The Fender
American Stratocaster Electric Guitar is a Fender icon. Juicy upgrades include a
richer, deeper neck tint for a more elegant and expensive appearance. Glossed
neck front for improved looks with satin back for smooth playability. Bent steel
Fender saddles with classic look and great tone. String spacing narrowed for
modern playability, saddle height screws re-sized to reduce rough feel, and
string slot on saddle elongated to reduce string friction or breakage. Copper
Infused Cast Strat® Bridge Block (steel with copper- 100% metal) for increased
mass and improved tone. This Strat features the original headstock shape but has
staggered machine heads losing one string tree and improving string angle over
the nut. Custom staggered pickup magnets improve string-to-string balance and
give the G-string better tone. Cosmetics include parchment/black/parchment
pickguard and parchment pickup covers, knobs, and tips.
The return of the American Standard Series Strat continues Fender s tradition of
commitment to the people who play Fender instruments out there in the real
world. Today s American Standard Stratocaster guitars are worthy heirs of their
revered ancestors mindful of player needs and taking full advantage of modern
advances, yet remaining completely true to the elements and spirit that made
these instruments legendary in the first place. Improvements include redesigned
bridges, neck and body finishes, and a Fender-exclusive high-tech molded case.
Still there are the beloved hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and
staggered tuning machines for tone and stability guaranteed to last a lifetime
(with its limited lifetime warranty)! So make history with the redesigned
American Standard!
Redesigned American Standard Strat® Bridge
Gives sought-after tone with modern smooth trem travel. Block retains the mass
and tone of a vintage bridge block, but is chamfered for access to deeper dives.
Saddles have the classic look and tone, but with modern improvements (spacing,
slot elongation, height screw length).
Bridge Component Specifics
American Standard saddles- The original vintage-style Fender bent steel
adjustable saddle is one of the components that give vintage Fenders their tonal
mojo . Fender conducted tone comparison tests, and fell in love with them all
over again. They have a wider tonal range and more character many other saddles.
Then Fender improved them; narrowing the spacing to afford more room (and
complement the bigger frets and rolled edges), and also elongated the string
slot to reduce friction and string breakage, while improving the string break
angle over the primary contact point.
Tone-fusion block- A typical cast bridge block is impregnated with a resin to
eliminate voids in the material and to bond it together this steel block is
infused with copper, which makes the block 100% homogeneous metal. The result is
a more musical, higher mass bridge that has more of that machined-block sound.
Fender was also able to keep the same American Series profile for increased
tremolo travel.
Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:
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Solid alder body
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Modern C-shaped maple neck
with rich, deep neck tint, glossed neck front with satin back
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3 hot single-coil pickups
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Delta-tone™ no-load circuit
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Bent steel Fender saddles
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Copper Infused Cast Strat®
Bridge Block (steel with copper- 100% metal) for Increased Mass and Improved
Tone
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Thinner undercoat for
improved body resonance
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American 2-point trem
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Rosewood or maple fretboard
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Staggered machine heads
Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar Includes:
