Fender Deluxe Strat Plus

made in 1987 shipped to UK in 89 , came in flash white with white pick gard made in USA .22 frets , solid top in 3 parts ,std controls bar tbx , fender 2x silver lace + 1 blue ,alder body , rosewood neck ,new type sadles in sintered steel , Very hard , new internal profile an option , spersel machine heads in silver , fat frets and wilkingson nut ver 2 , schaller locking strap locks plus the deaded trem setter

This works very well on Vox AC30's , no noise just amp hum , dull sound after 10 years , fender lacer sensors will die on you .

Very well made , nice thick paint .

You will have to chuck the lace pickups as they loose power , all hard ware is ok bar the trem plate chrome rubs off , strap locks are the best but add oil or gease as they scweak in the studio if un greased , this guitar will chew strings due to the hardness of the saddles , no ******* way could I depend on this guitar with the tremsetter , chuck it and get the full set of trem springs screwed up tight and by the way pull your willkingson nut off once a year wash in gas and re-oil !

no I just get new pots and 5 way swich from demazzio

Get rid of the fender lace sensors they will die , I put in stacked demarzzio humbuckers on full power , they come with staggered poles ,change the scratch plate to black ang get tin foil and glue it in the cavitys as a sreen for radio the same with the scratch plate , as in the UK I would get radio Luxemberg on a damp day , oil and grease your spersel machine heads every 3 years but dont forget to give them a 10 minute spin , tip 2 , tune the trem springs , go black , they are a mini reverb , find B if you can , the neck wont move as its bi-flex trus rod is solid , the newer ball roller nut has no string tree so expect pop out on your trash modes of playing , if you want get a needle file on those saddles do as the angle was a bit harsh , an extrawide willkinson nut was avalible for you thick string heads , but the trem setter was crap if you broke a string as the hole guitar went out of tune , but boy can you change strings quick , this guitar with good pick ups is very good ,
Fender took a big risk with those lace pick ups , they just die , dont ask me why ?

1996 Deluxe Strat Plus, Model #110-9500-837, Antique Sunburst, alder body with ash veneer top & back, Bi-Flex truss rod, satin Urethane maple neck w/rosewood fingerboard, 22 medium-jumbo frets, Red/Silver/Blue Fender Lace Sensor pickups, 1 volume, 1 tone, TBX tone control, aged white perloid pickguard, aged knobs/switch tip/bback cover plate, Fender Floyd locking tremolo bridge with pop-in arm (which is also the string block wrench), LSR Roller Nut, Fender Schaller Locking Tuners, Hipshot Tremsetter, Schaller StrapLok buttons, plush-lined black Tolex hard shell Fender case. - Beautiful

Some magazine reviews note the sunburst models are dead sounding due to the sandwich of alder between the ash top/bottom. However, this Strat is extremely resonant unpluged. The Fender Lace Sensors are very quiet. However, the Red & Blue FLS (as advertised) are very humbucker sounding. I much prefer the traditional single coil sound. If you prefer the higher output humbucker sound you will love these. The TBX control is somewhat lacking. I moved the Silver FLS to the bridge (DC Resistance: 7.1K, Inductance: 3.38 Henries, Peak Frequency: 3000 Hz)and the added 2 Gold FLS (DC Resistance: 5.8K, Inductance: 2.4Henries, Peak Frequency: 3600)to the Mid & Neck Postions. This combination is perfect and sounds very similar to the Fender CS54 set but without the noise. I also did the TBX mod listed on the "Blue Guitar" website (http--www.blueguitar.org-new-schem-_gtr-tbx-mods_and_details.pdf). This changes the 82k series resistor to 120k series parallel and allows the TBX to work flawlessly with passive pickups. The 7 rating is "as deliverd". After the mods it's a definite 10.

Very solid and wello fit together. It had the customary low E buzz when I first got it. After a little tweeking with the setup and pickup height it played like a dream. The fit and finish are flawless. The cool thing about the antique sunburst is the dark red micro-flakes in the finish. When the light hits the body at a certain angle the sunburst seems to glow. An incredible guitar that longs to be played.

