Fender American Strat Plus

1995 American Strat Plus, 22 Fret, 3 Gold Fender Lace Sensor Pickups,
LSR Roller Nut,TBX Tone Control (Mid and Bridge(, Maple Neck w/Rosewood Fretboard, Lipstick Red, American Standard Tremelo, Schaller Locking Tuners (Satin Finish), Medium Jumbo Frets (Hardshell Case, Strat, And Cable Included)

Im using a 1979 Mesa/Boogie amp and it sound GREAT, The Pickups are very quiet with a bright sound, The 3 gold lace sensors provide a wide range of tones, Feedback is dramatically reduced by the pickups

The action on the guitar was great the way it came from the factory, The intonation was not too far out, but still needed some adjustment, besides that everything else is like it came from the factory

Ive dragged the guitar all over, the finish is still smooth with only a few flaws that could have been avoided, the Strap locks that came with the guitar are rock solid, With the roller nut and Locking tuners I never have had a string break, no backup needed.

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The Strat Plus Model had been discontinued, but If something ever happend to mine, I would try to find another one. The only drawback I saw to buying this was the small amount of available colors, about 5 or so, thats all, One of the best guitars ever made (in my opinion)

I have an 80's model w/ rosewood fretboard and 3 Gold Lace Sensors.

This guitar sounds great, but I have to agree that the Lace Sensors give the guitar a different sound, maybe not what you would classify as "strat" sound, but it's a good sound. This guitar just sounds like a GREAT guitar.

I purchased this guitar used, so I can't comment on factory settings. The neck appears to have been bolted a little too far to the left, but I'm not sure if this was a factory problem. The neck is still set straight and it does not affect playability, but if you look close you can tell it is not perfectly flush with the body. It has only minor dents and dings for a 12+ year old guitar.

This guitar is 12+ years old and still works fine. No complaints here.

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I play this guitar through a Fender Blues De Ville 4x10 combo. It sounds great. It actually sounds and plays better than the Gibson Les Paul Custom I used to own, but this is just personal preference. Any one looking for the classic "strat" sound should go for the American Standard model. If you want a great guitar that is a little more versatile, then this is a good choice. The Lace Sensors are great. Mine make NO noise at all, even at high volume, and TRUST ME, the Blues De Ville can crank out the volume!! Very nice overall!!

my strat is a 89 model and is off white. it has lace sensors and locking tuners. i have changed the bridge pickup to a red lace sensor
and can get about any tone i can think of out of it. i have several strats but this is the most incredible guitar i have ever owned. i cant live without it.

i play rock, metal, and country and this thing can do it all. i cant say much bad about it cause it has done me right. and when i put the red lace sensor in it, i sold my les paul.

the paint has got kind of dingy, i dont like that, i wanted it to stay a pretty color of white, but....
it has a maple neck that took some getting used to, but know thats all i want to play. the pickups are good cause you can put them very close to the strings and not worry about them.

the only prob. with this strat is the volume knob got wore out and did not let me turn it up all the way without noise. changing the knob is all i have done to it and its been fine for 8 years now.

ive been playing for about 16 years, and this guitar is the best ive ever owned. it does everything you need. if it were stolen, i would beg fender to make another just like it. i play through a 30th anniv. marshall, and a line 6 ax2. it does everything i can possibly want. if you have a chance to get one, do it! it will be the best guitar youll ever buy.

My '95 Fender American Strat Plus has a Pewter finish which actually is like a silverburst. Blackish silver on the edges fading to silver. Looks great. I've never seen another like it. The roller nut makes sense to me. I've never broken a string at the nut. It's equipped with 3 gold Lace Sensors. Passive. I had the trem blocked when I bought it, but it still will go out of tune when I break a string or change strings. When changing strings I will usually give it a day or two to stablelize before practicing with the band due to the strings stretching and the give and take with the bridge. Locking tuners make it a breeze to change a string on the fly and get back into the mix. Alder body, maple neck and fretboard. Medium jumbo frets aren't too tall, but you can definitely feel them if you move around on the neck a lot.

