Fender Lone Star Strat

This guitar smokes
could use a fatter neck

great for all styles except metal ; maybe

great

safe

perfect guitar would like to get one with rosewood neck as well

Great guitar loaded guitar, Im the second owner it rocks. Any style!

2001 Sienna Burst Ash American Series "Hot Rodded" Stratocaster with Dual Texas Specials and a Pearly Gates Plus. Maple board 9.5 radius and Med-Jumbo frets. I've owned FOUR of these over the years. A 96 a 97 a 2000 and this 2001. I like this one the best for a couple reasons. Its vert light and resonant at 7lb even and its Ash were my other three were Alder. Man these Texas Specials sound GREAT with ASH. I have Schaller Locking Tuners with this one also. The others held a Tuning well. A better Trem unit could have been used. But this is a KILLER Strat for the bucks. Find a nicely QC'd one and you'll have a KILLER USA Strat.

I'm getting great vinatge Strat Tones and a nice edgy raw bridge Tone with the Pearly gates Plus...Damn I love this pick-up.

As good as I ever seen on any USA Fender Strat and I grew up on 50;s and 60's Strats

Your Kidding a Strat? These are Lifelong instruments that can take an unreak amout of abuse. Ever see SRV play his? Or Jimi?

For Whatm never need them.

Like I said I've owned FOUR over the years. The upgraded Ash Body on this Strat really puts it over the Top. Especially this one being so well QC'd. A VERY VERY NICE Fender Strat. KEEPER comes to mind, and all STOCK....well Locking Tuners added.

2007 MIM Deluxe Lone Star Strat, 21 Frets, 3 burst Sunburst with red tortoise shell pickguard, SSH with the texas specials and seymour duncan pearly gates humbucker. Don't have a tremolo, but I might get one eventually.

Bought it used from the original owner, and he had it touched up by a pro guitar tech who was a good friend of his, and he did a freakin amazing job. No rough edges or anything.

I play alot of different types of stuff. Mostly rock, classic rock, alternative, grunge....I love it all. I'm not a big country music fan but if you are, you can get a nice twangy sound from this guitar with the neck pickup. If you want something a little beefier, the pearly gates is great. If you put the selector switch in position 4, it really gives you an amazing SRV sound, great for songs like Little Wing and what not...Very bright and clean, but like I said, if you switch to the humbucker, it gets very beefy. Not quite Gibson beefy, but it's a Strat. It's like comparing apples and oranges. I love the Strat because you have so many different types of sound, and they all sound great. The fact that it is MIM really doesn't matter. I've played USA ones and I CANNOT tell the difference at all. The pickups sound amazing, and the guitar very rarely goes out of tune.

Plays great with Pedals too. I've only run it thru a TS808 and a Crybaby, but sounds great with both of those. I have 10's on the guitar right now. They sound great.

The only real reason I gave it a 9 is because the Texas Specials produce a little buzz. It's nothing major, but its still noise. The Pearly Gates is incredibly quiet tho, no buzz at all. Positions 2 and 4 are my favorites....not alot of buzz on either of those.

Well like I said before, the guy I bought it from had it set up by one of his best friends who is a professional guitar tech guru guy...or something. But he did a fantastic job from what I can tell. No rough edges, no fret buzzing. Put 10's on it. No flaws whatsoever. Finish is great, no marks/chips. It's awesome.

Rock Solid says it all. I've only had it for a month, but no problems. I would use a backup, but only because I'm paranoid something would happen to it. Not because of something wrong with the guitar.

Never had to. bought it used.

Been playing for like 5 or 6 years, so I'm learning every day, but this Strat was a great steal IMO, and definitely worth the money. Mine was set up by a great guitar tech, so I'd probably recommend having that done, because it sounds and feels incredible.

If it were stolen I'd be upset. I'd most likely get another one if I could find one. The pickups are really what makes this guitar. If not I'd get an American and just upgrade the pickup's to Gilmour's or something...

I give it a 9, mainly because I wish the Texas Specials didn't buzz. Other than that, it's freakin awesome.

1996 USA Corona. HSS with Texas Specials and the Seymour Duncan humbucker. String-thru-body bridge. It's an alder body in black with pearl pickguard with a rosewood fretboard. I'm not sure about the frets - they might be a little fat but not jumbo-sized.
Standard rectangle case came with it. There's a good balance with the handle offset which has the additional feature whereby you can walk it with the case straight even when going up or down stairs, without it banging. That shows technique and care in manufacture.