Bought it used in 1999 and am the second owner. It has held up very well through the years. Fender USA, what can I say? No issues.

Fender has always answered all my emails phone calls Most parts are readily available. Resources, information, & downloads are easily obtained on the Fender website.

I have been playing since '62 and have owned several guitars. I much prefer this Strat over the older Strats as it just seems to "fit". I have played other Strat Plus models and most have the same feel. With the mods I described above, this is one versital guitar. It would be my "if I could only have one guitar" model but I don't really want to be forced to use just one guitar. I'm giving it a 9 over all due to the Red/Blue FLS and the TBX issue.

"Crimsonburst" finish, rosewood fingerboard. Nuisance of a Fender/Floyd Rose trem (soon to be gone). Read the reviews below for all of the features.

Some previous reviewers have said that the Deluxe Strat+ has an ash veneer top only. Look at the back of your guitars, dudes. Same grain. It's an ash-alder-ash sammich and it's very heavy. This has a noticably beneficial effect on the tone, however. Ash has a "mid-scoop" tone profile and it lifts the upper-treble and lower-bass giving the guitar a kind of crisp articulation and punchier bass than a plain alder strat. With the rosewood fingerboard it has a dark, rich early-Trower vibe.

The fingerboard is the most beautiful slab of rosewood I've ever seen. My only complaint (minor) is that it has a shorter radius than I'm used to. If you bend strings in the upper register they bottom out and buzz so you have to set the action a little higher. With a rosewood fingerboard it makes you work harder (it's a bitch with arthritis but I just suck it up). The maple neck on my other strat is nice and flat and springy. Someone said the neck is tinted. Didn't know that. I never saw this guitar in a catalog. Just saw it in the music store and bought it...

...and I knew in the store that the Sensors were coming off. Not that I don't like Lace Sensors. I do - certain ones. But the Blue-Silver-Red setup is an HSH setup and I wanted more of a single-coil sound. I replaced them with Lace TranSensors. They sound different but good with the right pots and caps. It's a VERY modern sound - definitely not traditional. But that's okay; I play prog. I took the blue Sensor and put it on my other strat in the bridge position. I prefer a humbucking bridge sound. It's a much brighter-sounding guitar so it balances nicely.

Now, my memory is terrible but I'd swear I bought this guitar in 1995, but it has the Fender/Floyd Rose trem that, for no good reason at all, requires you to cut the balls off. I could be wrong but I bought it before I moved out of the state at the end of '98 and I know I'd had it a while before that. oh well. I'm surprised I put up with it for ten years but I'm definitely going to follow the advice offered below and trade it for a regular Fender 2-point fulcrum.

I had my guitar tech remove the tremsetter (junk) AND the TBX tone circuit. It's suppose to operate like a normal tone control from 0 to 5 and boost the treble from 5 to 10. All it does over 5 is make the guitar sound thinner. It doesn't add treble; it takes out bass and mids. I had a regular tone control installed.

I heard the earlier ones came with a tweed case. All I got was the gray molded one. :( lucky stiffs.

I'll rate it according to how I liked it -after- I modded it. EVERYbody mods their guitar, right? Anyway, this guitar has every whistle and bell they could squeeze into it. They probably discontinued it because they couldn't sell any of their more expensive strats.

The guitar's natural sound is dark and rich, yet articulate. The TranSenors are bright and open up the sound by adding clarity. They're frightfully dynamic. They sound like crystal-clear 60's strat pickups when played clean and tighten up in the upper-midrange like a P-90 when you dig in. The overdriven sound is very tight. Also, I wire my strats differently - the neck and middle pickups share a tone control and the bridge has its own. I do this because I want the neck and middle to have a higher cutoff frequency so they retain their single-coil characteristics. I use the popular "woman tone" cap for those but I do something darker and funkier with the bridge pickup. It's thick and electronic-sounding with the tone rolled off.

The worksmanship is flawless but the strings buzzed with the factory setup. Fortunately, the best guitar tech in town worked out of the music store where I bought the guitar. So, no problem. The action is tolerable now. The fit is perfect and the crimsonburst finish makes the guitar look like it was dipped in blood. coooooool! This strat is a work of art.

