Strat Question
CaptainSpaz91
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Hey all,
Well, now I've been working hard, summer is here for this college kid, I put money aside for a guitar, I was thinking A/E but I really have always wanted a strat since I was little before I could play guitar, my question is which is best and why?
American Strat
Highway 1 Strat
Mexi-Strat
I know American is the best and so forth, but is it really worth all that money? I really don't care about resale value, I intend on keeping on my guitars that I collect over the years.
Thanks for your time again
Well, now I've been working hard, summer is here for this college kid, I put money aside for a guitar, I was thinking A/E but I really have always wanted a strat since I was little before I could play guitar, my question is which is best and why?
American Strat
Highway 1 Strat
Mexi-Strat
I know American is the best and so forth, but is it really worth all that money? I really don't care about resale value, I intend on keeping on my guitars that I collect over the years.
Thanks for your time again
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what are you looking for in a strat, what is your sound? Essentially no one can tell you this, I love strats, I've likely played thousands with hundreds of different pickups and configurations in thousands of different amplifiers to narrow it down to what I know I want the tone in my head.
A big important question might be since you don't care about resale does it have to say Fender on the head stock?
I am not gonna pull the "only you can know" stuff
Get the american. Supposedly the highway 1's are peices of shit.
The mexis are not bad guitars by any means, but if this guitar is gonna be around for the long haul, get the higher quality wood, hardware, neck (rounded fingerboard edges). and all that comes with an american model.
I have an american Telecaster and have really been pleased with its quality. And yes I can tell when I go and play a MExi the difference in quality.
SO my vote is get an american, especially cause this is gonna be your long term guitar.
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if you intend on playing for a long time, you might as well get it now.
If you get the Mexican you'll eventually realize that the sound isn't as rich as it should be, and you'd end up upgrading. So you might as well save yourself the money in the long run and get the American.
I never really got to thinking about you
personally, i don't think there's anything wrong with the highway 1 strats for the price.
I agree.
I'm pretty good at picking out guitars, so I have no problem with Mexican Strats, but you have to go through a pile of them to pick out a good one. I wouldn't buy one without playing it, whereas the American ones have more consistant fit and finishes.
If you want one for the long run and don't have a feel for what's decent quality, maybe spend a little more and go for an American one. Check the fret work, ( how smooth are they finished along the edges, loose ones, play every note on the neck and check for buzzes) check the neck/ body fit and the general feel in your hands.
If the hardware isn't that great, you can always change it out later when your budget permits, and you can change pickups later, too, if your tastes change.
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FENDER FAT STRAT!!!!!!
its like the mexican strat but with a single coil humbucker on the bridge
i have it, the sound is so fuckin amazing!! well worth spending 600$ less than an american (guitar is around 400$)
i strongly recomend this!!!!
get a nice fat sound...or you can get a nice bright sound...the one i have is a rosewood neck with sunburst color...i love it
i also have a Gibson SG Special...and i think for my birthday i overheard my aunt saying she was gonna get me a Schecter PT
Yah I cannot confirm this either. It's basically what I have heard on this board from people. Stuff like that highway ones are just mexicans made in the states (same quality) so you are just paying for the USA name, which isnt the point of owning an american strat, the quality is.
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i've played them. i have an opinion.
So you do you find them to be significantly better than the mexican ones?
Now that I think about it it might have been the paint job on them everyone was criticizing specifically?
I almost bought one once, it was a transparent red tele.
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