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Posted by: slash85 Jan 28 2008, 11:58 AM
gday mates
im thinkin about gettin a strat and im just wondering what youse all think of em......i mainly play gunners stuff but i also play motley crues songs too and my les paul doesnt quite cut it for the tone of the motley crue........mick mars uses a fender strat with a marshall amp..............i have the marshall but need the strat to get that tone...........plus mick uses his whammy bar a lot so thats why need one too.....................i been lookin at the american standard strat in the olympic white colour.......so does anyone have one of these and what do youse reckon about em...........im also wondering if there is much difference between the american and mexican made strats apart from the price?
cheers mates
Posted by: Bogdan Jan 28 2008, 12:11 PM
There is a big difference and go for the USA strat...If you have the possibility of buying one do it..Than you'll have two of the best guitars ever 
Posted by: Bondy Jan 28 2008, 12:52 PM
I'am looking to get a strat as well i maybe getting a custom type strat just waiting for a price hope you get a good one
Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Jan 28 2008, 08:30 PM
American Series White Strat is a good guitar and you should buy it - period. Every musician IMHO should have a strat.
Posted by: coffeeman Jan 28 2008, 09:04 PM
stratocaster is the most beautiful guitar in the world , imo........and yes there is a remarkable differnce between the american and the mexican, if u have the money go for the American Standardt with any doubt.
Posted by: JoePower22 Jan 28 2008, 09:40 PM
I have a mexican made standard strat and I like it very much. A lot of people though complain about the quality of the mexican made ones. The only conclusion i've come to about them is that buying one is taking a chance because you may get one that's great or you may get one that's not built as well (I've heard others saying this too). Their quality is sort of inconsistent. The pickups aren't very good either but they can obviously be replaced. I recently however built a custom strat to my exact style. I got it from a company called Warmoth. You might want to check them out if you haven't already. Really awesome quality.
Posted by: slash85 Jan 29 2008, 10:27 AM
hey fellas cheers for the advice i have the money for the american strat i just gotta wait three weeks and ill buy it for sure i think
Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Jan 29 2008, 11:44 AM
Congratulations man..keep us updated..and give us a review! I'm buying a strat in a few months too so - yaaay for us!!! 
Posted by: slash85 Jan 29 2008, 01:12 PM
speaking of reviews i just bought a marshall jvm410 100 watt head and quad box a week ago i should do a review on that one its an awesome amp.....and yes i will do a strat review when i get it
Posted by: yell03 Jan 31 2008, 12:27 PM
I just bought a NEW for 2008 Fender American Standard Series Stratocaster shipped to my door for $799 from an online Music Store.
They had sent me a 20% coupon and it came in handy knocking $200 off the regular price.
I have to tell you the new Strat is amazing, it sounds great and plays just as well as it sounds.
The new Maple Fretboard is buffed and very slick, it will take some breaking in, but it is truly a work of art.
I got mine in the Blizzard Pearl finish.
Howard
Posted by: coffeeman Jan 31 2008, 02:23 PM
They had sent me a 20% coupon and it came in handy knocking $200 off the regular price.
I have to tell you the new Strat is amazing, it sounds great and plays just as well as it sounds.
The new Maple Fretboard is buffed and very slick, it will take some breaking in, but it is truly a work of art.
I got mine in the Blizzard Pearl finish.
Howard
Congratulations Howard , u just have a treasure in your hands.
Posted by: yell03 Feb 1 2008, 12:03 AM
Thanks, it really is beautiful.
I played a 2007 American Strat and liked it alot, it got me thinking, then......
My daughter's boyfriend left his Mexican Strat here and I liked it so much I went for the New American Standard Version.
I just sold my Fender Telecaster FMT HH, so now I am down to 3 guitars, 4 if you count the $99 Dean Vendetta XM.
Howard
Posted by: KloCkWorXx Feb 2 2008, 11:03 PM
They had sent me a 20% coupon and it came in handy knocking $200 off the regular price.
I have to tell you the new Strat is amazing, it sounds great and plays just as well as it sounds.
The new Maple Fretboard is buffed and very slick, it will take some breaking in, but it is truly a work of art.
I got mine in the Blizzard Pearl finish.
Howard
haha i got that same letter! ive been thinkin about getting the 2008 strat or the malmsteen strat, i cant decide!
Posted by: Hisham Feb 3 2008, 12:26 AM
standard stratocaster is a very practical guitar if you have the Gibson no way to run from standard strato
the bothe are the best intrumets in the world .good luck with strato
Posted by: yell03 Feb 4 2008, 04:39 AM
Go for the 2008 Standard, you need that 22nd fret
the bothe are the best intrumets in the world .good luck with strato
I agree, a Les Paul and a Strat are the two must haves from my generation.
In fact I just sold my Fender Showmaster, so now I am down to the Les Paul and Strat, not counting the $99 Dean Vendetta XM.
A Gibson SG Standard or 61 Reissue would be nice to add to my collection.