The locking tuners seem a little flimsy compared to some other brands, but the guitar is ten years old and I've never had a problem with it (knock on wood).

Never needed it.

I've been playing over 30 years. Because of the kind of music I play, I often have to change amp and effects settings half a dozen times during a single song. So I use an amp modeller/effects processor. I got it around the same time as the guitar: a BOSS GX-700 which works as well as the day I bought it. I run that through an Alesis stereo 31-band graphic EQ (to correct my speakers), a Peavey PV900 power amp and a pair of Peavey TSL112H compact p.a. cabinets. Roland FC-200 MIDI controller.

If this guitar had come with a couple golds and a silver I probably would never have replaced them. The red Lace Sensor is a sterile, lifeless piece of crap. Actually, if I were to load it with a custom set of Sensors, it would be burgundy (neck), silver (middle), and a "hot gold" hot bridge. I honestly -like- the Richie Blackmore sound in the middle position. I like dark, moody psychedelic strat players like Robin Trower, Richie Blackmore, and David Gilmour (!). Whatever it started out as, my Deluxe + is now my ultimate progressive rock strat ...or rather it will be after I lose the Floyd Rose trem. FLOYD ROSE WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!!

I special ordered a deluxe strat plus in 1994 with the intentions this was the last guitar i was ever going to buy. so I ordered all the deluxe accesories, Ash body, rosewood neck, crimson burst, shaller locking tuners, lsr roller nut, red, silver, and blue lace sensors, floyd rose tremelo, hipshot trem setter, locking strap holders, and the TBX tone control. and a pearloid pickguard. It came with a blue plush hardcase with the strat plus logo on the outside shell. It also came with a toolkit, instuctions on how to set it up and a pretty blue strap and heavey duty 20' cord.

since i played about half clean guitar and half electronic acid rock, i needed a guitar that would suit blues, jazz, and heavey distorted overtoney singing long sustaining acid rock. I use a mid 70's gibson SG tube amplifier with altec lansing speakers. and a peavey profex sound processer. along with a univox super fuzz, morley bad horsey wah, ibenez chorus, dod flanger, morley phaser, and a dean markley mighty mouth. The selling point for me was the lace sensors. when at rest they are stone quiet. no hum or crackles, just quiet. Thers no comparason to a regular strat. This is a pro guitar for pro players. If your playing grunge music this isnt the dirty sounding guitar you would look for. you can get the les paul sound, the SG sound, or if you want the strat sound, just use the silver pickup alone. Also many people dont understand the TBX tone control, its actually a bass cutt not a treble boost. so after the halfway point it cuts off the bass and leaves the highs, makes for a more shrill sound kind of ear splitting. also the lace sensore do not rely on sustain robbing magnets. so you can set them very close to the strings without dampning the string vibrations. very very long sustain. Too bad the lace family took the rights away from fender after the death of doctor lace. but they are still available.

personally i didnt like the way the guitar was set up by the factory. the strings were flat across the top so it took more push on the high strings but was an easy fix. under the lsr roller nut was a set of spacers and all that was required was to remove a few so the strings were equal distant from the frets. this makes it alot more easy to play fast and was less distressing on the fingers. also a rosewood fingerboard overtime will swell a little from oils from your hands and makes sliding up and down the neck less bumpy,and less sticky. you maple neck guys know what i mean. the floyd rose bridge is the locking type and hasnt any play that could dampen the string vibrations so it contributes to the long sustain of the strings. If you use a vibrato alot as i do, the LSR roller nut and the hipshot trem setter is a must have. you can dive it to nothing, let it go and its right back perfectly in tune. very impressive. The tremsetter was a little troublesome to set right. you have to remove the center spring and compensate by tightning the other two in order to get the right tension back on the bridge. then you have to use a matchbook cover or playing card to get the right amount of tension on the tremsetter. but if you change the brand or size of strings you have to do all these adjustments again, but once its set you cant beat it. The fit and finish on this one is very good and only the best ones came with the annaversary logo. there were only 1994 total annaversary models in all the catagories made, so not many in any particular style. mine has the logo on the end of the neck and the forty years and still rockin on the neck plate. The finish is the house of color candy red, called crimson burst, that shows the pretty ash woodgrain through its transparent clearcoat. the shaller locking tuners are very fast, you just stick the string through it, tighten and tune. fast and easy. the bridge tuning was a little difficult because you have to hold it down, adjust it, let it go, and try it, and do it again and again until its right. but one its set its done. i use the fender 3250 strings so i havent had to redo the adjustments at all. The lace sensors havent the strong magnets so i set them as close to the strings as possible without interfering with the strings or my pick. makes for good volume without picking hard. so it was somewhat of a hassle to set this guitar up but the results after its done cant be beat.i havent played anything better.

