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American Standard Stratocaster RW - 3 Tone Sunburst
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The American Standard Stratocaster is the same great best-selling, go-to guitar it has always been, and now its upgraded with aged plastic parts and full-sounding Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s pickups. The latest iteration of our time-honored classic, it is the very essence of Strat tone and remains a beauty to see, hear and feel. The American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Rosewood and Maple Fingerboards is a Fender icon.
Features include hand-rolled fingerboard edges, Custom Shop Fat '50s pickups, staggered tuners, improved bridge with bent steel saddles and copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain, tinted neck, high-gloss maple or rosewood fretboard, satin neck back for smooth playability, thin-finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, and Fender exclusive SKB molded case.
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- Solid alder body (urethane finish)
- Modern C-shaped maple neck with rich, deep neck tint, glossed neck front with satin back
- 22 medium jumbo frets
- 3 full-sounding Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s pickups
- Delta-tone no-load circuit (includes high output bridge pickup and special no-load tone control for middle and bridge pickups)
- Bent steel Fender saddles
- Copper Infused Cast Strat Bridge Block (steel with copper- 100% metal) for Increased Mass and Improved Tone
- Thinner undercoat for improved body resonance
- American 2-point trem
- Rosewood or maple fretboard
- Staggered machine heads
- Aged plastic parts
- Fender SKB hardshell case, cable, strap, and polishing cloth
Features include hand-rolled fingerboard edges, Custom Shop Fat '50s pickups, staggered tuners, improved bridge with bent steel saddles and copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain, tinted neck, high-gloss maple or rosewood fretboard, satin neck back for smooth playability, thin-finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, and Fender exclusive SKB molded case.
Features:
- Solid alder body (urethane finish)
- Modern C-shaped maple neck with rich, deep neck tint, glossed neck front with satin back
- 22 medium jumbo frets
- 3 full-sounding Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s pickups
- Delta-tone no-load circuit (includes high output bridge pickup and special no-load tone control for middle and bridge pickups)
- Bent steel Fender saddles
- Copper Infused Cast Strat Bridge Block (steel with copper- 100% metal) for Increased Mass and Improved Tone
- Thinner undercoat for improved body resonance
- American 2-point trem
- Rosewood or maple fretboard
- Staggered machine heads
- Aged plastic parts
- Fender SKB hardshell case, cable, strap, and polishing cloth
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Strat Rounds out Collection 6 of 7 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
I own a Tele and a Les Paul and love those guitars but to get the Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Miller, Jimi Hendrix, Dire Straits, David Gilmour tone you have to have a Strat. This is a great guitar for the money so well made and set up right out of the box. Comes with a superb case, strap etc. I am having a lot of fun with this guitar. Pickups sound incredible.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 13, 2014
American standard 3ts, stratocaster. 2013. left handed. 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Abbotsford, British Columbia
I always wanted one of these,ever since I was young, in the sixties. in my opinion thes guitars are among the very best. I never new what color I wanted, if I was wealthy I would have one of each. when I saw the three tone sunburst I new. the way I could look through the clear coat and the tones to the grain of the wood simply a work of art. Tom, at L&M checked it out made sure all was perfect. I've been enjoying it ever since. Thank you for providing excellent service.
Posted by Jack,G. on Apr 4, 2014
N/A 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
Can't get any more strat for the same money) And American Standard is pretty reasonably priced, indeed. For a bit over thirteen hundred you get proper wood, solid build, pickups are just fantastic, and a trem that actually works and stay in tune. All those little touches, like different kind of finish on the back of the neck and fingerboard...Well worth it's price, absolutely.
Posted by anonymous on Mar 19, 2014
American Standard 2 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Montréal, Quebec
For Electric guitars this is the best value paired with quality. It really is a no brainer purchase.
Posted by anonymous on Mar 14, 2014
Terrific guitar! 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
I was looking for a new guitar and after an afternoon trying out different guitars, zeroed in on an American Standard. I bought one for Christmas, Olympic White with a maple fretboard, brought it home, tuned it up, plugged it in and started playing. What an amazing guitar: warm sound, clean, and comfortable to play with all the sparkle and shimmer you'd expect from a Strat! I love the Fat '50 pickups. Right out of the box, it was set up perfectly - intonation, pickup height, truss rod, ... A great experience.
