to spend that extra few dollars.
Alder is actually the lighter wood. There are two different types of Ash..Hard Ash and Swamp Ash. The Ash bodies produce brighter tones with more sustain, where the Alder is a more balanced tone. Hard Ash is heavy, Swamp Ash, while maintaining it's brightness, is lighter by about a pound.
i've got an american deluxe strat with an alder body and another strat with an ash body. the only difference i notice is that the ash body is lighter in weight.
I have played my cherryburst for 4 ears now. I like the sound. The finish on this guitar SUX! Cracks started appearing at the neck pocket corners after 6 months! Now the finish has chipped off in the cutouts and has started onto the body. I have also noticed if you get a ding in the finish you will see how air gets under the finish and will eventually start flaking off. I'm in the process of refretting and refinishing mine now.
LooksEZband 3 months ago
man i sure hope this fender doesn't turn me bald..
rhcpfellow 8 months ago
How can you hear the classic Fender sound with that bunch of noise coming out of it?
TheStratman2011 8 months ago
I don't hear the classic fender sound in this guitar. The Samatarian no sound pick's haven't got the classic sound..
degekkejoop 9 months ago
How can you shred on this guitar? I think I'm going to throw up.
jordanlcombs 1 year ago
@jordanlcombs looks can be deceiving.
iiFatous 1 year ago
PRS SE are bum bum
gingerleyham 1 year ago
Finish is fucking beastly
TheAssSpanker 1 year ago
Could you please let me know what is the sound difference between an ash and an alder body ? Deos generally ash produces a darker tone than an alder one ?
snipperacoustics 1 year ago
@snipperacoustics alder seems to have more umph in the lower mid range, whereas Ash is pretty well balanced in its highs, mids, and lows and seems to sustain longer. Of course pickups can make a big difference.
Parley454 1 year ago
Just got it yesterday for my birthday. Rosewood neck. Boner time. :)
henrychinaski26 1 year ago
can you play cords and power cords on this guitar. In other words popular music?
Luigiano61 2 years ago
@Luigiano61
You can play pretty much everything on this guitar. It is a quality instrument.
If you want really heavy stuff get a guitar with EMG active pickups fitted.
This fender is a beautiful and versatile instrument. It depends on your budget and what style of music you want to play as to which guitar you should get. This would be a major purchase to most of us Joe Average guys. Unless you are absolutely minted.
chymist66 2 years ago
well, yea, you can play chords and power chords on any guitar.
ARVNpistola313 2 years ago 13
@ARVNpistola313 what! Impossible!
Ignore14 1 year ago
Nah man, are you crazy!? Everyone knows if you play a power chord on a Strat your fingers fall off. :|
wolverine005 2 years ago
this guitar will play the heaviest music you can think of....just get the right amp.
mughat69 2 years ago
and a couple of hot rails!
gingerleyham 1 year ago
I have this exact guitar, bought it 2 1/2 years ago. The SCN pickups with S-1 is awesome. You can get pretty heavy sound out of it if you run it through the right amp. I ran mine through a 5150, and it floored me time and time again. It won't sound like a gibson though, but it doesn't compromise the natural clean fender tone, but gives you options if you run it through a very dirty amp (5150 or similar). Excellent guitar. Glad I got mine before they raised the price by $400
HuckFoly 2 years ago
in the local music store its 1300 american standered
am i getting ripped off?
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
@LesPaulRockerProduct no it's what i paid for mine GO FOR IT ! :D
gmproductions12 2 years ago
thanks
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
@LesPaulRockerProduct hell ya there like $999.99 here at guitar center oh and i think they went through a price drop
jamesmanortiz 2 years ago
@jamesmanortiz
Presumably that was for an American Standard?£640 Sterling. That's a great price. If that's for a deluxe..... even better!!
chymist66 2 years ago
@LesPaulRockerProduct
If you are talking American Standard in the UK they are £800. Euros 920, $1248 US @ 13 Feb 2010.