I really like the sound this gives. The humbucker is real hot, but sometimes you need that to cut thru live. Mine gives a grunge sound that is not unlike a Gibson in strong power output but is sweeter in that the light bell sound comes through even with that grunge thing going on. It doesn't give the long sustain like a Gibson though. But it has a sweeter tone, imho.
I find the Texas Special on the neck SRV buttery in tone - beautiful in tone, but a little soft. But that softness may be an amplification issue or that my pick-up height is too low in the body. Or, I am too used to using the humbucker.
Sliding the pu selector is clean as.
There are five pick up settings. There is a lot of variety in the sounds, even a telecaster can twang through on what is it, setting four? Settings 2 and 3 are pretty neat though not used as much.

First of all, I find rosewood very warm. But rosewood is not slick like maple often is. My rosewood has to be worked. Playing the Lone Star for me is like working tough clay - it needs strong fingers. There's nothing slippery about it. Added to this is that I bought it used and the frets themselves are a little jaggedy - that is sometimes my fingers rather than slide over have to climb over them. Oh well, it least it ain't scalloped. Also with this though is that your fingers have to be planted firmly so the sound you ultimately get is pretty clear. But, it is not a speed guitar like Ibanez's seem to be. You can tap it, but as someone else here said, it ain't a metal guitar.
It stays in tune no matter what weather and what movements it goes through. It's got standard tuners but they keep the strings tuned. Tuning is a breeze. Stretch your new strings and wind them to their natural tuning and they will stay there.
However, I don't use tremolo so cannot comment on the bridge or strings after using tremelo. Bridge is bolted tight down to the body so no free play on the trem.
The neck is straight. The action is pretty much fine, although there is one particular fret that if I don't press hard for it it sometimes gives me a bung instead of a clear note. However, I have never adjusted the action, haven't replaced the nut - haven't done anything to it.
It has been well-used before; there is some wear on the board and a ding in the back of the body and a missing back plate. It may have been around a bit, but if that is the case it is holding up very well.

I've used it a few times only at gigs. I am a working father in another country so can't find gigs regularly. It seems to hold out well under lights and with a few bangs. I'm pretty careful where I lean it but it stands well when leaning against something. It's well balanced. Have never broken a string on it at any time, and I have played it hard on occasion.
It's dependable.
If I were a working band guy I'd want a back-up, for peace of mind. Also I'd want a few guitars, not just because it were my source of income, but that every guitarist dreams of having a few guitars.

Never had customer support as it was second hand and is older guitar now.

I once had a warm and unique Tama acoustic guitar. The rosewood Lone Star is up there in warmth.
I tested a maple HSS Lone Star. I prefer the rosewood for depth, though the maple put out some pretty and warm sound.
A Japanese Fender is much more limited in sound and is a little clangy in comparison.
I had a Squire once. Having 40 squires wouldn't be better than having one Lone Star - except that you could sell them to finance the purchase of your Lone Star.
If it were stolen I'd do my best to get another one just like it.
To compete with the Lone Star I'd want the one that Mark Knopfler uses (a Schecter?) or a signature Strat. I think the quality of the Lone Star is pretty high.
It's also a unique guitar. I haven't seen my one on the internet yet.

cherry apple with pearloid pickguard and all american hardware. Seymore duncan pearly gates humbucker and two texas special PUs

This guitar is so friggen veristile!! You can pretty much play anything but hardcore metal. Dont underestimate that pearly gates humbucker it really rocks and its got so much tone not even your mom could handle it!! However the texas special asre perfect for blues the beautiful sounds you get out of them just make me so happy. Just think stevie ray. This guitar sounds incredible its got everything!

This guitar was perfect when i got it. Fender really made this thing like they intended on making a tank. Extreme craftsmanship was put into this an dyou can tell emediately when you pick it up. The neck on this guitar is the best neck i ever played its perfect for my hands. Its like its part of my own body when i play it so i can just close my eyes and fly up and down the neck and i know itll play ok. This is my favorite part of the guitar. The nech alone is worth with the 900 i paid for it

This guitar got stolen from me and th epolice found it at a pawn shop. when i got it back there was a crack in the bottom of it and a tiny crack at teh top of the head stock. Besides that i beat the crap out of it and ut still plays and sounds great. I dunno why but i just feelliek ill keep it for ever and i know i cant breka it so i dont treat it that well. I gig with it all thetime its just an awesome awesome guitar you dont have to worry about anything.

