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So I was set for buying a nice custom guitar, the spec was based heavily around a strat body and neck. I wanted the maple neck with the same radius, frets and fret size of a strat, the neck pickup sound, the neck feel and modern profile and the playability. The woods used would have been an alder body but with a nice flamed maple cap in a dark burst. On top of this I asked for a bridge HB, tremolo (NOT a floyd), LSR roller nut, sperzel tuners, Bare knuckle pickups, a price for an ebony board and quite a varied switching system to get as many sounds as possible, the cost would have been around 2000 uk and a nine month build time.....................

THEN I FIND THIS ON THE FENDER WEBSITE!!!!



Model Name American Deluxe Stratocaster® FMT HSS
Series American Deluxe Series
Tobacco Sunburst,
(Urethane Finish)
Body Select Alder, with Flame Maple Top
Neck Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
(Satin Urethane Finish)
Fingerboard Ebony, 9.5” Radius (241 mm)
No. of Frets 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 1 Fender® DH-1 Humbucking Pickup (Bridge),
1 Hot Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup (Middle),
1 Hot Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat Pickup (Neck)
Controls Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch),
Master No-Load Tone Control
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1™:
S-1 Switch Up:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Middle Pickup and Inside Coil of Bridge Humbucking Pickup in Parallel (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup in Parallel (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control

S-1 Switch Down:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 3. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck and Middle Pickups that are Paired in Series (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 4. Inside Coil of Bridge Pickup Paired in Series with Neck Pickup, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Middle Pickup in Series with Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Bridge Fender Deluxe 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Pop in Arm
Machine Heads Fender® Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard None
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.6875” (43 mm)
Unique Features S-1 Switching,
Ebony Fingerboard,
LSR Roller Nut,
Abalone Dot Position Inlays,
Highly Detailed Fret Work,
Black Anodized Mini-Barrel Knobs,
Black Plastic Parts
Strings Fender® Super Bullets® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003
Accessories Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case,
Cable,
Strap,
Straplocks
Case Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case


I CANT BELEIVE MY EYES!!

Has anyone any experience with these things? I can get it for a thousand pounds less than the custom?!? I know a custom will be better quality but for a thousand pounds I can probably get a Mesa amp too!

What's a guy to do????

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