So it depends which currency you are talking. Obviously they will be cheaper in the ole US of A. For a USA deluxe in the UK that's approx £1,000, 1150Euros, $1,560US
chymist66 2 years ago
@LesPaulRockerProduct yes. buy it online if you can or try to find a better deal
Ignore14 1 year ago
Got one too, bought mine a few years ago so its the anni version. Mines not cherry burst or tobacco, I haven't seen another one like it... its a color in between (might be sienna burst but even still, I haven't seen one like it). I paid $1350 at guitar hole out the door but I didn't want the plain black case so I had to buy the vintage case for the extra $50.
zzzrain 2 years ago
mines cherryburst too..rosewood fretboard..paid 1800 and some change for it.
davedoggy 2 years ago
i bought one brand new last week along with a new 65 reissue deluxe reverb amp. the sound is awsome bout the only time im not playing it is when im in bed sleeping. beautiful clean tones and handles a big muff really well...tho i prefer to play stragiht thru the amp (clean)
davedoggy 2 years ago
I have The Same One With The Exception Of Cream Pearloid Pickguard and matching tremolo plate. VIVA FENDER!!!
gkmaster25 2 years ago
I have one of these, almost identical to the one being played in the vid....man i love it.
andrwrhds21 2 years ago
I bought one of these beauties a few years ago, cherry burst. They've gone up about $500 bucks since I bought mine, glad I got her when i did, she's absolutely perfect! (after i put some more springs in the tremolo)
srvfan454 2 years ago
Is the body 2- or 3-piece?
GuitarAK81 2 years ago
I brought one of these yesterday, it totally blew me away in every way possible. incredible guitar!
natgafun 2 years ago
Can you use the switch like a killswitch?
gangsteronno 3 years ago
No, not without modification.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
Actually, you can. It only works on the MIA Deluxe Strats. If you push on the S1 switch just enough before you actually activate it, it lowers the sound to the point where it emulates a killswitch. Try it :) it works for me.
Sean2112bd 2 years ago
@gangsteronno
Actually, yes you can. tap it lightly just so that the pickups are turned off and the S1 switch isnt engaged.
ARVNpistola313 1 year ago
what is the "ash" body ?
shittyfuck 3 years ago
see above ^
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
where ?
shittyfuck 3 years ago
Alder is actually the lighter wood. There are two different types of Ash..Hard Ash and Swamp Ash. The Ash bodies produce brighter tones with more sustain, where the Alder is a more balanced tone. Hard Ash is heavy, Swamp Ash, while maintaining it's brightness, is lighter by about a pound.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
More balanced throughout the musical spectrum, ie more even lows mids and highs.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
Ash is much denser than the standard alder body, so there is definently some tonal difference between the two, contrast and compare, and see if its worth it to you to spend that extra few dollars.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
ash is the wood the body is made from!
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
All these are reposts from above.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
how much
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
Just got mine today. Beautiful guitar. Can't wait to use my tonelab with it.
craigsost 3 years ago
i have one just like that.
plays like a dream. the tones are amazing.
i gt mine for £700 second hand but mint
its all goood
holysnorkers 3 years ago
how much does one cost??? and cam you take off the wamybar??
hellomonkeys123 3 years ago
It really depends on your application. What type of sounds are you trying to achieve?
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
is this guitar good for grunge music.. EG. Nirvana?? i also want to play a\other classic rock (AC DC, Van Halen etc) so is this guitar good for playing those type of songs??
JuLiAn199414 3 years ago
While you can get in the ballpark with this strat, it really isn't going to nail these tones. All the music you've described are humbucker driven, so maybe a humbucker equipped guitar is more of what you're after.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
ok... so wat guitar would you recommend??
JuLiAn199414 3 years ago
According to what price range. Possibly an American Vintage Hot Rod 57 or Highway 1 HSS?
