I thought I heard someone playing "Foxy Lady" very loudly somewhere out east!
Looks sweet! HNGD!
I've been looking for a good deal on this specific Strat model for awhile and came across one on eBay for a very reasonable BIN price last week. It's an American Standard with an ash body, sienna sunburst finish and a rosewood fingerboard. I really lucked out on this one because it turned out to be a 2012 model, so it has the upgraded Custom Shop Fat '50 pickups which sound fabulous--power & clarity both, which can be hard to get in a single coil. Nice chunk of ash--three pieces, seamlessly joined together--and the grain pops out more than the photos show. Not too heavy, either. The sienna sunburst is the only American Standard color that Fender offers in ash, and I've loved this color since I first saw it. Though the guitar was sold as "used", it had obviously never been played--not a mark on it, protective plastic on the pickguard and rear cover plate, HSC with all the accessories (cord, strap, polishing cloth & trem bar) still wrapped up in the factory packing. Any marks you see in the photos below are just smudges from me handling it, or light/flash reflections. The seller was a music store in southeast Missouri, so I don't know if this was close-out stock, or a display model, or what. In any case, a beautiful guitar in unplayed condition. Set-up & intonation are spot-on--all I have to do is play it! Which I intend to do. A lot!
And if you'd like to help me pay for it: http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/21205
A few pics:
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I thought I heard someone playing "Foxy Lady" very loudly somewhere out east!
Looks sweet! HNGD!
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Congrats! Play the crap out of it!
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A classic!
It's a beauty...ENJOY!!!
That's a pretty guitar, Bob. Movin' up in the world, eh?
Are you mostly a strat player or do you mix it up? I really respect you guys who can jump around from instrument to instrument; it takes me a long time to really get comfortable with a guitar and use it for all it's worth.
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Wow now that's what I call a strat ! Love the colour, always wanted one like Clapton's or Buddy Holly's.
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Nice find, DVM! I love the subtle no black burst on it, and the wood grain is delicious.
Love this color always have since its intro and of course im an ash man
Sweet looking fo-sho
Nice looking guitar. Congrats. Does that come with locking tuners?
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Nope--very nice staggered height ones, but not locking. You have to go up another $400 to the American Deluxe Strats to get the locking tuners.
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Gah! Why did I have to see that! I never knew there was such a thing of beauty as an American-Standard-ash-with-sienna-burst-finish-Strat before, and now I lust for one! Thanks for nothing!
Congrats, DVM - nice snag! Have fun!
Dibs if you ever want to sell it! We can meet up halfway in Watertown and I'll buy lunch!
Nice looking guitar DVM... Congrats!
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Wow thats really nice.
Gorgeous! Beautiful Strat, DVM, and congrats!
Thanks, guys! I'm really enjoying this guitar. The Fat '50's pickups are really impressing me--the tone through my Tweed Royal or AC15 is to die for, both clean and with light to moderate overdrive.
One correction, which I added to my original post--the body is three pieces of ash, not a single piece. I came across references to a "3-piece ash body" a couple of places online, and when I looked VERY closely, I could discern a discontinuity in the grain about 2.5 - 3" from center on either side. But I can't see any discernible seam where the pieces are joined, and there's no change in shade between them--pretty impressive job of matching up the three pieces. The closer I look this guitar over, the more impressed I am with the workmanship.
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Glad you're having fun with your new axe Vood.