Fender Deluxe Strat Plus

1991 Fender Deluxe Strat Plus made in the USA. This 22-fret wonder has a solid alder body with veneer ash top. See through blue finish brings out the ash. Beautiful guitar. This guitar has LSR roller nut and Schaller locking tuners. This guitar was made in 1991, a year or two before the Fender Floyd Rose Tremelo, so it has an American Standard tremelo with a tremsetter. I took the tremsetter off and lowered the bridge as much as possible. Has three lace sensor pickups, a red one in the bridge, silver one in the middle, and a blue one in the neck position. Without going into detail about the pickups (read some of the other posts, they will describe them), I will simply say that this is one of the most versitile guitars ever made. The neck and fretboard are maple. Although I used to only settle for rosewood fretboards, this machine turned me around. This is the single smoothest neck I've ever played on. What else can I say. The case it came with is excellent. It has strap locks. A dream machine.

Perfect, perfect, perfect. It suits my style now and it suits my style back when I bought it... and I must say, I was a much different player then. This is the cleanest beast ever... even without humbuckers. All positions are nearly hum-free. Actually, positions 2 and 4 are hum-free. Sustains like most older Les Pauls and better than some of the newer ones. Wow. I love it.

I don't know how the factory set-up was, but when I got the guitar, the neck was fair. The bridge was messed up. No problem, it took me five minutes to fix it. The top is perfect. All routing is perfect. I don't have much to say about this, everything is how it should be.

This thing is a workhorse. This thing has some thick ass finish. Part of it has looked like it is about to wear through for three years now, but it seems like it will never get there. I feel so confident in it that I would play without a backup... however, I'm a bit of a guitar collector and I always need to have another guitar around... just because.

Never dealt with Fender... hopefully never will.

A 10. Worth the $625 I paid for it. Worth a hell of a lot more than that if you ask me. I don't know what the guy who sold it to me was thinking. Nothing more to say.

NEW TAKE ON STANDARD STRAT DESIGN. LACE SENSOR PICKUPS, (BLUE, SILVER, RED) LOCKING MACHINEHEADS, ROLLER NUT, FLOYD ROSE TREM (SORT OF) TBX CIRCUITS, ASH VENEER BODY. ALL FEATURES EXCELLENT, AND PERFECTLY USEABLE. 1000000 TIMES AS GOOD AS A STANDARD, FOR ONLY A BIT LESS. TREM AND ASH VENEER MAKES IT WORTH THE EXTRA FROM A STRAT PLUS.

THIS GUITAR CAN SUIT ANY STYLE. WITH THE RIGHT AMP, THE RED BRIDGE PICKUP SOUNDS JUST LIKE ANGUS FROM AC/DC. CAN PLAY ANYTHING FROM ROCK TO BLUES TO COUNTRY TO JAZZ! CAN SOUND EXACTLY LIKE A LES PAUL '57 WITH ENOUGH DISTORTION. PERFECT FOR SLASH SOLO'S. VERY QUIET. HARD TO FEEDBACK, BUT ANY FEEDBACK IS MUSICAL. THE OLD STRAT SOUNDS DON'T STAND OUT MUCH, BUT THERE DATED NOW ANYWAY!! PERFECT FOR ANY SOUND EXCEPT EXTREME METAL (PANTERA, SEPS, E.T.C.) IT CAN SOUND RIGHT, BUT DOESNT LOOK RIGHT, PLAY THE SAME ETC

FINISH A TAD UNEVEN. A SLIGHT BLOTCH ON NECK. WHERE THE PAINT IS EVEN, ITS GORGEOUSE AND SMOOTH. I THINK THE DARK PARTS MAY BE GRAIN SHOWING, SO I WONT PENALISE MUCH. STIIL LOOKS AMAZING!! NECK IS AMAZING. BENDS ARE EFFORTLESS. THIS GUITAR VIRTUALLY PLAYS ITSELF. VERY HARD TO SET IT UP TO BUZZ OR CHOKE (I TRIED!). NECK IS QUITE FAST, BUT MORE REFINED THAN A 'WIDDLY WIDDLY' GUITAR E.G. A JACKSON. FRETS ARE ACE.

