One of the biggest differences between the Fender American Special, Standard and Deluxe Strats is that they all have different pickups, which help make them all sound slightly different. Also, the American Special is the only one out of the three to have jumbo frets which, in theory, will add something to your tone.

Sorry, the Fender American Special Stratocaster – 2-tone Sunburst w/ Maple Fingerboard is no longer available.

Like the Standard, the American Special features a standard truss rod and no micro-tilt adjustment. The neck is finished in a satin urethane and capped off with a large ’70s-era Fender headstock, but it has a different feel compared to the satin urethane neck of the Mexican Standard.

Fender American Special Guitars From the Squier line, to the Made-in-Mexico Standards, to the American series and on to the Custom Shop models, Fender sure doesn’t make the choice easy.

Originally conceived as an affordable players’ Fender Stratocaster, the Highway One upgrade concentrates on sound: “It’s function over looks: performance,” says Justin Norvell, Fender Electrics marketing manager. Arguably at the top of the upgrades is the finish.

Here is what Fender says about the Greasebucket: “The Greasebucket tone circuit adds a new dimension to your tone, the effect is that when rolled down, the tone pot reduces the high frequencies, but does not add bass.”

A treble-bleed (high-pass) circuit allows the highs to “bleed” (or pass) through the volume pot even as it is turned down. To bring back some of those lost lows, you could also add a resistor to the circuit along with the capacitator.

Very good Fender pickups I’m very pleased with these pickups. Installed in my Fender Strat/Tele Hybrid, really am impressed with the tone. After changing-out the neck to a Fender Deluxe with compound radius (9.5-14″) I wanted a flat magnet stagger for even string-to-string volume balance.

The Delta Tone wiring features. a no-load tone control for the. middle and bridge pickups, great. for producing just a bit more. midrange and hotter output.

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The 6 Best Stratocaster Pickups – Finding the Sweet Strat Sound!

• Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster Pickups.
• Lace Sensor Blue-Silver-Red.
• DiMarzio DP419 Area 67 Pickup.
• Seymour Duncan SL591 Little 59.
• Seymour Duncan SSL-1 California ’50s Strat Single-Coil Set.
• Fender Tex-Mex Strat Pickup Set.

Here’s what Fender says about the Double-Tap Humbucker: This unique, patent-applied-for design combines full-throated humbucking and articulate single-coil voices, while eliminating volume loss in single-coil mode. A special alnico 4 magnet creates an expressive, well-defined voice that’s highly musical and dynamic.

Fender’s new “Vintera” series of iconic electric-guitar and bass designs seeks to bring vintage aspects from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s to modern artists and customers. The lineup is made in Mexico and includes Stratocasters, Telecaster, Jazzmasters, and Precision basses.

That being said, Mexican Strats are still excellent sounding guitars. They deliver the same versatile range as the American Strats, with that same snappy tone quality. They just don’t have that extra oomph that makes an American Strat an American Strat.

Boasting traditional specs from Fender’s most well-loved instruments of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, the Vintera Series delivers this and more, at a fraction of the cost of an American Original or Custom Shop model. All instruments include gig bags and are built in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

Overall, the Vintera series of Stratocasters from Fender are a great set of guitars, whether you’re a Fender player or not. They’re very true to style and era, without being complete replicas. They’re vintage with modern and contemporary additions that make them phenomenal instruments for a player of any level.

Engaging the S1 switch adds the neck pickup to positions one, two and three. Fender American Ultra Stratocaster HSS: Engaging the S1 switch splits the Ultra Double Tap humbucking pickup into a full throated single-coil fully calibrated with the middle and neck pickups.

Japan

The body may be basswood or agathis depending on model and year of manufacture. To bring down cost, other minor changes, such as a lower-grade tremolo, were made, and the Starcaster was manufactured in Far Eastern countries such as China or Indonesia.

Superstrat is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style.