If you love the sound of a Strat you would love this guitar. When I buy electrics I always play it without an amp first. If it sounds loud and full then it'll be fine with an amp too. Out of the three various Plusses at the store that day (all with different types of Lace Sensors) this one sounded best unplugged, but it surprised me how good all three sounded this way. I've played it through a Marshall JCM 900, Fender Hot Rod DeVille and currently a Guytron. With the gain turned up you lose a little of the Strat expression except with the Guytron. Clean tones are beautiful. I play blues and some rock and the mostly clean rhythms and leads sound perfect Strat. We used to practice at an industrial area and I would get CB radio traffic out of my amp. Still don't know if it was the pick-ups or the amp. The pick-ups, though, are very quiet.

The guitar came off the rack playing as good as it plays now. I take my stuff to the Guitar Factory in Orlando for set up and the intonation had to be set for .10 - .46s, but that was all. I bend strings a whole lot and the action is low enough to do this easily and without any buzzing anywhere. My only complaint (and it's a minor one) is that the strings are a little stiff. I use .10s and .11s because I like the tone. I can't tell you why the same kind of guitar will feel different with the same size strings. Just the personality, I guess.

This is the only area where I have a real complaint. Just over a year after buying the guitar I took it to practice, plugged it in and had no bridge pick-up. Thought it was the switch, but it was the Lace. About 6 months later at a gig (and my mistake, no back up) the neck pick-up went south on me. This is Florida and I know it gets hot at gigs and outside and cool inside with all of the AC, but it bummed me seriously. I even went out and bought 2 more p/us a store wanted to get rid of just to have spares. Everything has worked fine since, though. The finish is still great. I use Meguiar's #9 occasionally and keep it in the case. I've sweat all over the thing and am not worried about it. Certainly, a back up is in order if I ever gig with it.

I notified Fender about my pick-up problems and they told me that I must have left it in the sun and they expanded and then contracted when I brought it into the house. The guitar was just out of warranty when I had the first problem so I didn't really expect anything from them, but much of my job is working in the customer service arena and I felt they could have at least been a little more sympathetic to my situation. A t-shirt would have been nice.

This is 97' Fender American Strat Plus. 22 Frets, Inca Silver finish, Maple neck. From the get go, this guitar looks beautiful. The Inca Silver.. matched with the white pearlized pickguard looks sweet. I really like the graphite roller nut. It makes switching string gauges easier. The Gold lace sensor pickups are the best ive heard for clean tones. The locking tuners are a nice feature as well.

I play everything from blues to latin to punk to metal. This guitar suits my clean tone needs with FLYING COLORS! I play through a Marshall Valvestate 100R head and VS412 cab. With a fair amout of reverb... playing on everything but the bridge pickup is very lush. The tone on the bridge pickup is still good, but it doesnt compare to the rest of the pickup configurations. For distortion, these pickups are not very strong... for the hardest metal. They sound GREAT for SRV type stuff... or basically anything not as hard as metal. But if you are looking to play only metal... what are you looking at strats for? ;-)

Everything was perfect in this category. The action is very low. You can rip off the bends all night on this baby.

Ive had the guitar for about 3 years... and its showing its wear somewhat. Ive played it at band practices.. and live a few times. I have dropped it twice due to a bad strap (nothing wrong with the guitar). When it fell on to one of my boss pedal boards.. it cracked a little bit on the bottom. But in normal conditions.. it will definately withstand anything.

Ive never had to deal with Fender.

This is a very great guitar for an intermediate level player. No problems whatsoever in the 3 years that ive owned it. I'd DEFIANTELTY recommend it to anyone who is searching for the ultimate in clean tone superiority.

1991 model...wilkinson nut....dont get this guitar if you use 12 gauge
strings because it's not designed to handle it....designed for 11 to 48 strings. lace sensors sound great...probably want to change the bridge pickup to really get a lead sound that cuts better.

so warm, rich, and clean....the clean sound is incredible!!...if you play really heavy styles, you should change the bridge pickup....i put in a seymour duncan quarter pounder and it sounds incredible....only like $40 bucks!....the neck pickup position has awesome tone....middle is great for clean.....wide variety of tones from this one guitar..

actions is great.....i had my bridge fixed down with a block of wood....great action....buzzed a little when i used 10 gauge strings...absolutle perfect with power slinky purples 11 to 48....
i have the deep silver burst finish....its a beauty!

fenders are built to last......

i've played lots of strats, telecasters, even gibsons, and PRS.....and this guitar is hands down my favorite! can't beat fender tone....but i also have a custom guitar with Les Paul Classic pickups and that's my runner up.