Howard
Posted by: RIP Dime Feb 4 2008, 06:30 AM
I think it's all preferance, I personally need a very thick, warm tone for the kind of music I play, so I don't think I'm getting a strat anytime soon. But if the music you play calls for that brighter tone go for it.
Posted by: swingline Feb 4 2008, 06:34 AM
That true with me too, I play a lot of Pantera, Metallica, Ozzy, ect. stuff so it doesnt really work too well for me.
Posted by: Zephyr Feb 4 2008, 06:43 AM
I personally am not fond of how they feel/play, but they sound simply amazing. I picked up an EJ signature Strat in Guitar Center one day, and it had to be one of the best sounding guitars I've ever played, but I hated how it felt. It wasn't set up very well, but even taking that into consideration, it just wasn't for me. But then again, the price tag might have had something to do with that, as well.
It just comes down in personal preference in the end. I don't think you should ever buy a guitar unless you can sit down with it, play it, and just know that it's the guitar for you. One person could get some amazing sounds out of a guitar that, in another's opinion, could be just about the worst guitar on the planet.
Also, France.
Posted by: swingline Feb 4 2008, 06:52 AM
It just comes down in personal preference in the end. I don't think you should ever buy a guitar unless you can sit down with it, play it, and just know that it's the guitar for you. One person could get some amazing sounds out of a guitar that, in another's opinion, could be just about the worst guitar on the planet.
Also, France.
Me too, the necks feel like a fat dowel that has been cut in half, they are usally skinny and annoyingly thick.
Posted by: inertia Feb 9 2008, 08:06 PM
I just bought an american deluxe. I think it's a bit more versatile than the standard because of the S1 switching, it's a bit more expensive but you can tell they spend a bit more time building these ones. So I'd say if you like to use more distortion the S1 may get you closer to the tone you're looking for without sacrificing the nice clean tone you can get as well.
Posted by: fkalich Feb 9 2008, 08:27 PM
related question. I have an american strat, recent, standard. agree, sound is very unique. but I have not played it much. bought it new over a year ago. used to very heavy distortion. i would find that really did not work with the strat.
I describe it this way, and I think this is the case. with real heavy high pitched distortion, it seems that the overtones on a vibrating strings are not consonant with the base frequency of the vibrating string. I know that is the case, know enough about acoustics to know it. I just figured that was a strat for you, and it does not work well with such heavy distortion.
does this on all pickups. i tried changing strings, but new strings are cheap, as were the old strings. can't imagine how anythng could be wrong, other than it would be less pronounced with better strings maybe. or possibly a capacitor. but I figured, that is just a strat for you. they sound like they do, but you don't put as heavy high pitched distortion as you would with a humbucker. I just figure the strat what it is, accentuates this more than other guitars, but not sure.
any strat experts that can shed light here? i mean real strat experts, not speculators. I can speculate with the best of them, have enough of that. it is the overtones clashing with the base frequency of the string under above conditions, I know that.
Posted by: glazmusik Feb 22 2008, 03:55 AM
I'll admit that a whammy bar is fun to play on, but Gibson and anything LP will blow away the best Strat you can find. In my opinion, if you want more in your tone, just upgrade the pickups. That will get you a much, much better sound and be s fraction of the cost of an American Strat even if you the nicest pickups you could want.
Posted by: Angelica Feb 22 2008, 11:23 AM
That's it, I have a mex strat which sounds really very near to an American one. However the pickups aren't very good (the sound isn't as pwerful a si like) that's why in these days I was thinking about changing them.
Posted by: bsamn Feb 22 2008, 11:30 AM
I have Japanese strat, heard the earlier ones where if not better of same quality as american ones.
But changed the neck.
But I personally dont know how diff an american strat will sound, i think its all about build quality, wood can be the same anywhere. And sometimes, i think even the brand name it self can add alot to the overall cost.
I mean look EVH's guitars he himself did not spend that much on his guitars ended up getting a good guitar sound.
Posted by: Smells Feb 22 2008, 12:46 PM
I agree with an earlier post that alot of it is personal preference, the individual guitars vary slightly too, I have a Mexican strat that I think is fantastic, I replaced the bridge pickup with a seymour duncan hotrails because the original pickup was too "thin" under heavy distortion, as well as noisy being single coil, I`ve tried an American deluxe strat, and although there is a definate quality "Feel" difference the mexican made strat played equally as well, if I had been buying the Strat as my "main" guitar then I would certainly have gone for the American.
I use mine a lot, I love the way it feels, its light, comfortable, for me, its biggest drawback is mine has 22 frets, all my other guitars have 24 frets and its suprising how you miss them when they arnt there!
I`m not a heavy whammy bar user, I prefer to have it than not so I have no tuning issues with the strat, to be fair even under use I dont find tuning an issue on this particular strat.
all in all I like them, wouldnt hesitate in buying another if I was in the market
Posted by: Goliath Feb 22 2008, 01:51 PM
I'd rather have a YJM Strat than any LP.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Feb 22 2008, 02:17 PM
I'd rather have an Aneurysm than a Les Paul 
Posted by: Goliath Feb 22 2008, 02:58 PM
Every LP should come with a hernia belt to lift it lol.
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