Buying a strat

'Elo dudes :D

I never thought I'd be all excited about buying me a Strat, however, Ive made a 180 turn... And right now I spend more time looking for the perfect deal on a strat than playing guitar. I need to get this out of my head asap and in a perfecty world It would magically turn into a strat in my hands, but thats not happening I guess :confused: (?)

The problem Im having now is were to spend my cash. I was thinking of going all the way and buy a Am Deluxe Ash Strat.. But then i found out that these new noiseless (SCN) pickups that fender put in them suck and that they offer no alternative (because they are more interested in selling their new hyped pickups i guess) on their dlx series, that I know of. Kind of wierd to tell the truth, since this is supposed to be one of their top of the line guitars.

So, how about a American Standard. Or something else? Whats the real differense between Std and Dlx except for the pickups? And the fact that i cant seem to find one made of Ash.

Im thinking of...Maybe, buying a set of kinman pickups but that would definitely eliminate the Dlx as an option (to much->>$$$). So, A standard + kinmans? maybe even a used Standard. Any other options that dont go way past a dlx, money-wise?

I found a nice used Dlx on ebay but I live in Sweden and the guitar lives in Florida, so I'm not sure Im prepared to take a chanse on it :confused:
It might be the deal of my life since that guitar would cost me almost three times as much NEW in sweden, but im having trust issues on this one. Selling used stuff Internationally using the internet would and should (and is) be perfect for scammers.

This turned into such a big time problem, lol, I just wanted a new guitar to play around with.

I bought the American Deluxe about 3 months ago with cobalt HSS pickup config, locking tuners, S1 switching, 2 point trem, C-shape Maple neck and LSR Roller Nut. I absolutely love it and I have always hated strats. I chose it over a PRS Single Cut Trem and a PRS Custom 24. Both cost more than twice the price of my strat. So far 3 Pro Players one of which is sponsored by Stienberg (he's a strat nut and owns like 4) have played mine and absolutely love it. Even the Shredder who hates Strats and plays only Jems and custom builts has to comment every time he sees my guitar how much he likes it. It also stays in tune really well. I actually played 3 strats before choosing the Deluxe. I played an American 60th aniversary and the signiture Clapton strat. I liked the feel of this guitar better for some reason.

Go play a few models and then decide. Don't buy online. Buy the axe you've tried out and looked over.

Originally Posted by: Bar Chord NickI bought the American Deluxe about 3 months ago with cobalt HSS pickup config, locking tuners, S1 switching, 2 point trem, C-shape Maple neck and LSR Roller Nut. I absolutely love it and I have always hated strats. I chose it over a PRS Single Cut Trem and a PRS Custom 24. Both cost more than twice the price of my strat. So far 3 Pro Players one of which is sponsored by Stienberg (he's a strat nut and owns like 4) have played mine and absolutely love it. Even the Shredder who hates Strats and plays only Jems and custom builts has to comment every time he sees my guitar how much he likes it. It also stays in tune really well. I actually played 3 strats before choosing the Deluxe. I played an American 60th aniversary and the signiture Clapton strat. I liked the feel of this guitar better for some reason.

Go play a few models and then decide. Don't buy online. Buy the axe you've tried out and looked over.

Im gonna go play a few models for sure. However I will probably end up ordering from somwere else, probably from thomann.de. That way Ill pay 15-20% less than buying it here in sweden.

Im glad you like your guitar =) Got any samples of it in action?

I'm in the US so it's the same in the store as it is online or at least close enough. In Sweden I guess you would pay more in a store. As for samples you can go to my sound clicks page by clicking on link on the bottom of my posts. The 3 songs below the drum test are played with the strat. Unfortunately I don't think any are without some effects. The GT December Solo is about the cleanest. My playing is what it is but the guitar is sweet. :)

Have fun checking out guitars and let us know what you get!