Stratocaster® Pro guitar

The Fender Custom Shop's Mike Eldred gives you a detailed look at the Stratocaster® Pro guitar.

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[ericld11]

Les Pauls are "different". Not better.  You just gave away your age.

[Xcorgi]

This guitar is just an American Deluxe Strat with Sperzel tuners and an ugly ass 70's headstock for 3 grand! FUCK THE CUSTOM SHOP! Everything they sell is a fucking rip off! Just get an American deluxe for $1,500.00 less and be done with it! Also, if you're dying for the Sperzels just spend 80 bucks and put them on yourself! This is from the same group of dumbasses who think"Relic"/beating the shit out of it,baking it and burning it impoves it and justifies a price hike. FUCK EM"!

[MusicNet01]

Just because someone can't tell the difference, does not mean there isn't any.

For who play these custom shop guitars there is a difference to standard and deluxe.

They play and feel different, most experienced players will tell the difference.

And playing it in a shop or watching a video is not the way to really judge any guitar.

[MusicNet01]

@ysporsche "Z" = 2000 "8" = 8, sor the date is 2008

[Deadrops]

@Xcorgi You need a date dude.

[Deadrops]

He says "There's a lot going on with this guitar" on every custom shop guitar video lol.

[superflea72]

@annabatarowicz yeah, I had one (a Jeff Beck) a few years ago which is why this seems funny/pointless to me.

great guitar too (the Beck).

[annabatarowicz]

@superflea72 basically yeah

[sucoblues]

@ysporsche write email to Fender, you can find it on their webside... I did for my strat too :)

[ysporsche]

can anyone find the year of my customshop strat serial number Z8232826

[cerealboxcar]

@19501960 guessing since it is american, in our ate it would be 06/11, so it was maybe made this year?

[19501960]

just a point to make, i have this strat and it is dated 11/06 ? does he actually know when fender made em ?

[Xcorgi]

The volume is way too low on this video. Also, a 70's headstock is NOT retro. A 50's or 60's IS. Also the 70's is the fuckin' ugliest Fender offers! FUCK THE 70'S!!! Also, when will Fender get it's head out of it's ass and make stanless steel frets standard on all their guitars along with a zero fret and brass nut at the top? This would be the cheapest upgrade to improve the oveall playability and sound of every guitar produced! You would have killer sustain, tone, tuning and durability!

[esgatch]

Roller nut is a great idea.

[Carthsgtr]

This mans playing is just fucking pathetic. Not sure how, but this man makes an amazing instrument sound like a goddamn squire!

Stick it through a Hot Rod Deluxe and get a decent player! Just because this assholes high up on the food chain doesn't mean he should be demoing an instrument he clearly can't handle.

[MrMutron]

@davec629 The Stratocaster is synonymous with the Hendrix name. You just disgraced him. lol!

[superflea72]

so, it's basically a Jeff Beck model...

[Carthsgtr]

@ericld11

They look, and feel far better. Yes the tone is subjective to taste, but when you are spending three thousand dollars on a custom shop fender, you should be getting a far more comfortable instrument with a set neck and a beautiful look. I have both though and the Strat is by no means a bad instrument, but it isn't quite as nice as the Gibson.

[JamesNiskyMusic]

@davidrg1550

These are the features on the Strat Pro not on the other Strats you mentioned:

the beveled heel, LSR locking roller nut, staggered locking Sperzel tuners, '70s headstock, 12-inch neck radius, Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups, pop-in tremolo arm, 6105 frets, and bridge-pickup tone-control. You are hammering on about "all" of these features being available on the american-factory models when in fact not a single one of these features is available on those models. So your dumb.

[ciano15]

@Hugh9 sure. i can tell the sound of my highway one strat from an original strat. noiseless from standard pickups, mexican from american, reverse phase from non reverse. really i think only ppl who play on strats can tell each kind of strat apart. i can also easily tell any maple fretboard from a rosewood and usually i can name the pickup position being used as well.

[stratthead]

You can hear a huge difference from one strat to another. They do not all sound alike at all. Probably vary more than any other type of guitar. They have such unique personalities.

[PopExpo]

fender needs to start putting the full size vintage bridge blocks on the two point bridges. I got rid of the crappy cast metal block out of my 08 american standard and put a callaham %100 cold rolled steal bridge block in it and it improved the tone and sustain so much . really took the blanket off the guitar. plus it holds the whammy bar alot better with no play.

[Hugh9]

All strats sound like strats. It's a very simple design which hasnt changed over 50 years. Can you tell by listening one strat from another?

[Juaniguitarra86]

Anyone knows if this one is routed for H-S-H config? Thanks.

[surfco]

Those "features" on a G&L Legacy are STANDARD.

[DumpsterDog77]

they have one of these used at Guitar Center for 1200 dollars....It really has a FAT C neck for sure i was not that impressed..for a custom shop strat i would think it would play like butter.....price wise not bad and it looks great just very hard to play for me.....must have been the Fat neck.....