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
do u know how much they are (price)?? and btw i live in Australia so i dont know wat guitars are around
JuLiAn199414 3 years ago
We have the HWY 1 HSS for $749 USD. Hot Rod 57 for $1599 USD. Not sure what pricing is like in Australia though.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
a PRS
viperBSG 3 years ago
haha i got an american sunburst strat with humbuckers and it plays great/
sunburststratocaster 2 years ago
sounds like you want a gibson, even though they can be more expensive, i recomend an SG, i have one and its the best guitar i have ever played
almostskater2009 3 years ago
ok witch is better ash or hss
metulfuuk 3 years ago
Ash is bright, definitely bright. HSS, with the humbucker and HOT SCN in the middle and neck is a little beefy and hotter.
ClrcleNine 3 years ago
ok i cant decide is the hss better or the ash
metulfuuk 3 years ago
can someone please explain what is the main difference between the s-s-s and the h-s-s sound wise?
CrabMan0 3 years ago
Such a great guitar with the worst,most charactreless pick ups...
OiselKarali 3 years ago
i have the maple board, 3 tone burst alder s-s-s am dlx...and it's my baby i bought it new in '05 and it has the original schaller locking tuners (without the "f" on the back)...itnever goes out of tune and the scn's are amazing dead quiet but still very stratty...i only wish i could also afford the h-s-s version too! and i REALLy wished they'd make an H-H version!
otisss71 3 years ago 2
i bought one today in vintage white it was a scratch and dent $400 dollars off :DDDD
emachines007 3 years ago
what is the difference between the fender stratocaster eric clapton and fenfer stratocaster? yea i know about the booster but what is the main differnce? pls answer.. thnxs! :D
miltos1993 3 years ago
Clapton,
Our Eric Clapton Stratocaster guitar is guaranteed to please all you "Slowhand" fans. Among the "Cream" of our crop, this signature Strat offers special features including a trio of Fender Vintage Noiseless™ pickups, plus powerful active mid-boost and TBX circuits, all of which make it one of the most versatile instruments we offer. Other features include a special soft V-shaped neck and a blocked original vintage synchronized tremolo bridge.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
American Standard,
Icon. Not a word to be used lightly. But the Stratocaster is just that. The new American Standard Stratocaster guitars are beauties to behold in sound, look and feel. We kept the hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for playability, tone and stability, and added several new features, including:
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
Dude... sweet guitar... but let me ask you guys, a few questions... What are the main differences from Ash do Alder? If I get one myself, is it worthy to put a Floyd Rose Tremolo?
Thanks a lot!
orionoda 3 years ago
See above.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
dude, i have this baught this guitar on sail for 800, last week. and it can defenatly handle the floyed rose, i jam it with heavy distortion and it stays intune beatufuly, well unless you go crazy with the whammy like steve vai and them, then it will go out
keefertorontali 3 years ago
wow! a death metal hippie! :D
JanzuS 3 years ago 25
what does ash mean?
willardo757 3 years ago
ash is the wood the body is made from!
dannymarx123 3 years ago 2
are ther any major differences between the ash bodied version and the original non-ash bodied versions??
TUBEMAN192 4 years ago
Ash is much denser than the standard alder body, so there is definently some tonal difference between the two, contrast and compare, and see if its worth it to you to spend that extra few dollars.
Rendell05 3 years ago
Alder is actually the lighter wood. There are two different types of Ash..Hard Ash and Swamp Ash. The Ash bodies produce brighter tones with more sustain, where the Alder is a more balanced tone. Hard Ash is heavy, Swamp Ash, while maintaining it's brightness, is lighter by about a pound.
MorrellMusic 4 years ago
what does "more balanced" tone mean?
notme98 3 years ago
More balanced throughout the musical spectrum, ie more even lows mids and highs.
MorrellMusic 3 years ago
k thanks.
this is actually the guitar i have, but with rosewood fretboard
notme98 3 years ago
what´s the difference between the ash and the alder body?
flafo914 4 years ago
i've got an american deluxe strat with an alder body and another strat with an ash body. the only difference i notice is that the ash body is lighter in weight.
stratuser54 4 years ago