ONLY OWNED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, BUT HAS BEEN GIGGED REG. STANDS UP TO ALL ABUSE!! STILL NOT A SCRATCH! COULD USE WITHOUT BACKUP, BUT ID TAKE A BACKUP NO MATTER WHAT GUITAR YOU OWN.

PERFECT GUITAR. ANY OTHER GUITAR I BUY WILL BE FOR PLEASURE. IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY BUY ONE. WITH A PEAVY VALVE AMP THE CLEAN SOUND ID AMAZING. VERY SMOOTH AND JAZZY. SLIGHT CRUNCH ALSO GOOD. HIGH GAIN IS THE BEST SETTING. USED WITH A BOSS MT2, THIS IS THE MOST VERSITILE SETUP FOR ROCK/METAL. CASE EVEN SMELLS GOOD! I DONT KNOW WHAT FENDER USE BUT I WANT SOME FOR MY CAR!!

-USA '97, 22 frets,in stunning blueburst, 3 Fender Lace Sensors, volume-tone-TBX-5-way switch, Fender Floyd Tremolo, LSR locking tuners,---demo model-no case

this guitar is the axe I've been waiting for!! I play various alternative styles(from ethereal to heavy) and this axe covers all bases, as far as I'm concerned!! Ultra quiet, Fab 'in-between' sounds, clean and articulate in overdrive mode--sounds bitchin' w/ my Boss DD5 and Chorus ensemble pedals thru my Mesa/Boogie DC5 combo---I've finally found the perfect set-up for my music!!

it played great acoustically--pick-up, neck and controls were flawless!! The best guitar I've ever bought in my lifetime of playing!!!(Yeah, I'm in sonic bliss!!)Workmanship is top-notch, plus all joints and fits are solid!!

I have yet to gig w/ this guitar--in fact, I just may slap it in a glass case wall frame cabinet!!!!(har har)--I'm confident this thing will definitely deliver the good, recording or live gigging!! I will hopefully update when that time arrives!!

N/A--haven't had to do so!!

Personally, I've beeen playing for well over 21 yrs. I have a collection that includes a Jackson Soloist, Hamer Centaura, Charvel San Dimas Strat, and my "punk machine', a Jackson Pro Dinky Std. I was gonna buy a Les Paul Gem at the same store, but something clicked in my mind that " it's about time I get a Fender"--Hell, it's my first (and certainly not my last) Fender---I seriously was gonna get a PRS, Les Paul Custom or another Jackson( the PC1) as my ultimate guitar--guess it'll have to wait awhile!!!

USA made, 1992 I think, 22 jumbo frets, volume, tone, tbx. 5 way selector switch. 3 passive special single coils Lace Sensor pickups, blue (neck), silver (middle), red (bridge). Swamp ash body, transparent finish (you can see the beautiful wood), improved american standard style floating whammy bridge with stainless steel saddles, locking Schaller tuners, 25,5" scale, standard D profile maple neck, rosewood fretboard. LSR roller nut, Hip-Shot tremsetter, Straplock buttons. Case and strap included.

Very versatile guitar. You can play from ballads to hard-rock, blues, jazz, ... Not very suited for heavy metal. Use it with Peavey Classic 50/410 and Soldano HR 50/Marshall cab, VOX wah (modified to Real McCoy), TS-9/808, V-Twin, ... Not noisy at all (the Lace Sensors are really quiet, like humbukers). Good bluesy tone on neck pickup, bright in middle, a little harsh and britle in the bridge. Very nice the combination (positions 2 and 4). I have installed the mid-boost preamp from the Eric Clapton signature Strat. Now I can choose from a lot of different sounds that had make my guitar even more versatile. With distorsion, now the bridge pickup is a lot more usable, because I introduce some mids to compensate the excess of treble inherent to the red Lace Sensor. With full-on mid-boost, it sounds like a humbucker! The only problem I have is that, as that preamp is designed to work with the more-vintage-less-output gold Lace Sensors, is better to limit the volume pot to 7 or 7.5. If you go over that, you are oversaturating the preamp (although it could be useful to control the dynamics in clean mode). Now the third pot controls the amount of mid-boost, and the second one is the TBX tone control. The sound, without the pre on, is very stratish, but without noise at all. I'm very happy with the sound and versatility of this guitar, and it also looks beautiful, with its natural finish and white pickguard! You can't imagine how it screams when plugged into the Soldano, with the gain only at 2 or 3... (Eric Clapton at its best), and how it cleans up when turn down the volume. Really fantastic for me.

