Fender Stratocaster AMERICAN DELUXE STRATOCASTER Guitar Review :: Fender Electric Guitars Reviews
traditional look with a little extra juice under the hood. Built for speed!
Searching for the traditional look and feel of a classic Stratocaster guitar, but with a little extra juice under the hood? The Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster guitar is it! Built for speed, it has an alder body, modern C-shape maple neck with satin polyurethane finish (maple or rosewood fingerboard), three Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat pickups, S-1 switching system, two-point synchronized tremolo with stainless steel saddles, abalone inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets.
Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups Fender partnered with legendary pickup designer Bill Lawrence. The pickup that was birthed from this extraordinary partnership is the Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickup. Fender’s groundbreaking S-1 switching system allows players to switch pickup configurations in an instant. The switch is visually undetectable, but tonally it turns your instrument into the most versatile axe on the planet! Located in the crown of the master volume knob, one push of the switch will place your pickups in an assemblage of parallel, series and pickup-combining configurations. You can have the best of all worlds!
It has no hum, no microphonics, close to zero magnetic interruption of the string path; and the widest sonic parameters possible-from Fender classic single coils to tones not yet imagined. Truly a revolutionary design in guitar pickups.
| Features + Technical Specs | |
|---|---|
| Model Name | American Deluxe Stratocaster |
| Model Number | 010-1200-(Color#) and 010-1202-(Color#) |
| Series | American Deluxe Series |
| Colors | (700) 3-Color Sunburst, (720) Amber, (764) Montego Black, (782) Candy Tangerine, (791) Chrome Silver, (Polyurethane Finish) |
| Body | Select Alder |
| Neck | Maple, Modern “C” Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish) |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood (p/n 010-1200) or Maple (p/n 010-1202), 9.5” Radius (241 mm) |
| No. of Frets | 22 Medium Jumbo Frets |
| Pickups | 3 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat Pickups (Neck/Middle/Bridge) |
| Controls | Master Volume (with S-1 Switch), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Middle and Bridge Pickups) |
| Pickup Switching | 5-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1: S-1 Switch Up: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup in Parallel Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup in Parallel Position 5. Neck Pickup S-1 Switch Down: |
| Bridge | Fender Deluxe 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Pop in Arm |
| Machine Heads | Fender/Schaller Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines |
| Hardware | Chrome |
| Pickguard | 3-Ply Mint Green on (700), 4-Ply Brown Shell on (720), 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid on (782), 4-Ply Black Shell on (791), 1-Ply Beveled Gold Vinyl on (764) |
| Scale Length | 25.5” (648 mm) |
| Width at Nut | 1.6875” (43 mm) |
| Unique Features | S-1 Switching, Aged Plastic Parts, Abalone Dot Position Inlays, Highly Detailed Fret and Nut Work |
| Strings | Fender Super Bullets 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003 |
| Accessories | Standard Molded Case, Cable, Strap, Straplocks, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit |
| This musical instruments offer includes Case | Standard Molded Case |
| Introduced | 1/2004 |