I have been a pro player for 25 years and i have played many types of guitars. i loved the les paul but i just couldnt have the weight of the thing hanging around my neck for 4 hours a night. the gibson SG is nice but it lacks the tremelo and has a very flat neck radius, so you either love it or hate it. the strat plus bridged the gap for me. i could make it sound the way i wanted it to, was light enough, and had all the latest high tech features. been a flawless performer except the trem is a string breaker so have some spares with you. having the string tool in the trem arm was a nice touch. you could change and tune a string in about a minute. important during a live performance. i like the locking strap buttons so i could push the guitar behind me if i had to change to something else and it wouldnt fall off and hit the floor,its been a dependable guitar and is the last one i will buy.

havent had to deal with the company. because the music stores have anything i could ever need in stock, but so far all i have bought are strings and picks.

i have been playing guitar for 40 years and pro for 25. i still own the 62 jazzmaster that i played until 94. if i lost it i would hunt it back down. i have played many other guitars and all have thier own qualitys, but this one had the most versatility. if you can get one do it, but take the time to set it up correctly. if your a hard rocking dirty guitar player this isnt the one but if you have to cover whatever the agents throw at you this one will get you through any type of gig you need it to.

1989 USA Deluxe strat plus, 22 frets solid top, volume, 2 tone knobs, fender lace sensor pickups, maple neck with satin finish sunburst white pick guard, locking tuners not shure wat type came with an authentic fender usa hard case, easily the most versatile guitar ive ever played has all the features i could ever call upon, i play lead in our band (vintage) lace sensors get everything its a pleasure to play!

It's perfect for lead, rythm there is nothing this guitar can't do, i recently bought a fender fm212r amplifier, it works well with lead guitar with clear tones ringing through well, mellow vintage sound.
As i said this guitar can do any sound rock, grunge, blues best sounding guitr ive ever heard if it were to be stolen i would almost quit playing guitar..

This guitar was $5000 australian ordered in from usa in 89 so i am assuming it was made with the top wood and materials, i love the pickups react perfectly witht the guitar, only proble with it ive had was the tope string buzzing so i got it fixed and its just been a gem to own since....

i've played on stage in front of a full house many times it gigs great, all the hardware has never screwed up works fine, ive had it for 5 yrs and it looks like it will keep playin for alot longer, strap buttons alrite probly could be a bit larger so the strap cant slip off.. but aprt from that i know i can depend on it and if something ever screws up on stage i know its me not the guitar!

ive been playin for 12 yrs (16 now) ive giged many times and everyone who sees it or hears it is blown away by the sound the look just everything about, as i said if it were stolen i would be devastated and if it didnt make me quit guitar i would buy the exact same yr and model, i love its clear tones its versatility and its reliability, EVERYONE ALWAYS TELLS ME FENDER GUITARS WERE MADE BEST IN THE LATE 80'S AND THEY WERE RIGHT, ITS THE CLOSEST THING TO HAVING A CHILD I WOULD EVER HAVE WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A CHILD!!

93' USA Two Piece Natural Ash Body,Gloss finish, Blonde neck,22 Jumbo Frets,satin finish. Tbx tone control, S/S/S Blue,Silver,Red Lace pickups. Locking tuners. LSR NUT, Tremsetter,.

When I first picked this guitar up and played it unplugged it vibrated and sounded very loud. Without even plugging it in I bought it. I have been very impressed with the sound. I play alot of blues and jazz sometimes crossing over into whatever I'm feelin at the time. The sound is perfect with the exception of not getting dirty enough when i want it to. Thats ok though. The soulful sound of the blue pickup makes me use it almost exclusivly. Together with the silver its buttery and warm. I play it through a 66' Bassman Blackface head and a 2x12 65' cabinet. It's classic and I'll keep these always. So I give it a ten on sound since it delivers as promised.

