Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Maple Fretboard

Pros: The Samarium Cobalt Pickups are amazing.

Cons: I wish it had a "roller nut."

The Bottom Line: This is the best Fender Guitar on the Market.

Review: Fender 50th Anniversary American Deluxe Stratocaster It is hard to believe that 50 years have gone by since the Fender Stratocaster was first introduced to the public. With all the changes that have gone on in music since that time, from surf to ...

Pros: Made in USA, hard shell case

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: A super quality USA built guitar

Review: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Electric Guitar The Fender Stratocaster has been made continuously since 1954 in Fullerton California by Fender Musical Instruments. In recent years they have been importing Stratocasters from Japan, Korea, and ...

Pros: Luxurious appearance, quality, active electronics, hard shell case

Cons: Expensive

The Bottom Line: The American Deluxe Stratocaster guitar now comes with a beautiful quilted maple top and active electronics to unlock your creativity.

Review: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster For those of you who demand the very best Fender offers the American Deluxe Stratocaster with Quilted Maple Top and special pickups and switching. Added to the proven Fender Stratocaster features comes the ...

Pros: Was a feature packed guitar in it's time, overpriced. Now a bargain.

Cons: It's an underrated Fender.

The Bottom Line: If you want a used strat, this is as good as it gets.

Review: For most of my life, I preferred Telecasters. In fact, most of it was with my old 1971, and I tended to see strats as overpriced and tempermental. There was a simple reason. The infamous Fender tremelo bar. You tune the guitar, and when it's done, you ...

Pros: Beautiful, Solid, S-1 switching, Limited

Cons: Cheap 1 PLY pick guard!

The Bottom Line: Happy Birthday to the Fender Strat!

Review: The 50th Anniversary American Fender Stratocaster “Been There, Done That! Are you sure?” Literally taking 50 years in the making, Fender introduces the 50th Anniversary line of Stratocaster guitars for the year 2004. There are 3, 50th Strat ...

Pros: Very versatile, quality materials and workmanship, great tone, joy to play!

Cons: Cant think of any real cons!

The Bottom Line: This is an extremely playable, comfortable, great sounding very well-built, versatile instrument. It will satisfy experienced professionals, and encourage novices to progress.

Review: Sorry for shouting anniversary at you, but I wanted to make sure you knew that that was the guitar I'm reviewing, not the regular Deluxe which is a different animal, so to speak... Anyway, the 50th Anniversary Deluxe is a joy to play and clearly a ...

Pros: Great-sounding, great-playing and affordable.

Cons: Color selection very limited.

The Bottom Line: A Stratocaster is one of the fundamental instruments of modern music. The American Deluxe Strat does it all.

Review: *A Brief History of the Fender Stratocaster* After having introduced the groundbreaking Telecaster('50) and Precision Bass ('51), Leo Fender produced yet another masterpiece in 1954, the Fender Stratocaster. Before Leo, most electric guitars were simply ...

Pros: S-1 Switch, recognisable Fender tones with an added extra.

Cons: Needed some set up out of the box.

The Bottom Line:  Tone is highly subjective of course, but I love this guitar. It sounds like a Fender, and it also sounds...like something else. Try it, I doubt you'll be disappointed.

Review: An overview  I've not always been a strat guy. I owned one of the Deluxe series guitars a few years back, and found it good at one thing, sounding like a strat. And oh my word was it good at that, but should you want to add a bit more ...

Pros: LOWER PRICE FOR AMERICAN QUALITY

Cons: NO FANCY GLOSS FINISH,OLD STYLE BRIDGE MEXICAN ELECTRONICS

The Bottom Line: An American made classic for a small price,and worth every cent and more !

Review: OH MY ! I just played a new "Highway 1 Stratocaster" by Fender.
For the uninitiated,this is a brand new model of American made Stratocaster . It is a plain Jane Strat. It comes with a nice lacquer satin finish in Some nice colors.
The basics...

Pros: Great Classic Sound, Quality Construction, Unique Fender Sound, Nice Pick-Ups

Cons: Some People Don't Like The 'Twang'

The Bottom Line: The Fender Stratocaster is an American Classic. The American Strats are truly amazing guitars. However, they are love it or hate it guitars. I love Fender myself.

Review: The American Stratocaster is one of the greatest guitars ever built. Arising in the 1950s, the Stratocaster became an instant classic. The Fender Stratocaster is by far one of the most popular guitars ever built. There are many mixed reviews about the...