Posted by PB66 on Dec 29, 2013
My 2012 American strat 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Sydney, Nova Scotia
I,ve had this guitar for a few months now,looks and plays perfectly,I use it with a Boss -ME25 effects pedal and a Marshall mg50 amp,lots of different sounds available.The folks at Long and McQuade in Sydney were great to deal with,very professional.I would highly recommend this guitar for it,s all around value and playability.
Posted by Don Thompson on Dec 26, 2013
Terrific guitar! 6 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Up until now, I've been playing a Les Paul Studio and to be honest (close your ears Fender), I still love that guitar. However, I was looking for something at the other end of the solid body electric guitar sonic spectrum and after an afternoon at my favourite guitar shop, zeroed in on an American Standard, Olympic White with a maple fretboard, and laid it away for Christmas. I just finished paying it off, brought it home, tuned it up, plugged it in and started playing. What a beautiful instrument: warm sound, clean, and comfortable to play with all the sparkle and shimmer you'd expect from a Strat! I love the Fat '50 pickups. Right out of the box, it was set up perfectly - intonation, pickup height, truss rod, ... It sounds great through my Blues Junior III amp too. Now I have 2 go-to sounds depending on what I am playing.
Posted by PB66 on Dec 18, 2013
Fender Strat Standard 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
This was my first nice electric I bought. It sounds awesome, looks awesome and is really easy to play. Don't get the Fender Special Strat, as this guitar is leagues ahead of the Special...and it comes with a heavy duty case. Love the guitar and recommend this to anyone interested in playing. It can play absolutely everything, blues, rock, chords...Awesome.
Posted by Joel on Nov 27, 2013
Great Guitar 2 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Fender all the way it ROCKS!!!!!!!!
Posted by Freeman Penney on Aug 15, 2013
I'm sold on Fender for life! 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
I have never been a Fender guy... Until I rented one from L&M about a year ago and it's now time for her review! I initially went in to rent a Les Paul, however the rental department was out, so I rented a brand new Fender American Stratocaster in Sunburst. I now own this beautiful slice of heaven, and it's still the nicest feeling AND sounding guitar I've played to date. (and I've played alot of high end guitars...) The versatility of this guitar is incredible, and I'm now looking to purchase an American Tele! American made Fender instruments (for the most part) are worth every cent in my opinion. Legends were built on this brand!
Posted by FenderBender on Aug 7, 2013
Great Guitar 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Oshawa, Ontario
I recently rented this guitar when my own instrument was in the shop. I was struck by the incredible playability of it. I know now that my next guitar purchase will be an American Standard Strat.
Posted by anonymous on Jul 18, 2013
truly "work of art" 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
many say music is 'art', but I beg to differ when describing this instrument. Fender puts out an incredible product, at an incredibly great value, unmatched by any other guitar manufacturer.
The sound is clean and crisp, and it stays in tune. By look and feel you can see this American Standard is made with high quality hardware. The new Fat 50's single coil pickups make this a 'no brainer', and the humbucker bridge absolutely makes this one of the, if not most versatile sounding guitars. Great job by the people at Fender. Undoubtedly the best bang for the buck by a long shot when compared to the competition.
The finish is flawless. From the grain in the maple neck, to the guitar body (3-color sunburst). It is evident that great care and pride is taken in putting each one of these together (at least mine) from the people at Fender.
You absolutely cannot go wrong with this guitar, and after playing it, I seriously would of paid more for it (sorry Long & McQuade)
Posted by anonymous on Jul 7, 2013
THE Electric Guitar 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton North, Alberta
Plays so smooth, so fast. Great tone with such a wide range. A comfortable guitar to play, and the trem keeps the tune no problem. Some guitar shops are notorious for letting their instruments lose intonation/action etc, and don't let that dissuade you. A well set up Stratocaster has absolutely no rivals.
Posted by Matt on Jun 27, 2013
american standard strat 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Fredericton, New Brunswick
awsome instrument, fun to play,good bang for your buck.thanks again Jesse at long and mcquade,love this guitar.