My american strat plus is a 1989 model, surf green which looks great, maple neck, locking tuners, roller nut, 3 lace sensors, standard american bridge, nice medium frets. It looks great

I think the lace sensor pickups are veery clean, which I like alot, they're great for all different kinds of music especially punk, but they are not so good for metal because the pickups get a little too distorted. I like the neck and middle pickups, but I think I'm going to replace the brigde pickup, with a duncan hot rail. The neck has a really great sustain to it, which is way better in the 1989 model. I first tryed and black 1994 version and I found that the sustain really sucked, then I tryed the 1989 verion and the sustain was great, so I would try models of different years before deciding to buy yours.

I got the guitar used and because its the 1989 model it was a little out of shape, all it needed was a set up and it was good as new. The only defect I found was that the nut was cut a little unproperly in the first place and that it why there was a little buzzing in the first 4 or 5 frets

The guitar plays great, it has survived a lot of drops and smashs, but is still going. The guitar is very solid and I'm sure will syand a lot more punishment

The place I got it from was cool about fixing the guitar up and setting it up

I've been playing for about 4 years and I have owned 5 different guitars, my american strat is defenatly the best guitar i've ever had because of its great sustain and great looks. I love the surf green body and the maple neck. If this guitar was stolen, there islittle chance of me being able to find a nother \sounding as good as it, let alone being able to pay for another one.

I bought this guitar about 3 months ago and this is by far the best guitar I've ever owned. 5 way switching, 2 tone and 1 volume control, 3 lace sensor pickups, Schaller locking tuners and a Wilkinson roller nut all make this guitar kick! The bridge is an American standard but the tuners keep it from going out of tune even when I use the whammy bar. It's got a maple neck and 22 frets. It came with a beat up case (probably because I bought it from an auction) and a strap. The only real gripe I have with the guitar is that it's the same color as my strat copy, Black! Of course, that's really my fault for buying, but what a guitar!

I play a wide range of music and this guitar suits all of them now. The lace sensors are extremely quiet and have a really great bluesy sound. All of the settings are very quiet and you don't have to worry about hum no matter how loud you're amp is. I use an old Fender M-80 combo amp that's usually noisy anyway but it's dead silent with this guitar. The bridge pickup lacks the edge for good metal/grunge/rock playing so I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan hot rail. It's perfect for thick, meaty distortion. The neck and middle pickups are great for a dirty blues and even a country sound on clean. This is definitely the best sounding guitar I've ever played.

Since I bought this from an auction, it didn't come set-up very good. The strings were very old and wore out and the pickups were a little bit off. Most of the controls were set to my liking, none of them loose or noisy. The finish was marred on the back with belt buckle marks but surprisingly, no paint chips whatsoever. I'm sure if it would've come from the factory, it would've been a little better.

Since it's a strat, this sucker will stand up to anything. My friend has a mexican standard and he's thrown it, dropped it, kicked it and knocked it over more times than I'd care to see but it's still playing like the first day he bought it. The hardware is in excellent condition for being almost ten years old. It still looks brand new. The finish is decent but it does have some flaws because it's used. I can really depend on this guitar to get me through any situation. It's already made it through two high school dances and several small gigs in the three months I've owned it. I'm sure many before that. I always keep a backup just in case because I have a bad habit of breaking strings and it's nice to just reach over and plug in another guitar. Keeps from having to start over a song and pissing everybody off.

Never had to deal with Fender and doubt I ever will but I've heard their not very good. I think mine came with a 5 year warrant but I'm not sure.

I've been playing guitar for about four years now and this is by far the best guitar I've ever owned. I have a cheap Peavey Strat copy, a 1964 Fender Duo-Sonic, and a 1976 Gibson ES-335 archtop and none of them are as versatile or sound as good as my strat. Before I bought this one, I tried several mexican strats, all of the hotrodded American series and even the American Deluxe but this is the one I chose. It stayed in tune better than any of the others and sounded better to my ears.