The jumbo frets and "played" neck edges are great to feel. There was a little of the finish up on the frets but that was easy to fix. The ash body is very well bookmatched. It's flat sawn and the back has a "blotched" tabby look to it. There is one fisheye in the finish. I adjusted the pickups to my liking. I replaced the white/black/white laminate pickguard whit a red tortise/mint/black/mint from "WD" poducts I think, and replaced the knobs whith aged white ones. The trem spring cover on the back was hitting the tremsetter so i routed it out a little where it did this, not going all the way through the plate. I have it set up with 11 to 54 strings and havent had to make any modifications to accomidate them.

I have yet to have any problems with this guitar. Perhaps I dont use it as hard as some, but everything about it seems solid. I think I may have got one of those production pieces that was made on a good day. Lots of Luck!

Haven't needed any yet.

I have traded alot of guitars, but I will never trade this one. There are many I wish I didn't get rid of but for different reasons. I know I gave a "glowing" review but this one deserved it. Everything on it works very very well, and for the money you cant beat it. I dont think I've ever seen one come up for sale and its no wonder.

1995 American Fender Deluxe Strat Plus; "crimsonburst" finish, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, satin-finished neck. Alder body with laminated ash top and back.

Three Fender Lace Sensor pups. Neck: blue (vintage humbucker), Middle: silver (hot strat), Bridge: red (hot humbucker).

Schaller locking tuners, LSR roller nut, Fender/Floyd Roxe locking 2-point fulcrum trem, strap-locks, trem-setter, special passive tone circuit.

It's so loaded it became a custom shop guitar when they discontinued it.

I play progressive rock and need a versatile guitar, but you buy a strat because you want a strat sound. Not only were the blue and red Lace Sensors very flat and lifeless sounding (though the silver was fine), but it's really a H-S-H set up. First thing I did was take the Sensors out. I wanted to preserve the guitar's "concept", and the new Lace TranSensors looked interesting (and cheap) so I tried a set. Very interesting. Very clear and glassy when clean and they fatten up almost into a P-90 tone when overdriven. Can't lie, they don't sound like vintage strat pickups but they're a modern single-coil alternative, powerful and totally humbucking. I like them.

The guitar came stock with a tone circuit called a "Tone-X" or something like that. It was suppose to operate like a regular tone control from 0-5, then from 5-10 it was suppose to provide a treble boost. Nice in principle but what it really did from 5-10 was sap mids and bass and made the tone weak. I had my guitar tech remove it and replace it with a standard tone cap.

Because the music I play requires a broad selection of sounds (and I can't afford a ton of boutique gear), I went for simplicity, versatility, and economy as far as my rig goes. I just use a BOSS GX-700 preamp/processor with COSM amp modeling, a used Halfler Pro 120 P.A. power amp, a pair of small Peavey TSL112 P.A. cabinets (1-12" + horn each) and an Alesis stereo 31-band EQ to correct the cabs. I use a Roland FC-200 midi foot controller to change patches.

My "signature" palet of sounds is based around a custom amp I created by setting a 5150 on medium gain then replacing gain with a Vintage Overdrive module. The result sounds like an amp with (1)5751 and (3)12AX7 preamp tubes and KT66 power tubes. I use a big 212 cab simulation. Tight bottom, medium-high gain, very articulate.

With the pickups switched out, the guitar has the dark, moody sound of a rosewood fingerboard strat (ala my favorite players: Trower, Gilmour, and Blackmore) but also has a delicate edge to the highs like Eric Johnson. The right amp/effects will capture these sounds.
I can get clear, bright clean tones and there's enough power to drive more high-gain sounds as well.

Even with brighter pups, the guitar is a bit too dark and the tone lacks complexity, but then I'm real picky. I'm subtracting a point for that and for the drab sound of the stock Lace Sensors, and another for that crappy tone thingy. But the latter two can be remedied and the guitar will basically sound good.