Posted by mo on Mar 23, 2013
This IS the strat you've been looking for! 5 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
What to have chime reminiscent of Eric Johnson? or Solid Delta Blues tone? Or Fat Chicago tone? Or solid Gilmour tone? Then go try this one out and bring it home! I have three criteria when choosing a guitar. It has to look good, it has to play well, and it has to sound amazing. This one hits all three and also comes with nice players package with the case and case candy. I could talk about how the case is solid enough, you could throw it down a flight of stairs and the strat would be fine; but id rather talk about this strat. After tire kicking Gibby SG 61 Ri, Studios, The deluxe '60 ri strat, and others, i stumbled across this one which had just been received that day. The poco bros were kind enough to let me jam it out in the iso booth for about half an hour. Apparently they came in to check on me but i didnt even notice as i was in that zone. *This is how u buy a guitar folks. When it feeds your soul to the point that it has become a part of you - THAT is the guitar you buy!* This baby played so fluidly to me. Bending was so easy and dreamy. The tone was so chimey but full! (I have a mid 90s US made AmStd strat that plays just as well, but the tone seemed thin to me. This one sounds perfect to me). So after noodling some blues riffs, it was time to dial in some chording. U2 End of the World sounds great on this. Great. I EXPECT awesome drippy bell like cleans from a good quality strat. So.. time to dime up the gain and see where it goes. Do a little Run like Hell with a bit of 'verb. Nailed it. KK, lets see if she like it a little rough and dirty? Dial in a little Cherub Rock, and Even flow... again perfect. Since im here, lets try this Delta tone thing on the detent. YUP! SRV all in, bring your gators cuz we got a Texas Flood!. I know there are a lotta FoS guys that says a guitar does everything. Im not that guy. These were MY test points and it exceeded my expectations on all counts. Now, Joe Satch, John Petrucci, Steve Vai? I cant do that and i dont thing this guit would be articulate enough for that. Probably need some Dimarzio loaded Ibanez or a jackson if thats where you live. But for me, I wanted a blues strat with vintage chime that solved my tone issues with my Missisipi swamp ash AmStd. Problem solved! If there is only one (or two) things i would complain about - they are mostly non-issues. The first, I prefer the Deluxe style solid metal saddles on the vintage bridge to what this ships with (what I call 'bottle-opener' type saddles). They dont have grooves in them, and im worried about string drift when i use the trem. But thats an easy fix with a set of Graphtech saddles. The other, the nice looking strap (love the Fender cloth side) but the cheapie vynil back side. But heck, I'm gonna pass up a nice Strat on virtue of case candy? Like i said non-issues. This strat is worth looking at and is worth the few extra benjies over the Mexi-players. imo.
Posted by SB on Mar 15, 2013
Awesome guitar 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Love the quality workmanship and the amazing sound. It absorbs you emotions and echoes them back to you. Like to have a Fender twin tube amp to go with it.
Posted by Ross Strickland on Feb 6, 2013
A Real Pretty Guitar 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
Just starting out in the art of playing guitar. Chose this model after a lengthy period of research. This one came up #1 ,not only is it beautiful, it sounds amazing and very comfortable to play. Will be with me for a long time.
Posted by Gary on Jan 27, 2013
This guitar rocks 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Oshawa, Ontario
I can't say one bad thing about this guitar. The finish is perfect, the sound is incredible and the quality is what you would expect from Fender. This one will never leave my collection, it's that good.
Posted by Dave from Port Hope on Dec 20, 2012
It's a Classic! 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Scarborough, Ontario
This guitar is simply great. The Fat 50's are such a well rounded set of pickups. If you are looking for a guitar of the highest quality that will stay in your collection for life this is it.
Posted by Dave on Dec 3, 2012
Great Guitar 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kamloops, British Columbia
I traded in a Squier Classic Vibe strat (very good in its own right) to purchase the Sienna Sunburst model. It was used but in almost perfect shape. This strat is beautifully made and plays easily. Thanks to the Kamloops staff for their help in selecting this model.
Posted by anonymous on Nov 12, 2012
Sweet 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North Vancouver, British Columbia
Very nice guitar. Well crafted and fun to play. I still perfer my Gibson LP with the double humbuckers.
Posted by Ert on Jun 4, 2012
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| American Standard Stratocaster RW - 3 Tone Sunburst | 365951 |