The guitar was very well set-up, although I have made my own changes. With Lace Sensors you can adjust the pickups really high without problems, but I have compensated them to my taste. All the internal routing is well made, and has a thick layer of conductive paint. The back of the pickguard has also aluminium foil. I have not detected any finish flaw, and everything fits correctly for a guitar of this price.

The guitar seems to be very reliable. The finish is thick gloss transparent lacker and, after years of use (not abuse) it seems like the first day. The Schaller straplock buttons are rock solid, no problem with that. Now that I have installed the active preamp, it's always possible to run out of battery in the middle of a gig, so I think it's necessary: a) change the battery before the gig (a waste of money, because I have had mine for more than a year and is good yet), b) have a backup guitar (is what I like because, even with fresh battery, you can break a string and go totally out of tune in less than a second). Otherwise I think is very dependable, and I think that the hardware will last for years without any problem.

They have help me a lot to find all the pieces needed to make the modification I comment before. They have given me even the schematics of the E.C. model to guide my work. Thanks a lot, Fender USA and LETUSA (the distributor in Spain). The warranty is one year.

You can see my list of gear in the review of my other Strat (a white with tortoishell pickguard Roadhouse model). If it were stolen, I'll check the Eric Clapton model or any vintage model (the '54 or '57, I don't remember) with a V profile neck, but I'd wish to maintain this one also. I love it's versatility, the tone I can get from it, and I hate really nothing, it's a very good guitar for all types of music. I have compare this one to various other Strats in the shop and I like this one for his tone, look and feel. I don't understand why some people says that Lace Sensors lacks tone. I think is pure Strat sound, more than an American Standard. And with the mod I had make, its difficult to beat.

Maple neck w/large frets, sunburst alder body, Lace Sensor pickups (red, siver, blue) stock fender trem and locking tuners. Wilkinson roller nut and trem-setter. Guitar was made and purchased in 1992 and I am the original owner.

The sound of this guitar depends greatly on which hat you're wearing when you play it. That is, if you're rockin' through a high gain amp looking to rip somebody's face off with your wicked chops, I'd have to rate it about a "5". On the other hand, if you're looking for a smooth, clean or blues driven sound, I'd rate this a "9" or a "10".
The pickups have what I would call a smooth dry sound which gives the clean tone enough bite to get your attention without distorting. The sound is much more pleasant to me than standard Strat pickups I've played. They have less of the "ice pick in the ear" tone that I associate with the standard Strat pickups. Once again if you're looking for good jazz sounds from a strat or play clean or blues you would probably like this guitar.
The more distorted it gets, the less definition each note has. It is difficult to get a "Van Halen" type of tonal sepparation when playing chords in overdrive. I know if you're really into overdrive odds are you wouldn't look at a strat with any form of a single coil setup but I mention the overdrive since they boast the Red Lace Sensor in the bridge position to be a "hotter" humbucking sound. It may be "hotter" than a standard strat bridge pickup but it does not compare to a DiMarzio-Tone Zone or the bridge pickup that comes in the Music Man EVH guitar I have which is also a DiMarzio. In my estimation, the Red Lace Sensor is no substitute for a real humbucker.
There is very little noise with these pickups and I've played them pretty loud through my Carvin 100 watt tube amp.
The most pleasing pickup is the neck pickup which I believe is Blue. It has a smooth fullness that pleases in almost any amp setting.
The controls are standard for a Strat. 2 tone knobs, volume and a 5-way pickup selector.

