Fender Standard Stratocaster with Texas Specials Pick Ups Review
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General Information
Original Author: Coffeeman
Weapon: Electric Guitar
Make: Fender
Model: Standard Stratocaster
Price: ????
Specifications
Model: Standard Stratocaster
Year:1996
Country: Mexico
Color: Vintage cream
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple , "C" shape
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo
Pickups: 3 Single Texas Specials
Controls: 1 Volume, 2 Tones
Pickup switching: 5 positions
Bridge:Classic Trem
Pickguard:62 RI White Pearloid
Scale length: 25.5"
First impression
I've been always a Strat fan , so when I first saw this beauty I fall in love. Perfect shape, perfect weight , awesome color, classic bridge, so it was the strat I was looking for.
Tone & Pick Ups
The tone is just amazing. This is the first time that I play the Texas Specials pick ups and they are just amazing. Best tone in my opinion is a crunch sound , no to much drive but not completely clean. The volume control can give you a big range of sounds. One of my worries is to get a good clean sound and with this guitar you can achieve what ever you want, the unique bridge strat pick up sound to a tone with personality in the neck pick up. This pick ups have more midle tone in my opinion than the regular stratocaster pick ups.
Playability
I was having a problem with my Ibanez and it was that the frets were to small , for my hands. This strat has jumbo medium frets and are perfect for my hands. The volume control and the pickup switch are very easy to use. I have to say I must learn to use this tremolo, this is a total different story, for my taste it is a litle to hard.
Reliability
Perfect weight , and solid body , not as heavy as a Les Paul but you feel like you're holding a real guitar in your hands.
Summary
The only kind of music that I don't play is very heavy stuff , so I think this is the perfect guitar for Jazz, blues, rock even neoclasical. I had a strat a couple of years ago , and I sold it I don't know why, so I've been waiting for this moment for a really long time. Maybe it isn't the perfect guitar , but Im looking it with my heart, so it is pure love. The texas special pick ups are a really improvement on this guitar , I don't think I would bought it if it didn't had the sound it has. So it is a Standard Mexican Strat with very good pickups , that really makes me happy.
So that's it , this is my first review so don't be to hard with me.
I will try to upload a couple of samples so you can judge the sound of it, I have to change the strings first.
Enjoy.
