Fender American Special Strat's and Tele review - Nevada Music UK

http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/search.aspx?keywords=american%20special You have to hand it to Fender, when it comes to re-inventing the wheel, they are the masters. Lets have a quick recap of the American Specials unique features. Large 70s Style headstock, Greasebucket tone circuit, Texas Special pickups and parchment coloured plastic parts. All designed to please the eye and the ears at a more affordable price than the USA Standard.
Played seated or standing this Strat is as comfortable to wear as the day Leo designed it. The guitars light/medium weight and contours make it feel like a natural extension of the players body. An acoustic strum sounds loud and lively causing the guitars body to vibrate the way all well assembled instruments do.
The Texas Specials are right up there in the tone department. To my ears they make a Strat sound extra "Stratty". They have good output and bags of tone and though some find them a little brittle sounding, I think that adds to their ability to cut through all the other frequencies flying around in a live situation. Clean, crunch or full on distortion, this guitar handles them all with aplomb. Fender set out to manufacture a more affordable USA Strat that looks great with sounds to match. Job done.

Again differences are 22 jumbo frets, USA Standard's use medium jumbo and Mexician Standards have 21. Texas special pickups, excellent slight hotter and fatter than the standard and a HSS version too. Vintage style strat bridge as opposed to the fulcrum bridge on USA standards. Brass 3 saddle vintage type tele ashtray bridge. Gloss urathane finish means the wood can breath and mature and the finish will wear in nicely unlike a tough polyester finish. Deluxe gig bag rather than a hard case.

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[ChuanKuiMusic]

Is there anything negative about the jumbo frets? 

[NevadaMusicUK]

@ChuanKuiMusic Nothing really, only if you happen to prefer the vintage size thin / medium frets or want your guitars to be the same as original spec. Most prefer larger frets and flatter fingerboards as they are easier to play and bend on with lower actions. All up to personal preference.

[stratcat70]

i love our brothers across the big pond, without the strat the marshall is worthless, and without the marshall the strat is worthless, there are powers in coalitions...peace!

[NevadaMusicUK]

@stratcat70 well said! Love to all music lovers xxx

[AniodD]

huh? EA? He must be from Medal Of Honour Tier 1...

[secretagentYTer]

Am I the only loser who thought he was playing the harry potter theme song with the harmonics? Yeah, I am...

[secretagentYTer]

any advice on learning to play with your fingers? Id would be so awesome to do that Ive been working on but tips would help

[Nicola21guns]

Can anyone tell me the chords of the song between 0:01 and 0:29?

Please?

[LukeS54]

He looks like a pirate xD

[thelolguy007]

having played Gibson and gibsonesque for years i thought it was time for a little variety and so i bought the Special tele in White with black pick guard. It is absolutely amazing. Will keep it for live. wonderfull guitar

[danielthecoolmachine]

men...i love his accent....

[rhinohockenberry]

@stratcat70 yo..bro... fender makes amps too.... sorry...

[CESARG888]

@TheFuent3s yes, but with a more vintage sound, if you change the pickups (mini hambuckers) the strat can sound more modern

[TheFuent3s]

the red stratocaster can play songs like metallica?