When I questioned my guitar tech about why the strings bottom out when I bend, he remarked that the fingerboard radius is more like older strats; it's got quite an arc to it. Nothing can be done except to adjust the action higher. I have small hands for a guitar player and a bit of arthritis and that rosewood board really makes me work, but other players probably wouldn't complain. The setup was satisfactory from the factory but I *always* have a guitar set up by my friendly tech as soon as I buy it. No worksmanship problems.

The trem-setter didn't survive that first setup. It made the trem so stiff it was useless and I consider it an ill-conceived device considering the other features (2-pt trem, roller nut, lack of string trees, and locking tuners) all combine to keep the guitar in tune during even the most Van Halen-esque whammy bar hysteronics.

The gorgeous "crimsonburst" finish looks like the guitar was dipped in blood. Under close examination, the effect was obtained by mixing the dark, almost red-black transparent finish at the edges with metal-flake, then fading to lighter transparent red in the center.

The fretboard radius is an issue for me. Clearly, with all these whistles and bells, this guitar was designed to be a modern guitar for a modern player playing modern music. The fingerboard really needed to be flatter. I'm taking a point off for that, and another for the fact that this stratocaster weighs more than my van. It's a bit of a bear to play.

Some finishes look okay after they get beat up. Blonde... white... Even a regular tobacco sunburst. But not, I'm afraid, crimsonburst. I'm taking good care of it, however. I'm neurotic in that regard. Even after 9 years it almost looks new (knock on wood). The guitar itself is plenty sturdy. The most delicate parts are those locking tuners but even those have held up well, but then I don't currently gig and only gigged with this guitar once for a week of dates at a summer youth camp where everyone was very well-behaved. Even if I did, it would most likely be in venues where no drunk is likely to knock it off the stand or throw a beer bottle at it.

Minus 1 point for a delicate finish. It has got a couple small dings (which I repaired) and it seems like it dings kind of easy.

I have never dealt directly with Fender, but then the guitar has never developed any issues. If I'm not mistaken, it's got a limited lifetime warrantee.

I've been playing for ...hmm... 31 years. Yeesh, I should be a lot better! (lazy) As stratocasters go this is about the ultimate, except for the little things mentioned above. I wish it were lighter and the fingerboard flatter, and I wish the tone was a little richer. I've discovered since I bought it that I'm really not a "strat guy". Double-cutaway Les Paul-style guitars with trems seem to be the wave of the future (PRS Santana) but there are few such guitars in my budget range. And yet I'd always have to have a strat for some tunes, and this isn't a bad one.

I'm going to average and round down, since I had to modify the guitar to make it do what I wanted.

Red,Silver,Blue Lace Sensors, Blue Burst...Ice Blue is i think what they called it...maybe Frost Blue...its a 91, and I bought it then, and some drugs were done between now and then so excuse the fuzzy memory. American Standard bridge with twin roller nut and Schaller Locking tuners. Trem-setter came standard, removed it almost immediately. Body is alder i believe, 2 matched pieces solid all the way through..heavy bugger, rivals my Les Paul. Rosewood fret board. 22 fret Jumbos were standard.

Aside from creatures like the Parker Fly or others that have the piezos incorperated for blending that elec/acoustic sound, I don't belive you'll find a guitar with more myriads of sound color than a Plus Deluxe...unless you bought the Ultra! I know this is going to sound cliche, but, the Red Lace Sensor is like a single coil on steriods. Its a very agressive tone, nearly humbucker but with a nastiness when its overdriven that screams single coil, very unique sound, and virutally noiseless. The blue is a buttery smooth rich tone...Fender dubbed it "Classic Humbucker": right on. The Silver was meant to emulate the out of phase bridge/mid "strat sound"...and it does just that, emulate it, but it doesn't quite get there in my opinion. By itself it comes close but because of its location, its almost too full in the low mids to get that nasal rip of the sound its deparately trying to emulate. Even in the Red/Silver combo it's close...but not quite. Not that it sucks, because it doesn't...If you never knew, experienced or heard the natural phasing anomoly that occurs on a standard strat you would really dig the sound here as well..which is why I've never swapped in standard Fender single coils, because aside from the one sound you would expect it to make..all the other tones are too good to eliminate the Lace Sensors. Thats the only thing that keeps me from rating this a 10