I have played many guitars extensively. I have owned four. This is without a doubt, the best guitar I have ever played in the $600-$800 price range. I purchased my Strat Plus in 1994 with insurance money after my best Charvel was stolen. It's got three Lace Sensor Gold pickups, five way switch, one volume, and two tone knobs. It has locking tuners, the ball bearing nut, and the standard neck with a rosewood fretboard.

This guitar is incredibly versatile, providing sounds from twang, to crystal clear, to metal, to a good blues/jass chunk. Played through a decent amp, this guitar can do anything you want it to and more. The only complaint I have, after playing Les Pauls, is that the sustain could be a little longer. (However, that's like saying a Corvette could be a little faster after driving an F-16.) The Deluxe model comes with allegedly superior pickups, but I have never once considered the Gold Lace Sensors inadequate. This guitar sounds better that 90% of the guitars I have ever played, and much better than anything comparably priced.

This guitar does not buzz, and the fretboard never makes any funny sounds. I've never had any fretwork done, and the intonation is perfect, without a single defect. The workmanship is faultless. This guitar is incredibly easy to play. The only guitar that I can remember playing that is a little easier to play was the Ibanez JS 1000 (wide necked, super fast action type guitar). Nonetheless, the Fender plays effortlessly. The design is a classic. This is the most recognizable rock guitar ever made. If you like classic, it's great. I personally, would like something a little more interesting looking, but still wouldn't trade this guitar for anything of comparable value.

MY FENDER STRAT PLUS SHOULD NOT EVEN WORK AT THIS POINT. For the first few years, I was anal about my guitar. No scratches, always in the case, frequently polished, etc. Then I joined a college band. My guitar has been knocked over, dropped, and kicked. We were not a good college band. We played in tiny, packed bars, parties, and other places with no stages. It has probably had about ten pitchers worth of beer spilled on it. It has been rained on. I have not been terribly nice to my guitar as of late. After college, I spent a summer as a camp counselor. I left my guitar in the staff lodge on a stand, and told everyone who wanted to that they could play it, without asking me or having me around to supervise. Who knows how many times it was dropped, abused, etc. The point is, on a scale of one to ten, this guitar gets a fifty. Despite all my abuse, I have never had a single problem.

I've never had to deal with Fender, as my guitar apparently cannot be damaged.

If I could only own one guitar, this would be it. The only complaint I have, is that mine looks a little bit boring: red strat, white pickguard. Right off a Hard Rock Cafe sign. However, it sounds excellent, plays wonderfully, is insanely durable, and is the best all-around guitar I have ever played.

It is a 93 American Strat Plus, It came with a rosewood finger board, but I changed it for a maple of the same modle so the serial my be wrong. It is a sunburst blue....I think it is called Carabien Mist. 22 frets, standard equipment plus TBX a tremelo piston thing ( I removed it), 3 Gold sensor lace pickups, a roller nut and graphite locking tuning keys. Came with a case

The Sensor lace pickups had no balls to them, no sustain and the bridge was softer than the middle and neck. I put Duncan Hotrail SRH-1 on all three positions and now it kicks. I use a Mesa Solo 50 and a Ampeg VT22 and I can get any sound except a really deep fat les paul style. The frets are some kind platnum aloy so they feel and sound great but already had 2 fret jobs becasue the wear down so fast.The guitar has more bass then any other strat I have ,even before the pick up switch. I play hard rock and this my favorite axe for lead.

The neck is so good that I have never found one as good.I got it and there has neve been a comlaint except that I should have ordered the non tremelo version. The roller nut somtimes scraped my index finger because it is shapped square so it has a point to it near the finger bord. The finish is the best part and I have never seen a guitar quite as interesting or a Strat the glossy. I heard that the top is mohogny and the body is alder.

6 years...2 fret jobs and a noisy volume pot and that is it.

never dealt with them

Been playing 10 years, Own 2 strats and 1 les Paul. I love this guitar the best becasue of the neck and the action if fast and smooth. It is the best strat that i have ever played. I own a 71 strat and I love it too but, out of the two there is no contest.