It was not set up from the factory very well. There was a bad G string fret buzz at about the second fret. That was easy enough to fix but it took a lot of tweaking to get it to play and feel right.
There was a minor flaw in the finish when I got it which was not a big deal. What was disappointing was the neck finish. Several of the frets were almost entirely laquered up to the crown. I had to take a razor blade and carefully cut the finish off of the frets. Again, not the end of the world but it shouldn't be that way on a guitar of this "quality".
I also had a problem for several years keeping my G-string in tune. Any time I would use my trem, even lightly, my G-string would go sharp which rendered my trem and Wilkenson Roller Nut virtually useless. After years of tweaking with it I fixed it but I don't understand why.
Here's the story: I don't like to float my trems. I want to be able to tune down and also be able to play on if I break a string in the middle of a song. I also happen to believe the tone is better if you have the bridge touching the surface of the guitar but that's another conversation. Anyway, set up this way my G-string would sharpen as previously mentioned. I finally set it up floating with the trem-setter adjusted correctly and now it works fine. I can't tune down or break a string anymore but I can use the trem pretty violently without it going out of tune.

It has been both durable and reliable. No major problems to report.

Only customer support issue was with Guitar Center right after I bought it but you go there for prices not customer support.

I'm like Jekel and Hyde with this guitar. It's good, it's bad. Over all I'm not totally in love with it. I may even try to sell it.
The bottom line is that I think it's a good guitar. When I start having problems with it is when I think of what it cost. Honestly, I'm not sure it's the best value for the money but it may be if you're looking for a decent overall performer and want something that has a little more sofistication than a standard Strat. Of course the word "Fender" on the headstock is worth something to many people also.
For the money I would probably consider a Carvin Bolt Guitar which I think is more versital and less than half the price. I'm sure there are many other Strat knock-offs that would fit the bill just as well too.
Side note: Strat owners, unscrew your pickguard and see how your body is routed. Do you see three pickup cavities or do you see one big rectangular hole in the front of your guitar? Fender has good quality but they cut corners unless you order directly from their custom shop so don't just fall in love with a name without checking out the details.
I don't regret owning it but for the money, I think I'd buy something else next time.

USA, 22 Fret Volume, 2x Tone (one with TBX active circuit), 5-way switch Lace sensor pickups, red at bridge, silver in the middle, blue at neck Neck & Fingerboard - Maple (one piece) Body - Swamp Ash Finish - Deep red burst Bridge - Knife edge floating trem (think it's wilkinson) Tuners - Schaller Locking Neck/Scale - 25+1/2" Neck is tapered, fat at headstock skinny at body SKB Case, strap, schaller straplocks (very nice), sticker!

Great for blues,jazz,funk, and rock. The Lace Sensor's do not quite have the bite of traditional single coils but I like there smoothed out sound (there are very quiet also). The neck pickup (blue) is beefy for blues leads. I use a Peavy Delta Blues (4xEL84,2x12AX7) & Wah Pedal. I think it is a great sounding instrument, very versatile. The red lace sensor at the bridge is not as nice as a humbucker if your into the distortion thing.

Factory set up was perfect for me, action was not too low (a la Ibanez shred machines) strings were good (super bullets), neck was silky smooth and fast. The pickups were fine, I haven't changed them since I bought it. Finish was also flawless. The only big problem with this design was the wilkinson roller-nut which they have since replaced with a ball-bearing model. The roller nut doesn't function any better than a normal nut and it restricts you from putting anything larger than 10's on.

The middle tone pot died after about 2 weeks. Since then I have had no problems. Hardware is good, finish is good..it has taken its fair share of dings though. Strap buttons are good but they do need to be re-tightened frequently. Very dependable...definately use it with out a backup (whose got $$ for a backup?!)

Been playing ten years, own a Marshall half-stack (2x12). I would cosider buying another one. For the price you cannot beat the quality of it. Of course a $5000.00 hollow-body would be great :-) I LOVE the playability.. the neck is awesome, the body is very nice looking and comfortable. The roller-nut is a pile of shit. Would like to try it with vintage single-coils although I am more than happy with the current sound