I bought it new and it quickly developed a ridge where the "skunk stripe" appeared to be pulling out of the neck. I replaced the neck with another, and no problems since in that regard. In '90, the Plus series came with Sperzel locking tuners...I was disappointed that in 91 they did not...I've been meaning to replace them since i bought it...13 years later i still haven't got around to it. The cases that came with them in that year we're terrible for a guitar in this price range. On the way out from a gig, the hinges let loose and the guitar fell out onto metal grating. I bid good-bye to some of the finish that day...and caseless of half a decade before i finally bought a gig bag for it...it has many more character enhancements since that fateful day.

After the early neck replacement..I replaced the bridge saddles with graphite ones. After sweating all over it during gigs the saddle screws rusted themselved right into the saddles...since the graphite additions, strings rarely break at the bridge and it resists the "sweat factor"...I really should get a rag. After the knock it took falling out of the case leaving an afternoon gig..i went and played a nite gig with it without any problems. This guitar has never ever let me down...its really an animal.

I've never dealt with Fender with this guitar...but I have a lot of Fender amps that i bought used and they were always very helpful getting specs and manuals, and very helpful with questions.

The price was a steal...I bought it from a music store i had a great relationship with...that was not a fender dealer. I ordered it as a Plus with the Blue Burst...i really wanted that color...so they wrote it up with the discount from the plus price...and when they found that the color only came in deluxes they still sold it to me at the Plus price. This was my first real guitar. I had cheapos to that point...and I still love it, even with all its character...but hey, its a strat right? It seems that more it got beat the better it played and sounded...im sure thats all a matter of perception..I've worked to keep my Les Paul immaculate..but my strat is my go anywhere play anything guitar. It has, and will remain, my workhorse.

1991 Deluxe Strat Plus- Frost Blue transparent finish on ash top and back. Three Lace Sensors ( red , silver and blue ). Maple fingerboard with jumbo frets.American Deluxe trem with pop-in arm and Hipshot Tremsetter for the vibrato system.

Blue sensor in the neck sounds like a P-90 without the noise. Red sensor in the bridge produces sounds unlike a traditional strat: very aggressive. Silver sensor is the brightest and most strat-like. Position 4 of the 5-way switch is the jangliest. Overall,an extremely versatile guitar.

Incredibly straight and stable neck that rarely needs adjustment. The maple used seems to be of higher quality than what is in current Strats.

Strings tend to break at the bridge once they get old. Tremsetter is a pain to adjust.

Outstanding value for the money. It needed to have the frets leveled ($50) when I got it in 1999. It has played remarkably well since. The volume pot is starting to get a little scratchy.

i own a 1992 fender strat plus deluxe,i bought it new that year.it has all the goodies you would expect on a top of the line strat.beautiful cinnamon burst color,maple board,22 frets,5 way switch,3 lace sensors:red silver blue,roller nut,locking tuners,all satin chrome hardware,alder body with an ash top(a heavy strat)

the sounds i have gotten from this instrument have been many,through many different amps,and they always worked beautifully.iv'e played for over 30 years and this is the best all around guitar i ever owned.and believe me iv'e tried them all!it's great from bell tone clean to les paul mean

i don't pay much attention to set-up when i buy a guitar because i set it up to my own specs anyway.i use 10-46 strings with slightly high action.this suits my touch very well and gives me a good tone,plus it's nice and quiet.i usually don't even plug it in when i'm buying.i find a good acoustic tone always equals a good electrified one.after all thats all it is ...an amplified acoustic tone....right? the finish and hardware were immaculate

i played this guitar almost exclusively for 10 years and it never let me down.i treated it like gold and it's still in tip top condition.i am not playing in bands anymore and i am selling all of my guitars (except my martin)so who ever gets this guitar will get a winner.

iv'e never had any dealings with the fender co.

not much else to say. i played for over 30 years and i tried all sorts of guitars. this was one of the best all around ones that i played.if it were lost or stolen it would be hard to replace.