overall id give this a 9 just because theres other guitar out there that are a few grand more an di bet there even better. HOwver for the price you cant beat this strat its got everything any body who like sgood music could want

mine lone star strat is in shoreline gold and a white perloid pickgaurd, i think it looks very sharp

when i first bought this guitar i pretty much only used the Seymore Duncan in the bridge spot when i gigged, fact i still pretty much do. But at home when i could fool around, i really liked the sound of the neck p/u. they don't really match for me. in fact i've sort of gotten to like the sound of single coils a bit more over time. i sometimes think i would kind of like to pull out that Duncan and put it in another body and slap a neck on it and put an alnico V PAF in there or a Lindy Frailin or something with just a bit more sparkle. i think the Duncan is a really nice P/U but it just doesn't go with Texas Specials for me.

this guitar has been resest a few times but right now its playing great. the finish on the fret board is chipping away, but it kinda looks cool. i don't know if i have to seal it or something. i really like the neck. Shoreline Gold is a wicked color

i always carry another guitar but i never have to use it unless i break a string in the middle of a set

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i have had this guitar for maybe 12 years, its the first new guitar i ever owned. i have played for thousands of hours on this insturment. i have souped it up over the years, put a hipsot tuner on it and had the p?u all wired with the Player's Strat mod and a coil tap and phase split. i'm betting ready to put a Tram setter on it so i can use the Whammy Bar at bit more liberally. I play all kinds of styles on this ax ( idon't like it for jazz...but everything else. i've bought a few more guitars over the years.. a Les Paul, a Tele a Hagstrom with P90's and an ES335... and i still gig with the strat. its my main axe and always will be

Candy apple red finish strat with your standard American bridge. Fender tuners, 22 frets, SSH(2 Texas special singles and a Pearly Gates humbucker). Made in 2000.

One of the most if not THE most versitle guitars out there. Can go from Jazz to Metal with ease. I play Hard Rock and a lot of ballads and rock stuff at church and this guitar can do it all. I come from the hair metal days of the 80's and used to only play Charvels and Jacksons. I switched to strats about 6 years ago and haven't looked back since. It took me a while to find the Lonestar and when I did that was it. The Lonestar has the smoothest sound of any guitar I've played and the clean sound is the best.

I bought this used and was set up great when I got it. It is 7 years old now and still looks new.

I play this live at church every week and even though I am not running around or anything it stays in tune great and is just a solid guitar all around. Finish is great. Defintely can play without a backup but I always have extra strings on hand in case of a string breaking. Hasn't happend yet but you never know.

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I have been playing since 1983 and this is my favorite guitar so far and I have owned just about every major brand out there. I would definitely buy another if it was lost or stolen.

My freind has a Shoreline Gold one, and I liked it so much I bought a Blue/green one. 2 Texas specials 1 Pearly gates humbucker. VERY versital for a strat!

I run it into: planet waves tuner, Maxon AF-9, 535q wah, Sparkle Drive, Mesa Lonestar, (effetcs loop) H2O chorus/echo, Small Stone, Short timer delay. This strat rocks! The Texas specials give a very twangy, yet still stratish tone. The duncun humbucker gets fairly close to my Les Paul.The 5 way switch allows you to use just one of the coils in the humbucker and that gives this guitar the "bell tone" No noise, even with the single coils. The Lonestar strat can handle anything from jazz to metal (I play in a reggae band and a tool-esque hard rock band. really shines in both situations. The only issue I have with this guitar is the volume drop when you switch to the single coils (I just use the volume knob or pick dynamics).

I bought this guitar used so........ But the guitar looks structurally solid

It is a USA fender... you know the drill

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I have been playing for 25 years and playng pro for 10 years. I own a customized Les paul special and a Tele. If it were stolen I would replace it. I love that although it is a strat, it sort of isn't. no wimpy sounds here. I wish it had one of the new fender noisless pickups for more versatility but what do you want for 500 bucks. This guitar is one of the best ones i have owned.

Mine is a Teal Green Metallic Finish with a white Pearloid pick guard. Everytime I bring it somewhere I get comments on how beautiful it is...for me the pick guard is what sets it off...the pearloid looks very sharp. Two Texas Special Single Coil pickups and the Seymour Duncan Humbucker as has already been documented. Mine has a rosewood neck that looks great.
---Just an aside...I remember reading that this guitar was actually designed by Seymour Duncan for Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top...so that would explain a lot.

I usually play Classic Rock and Blues...with very little country sometimes. I play through an 80 watt Crate amp, usually with some distortion but very little effects. As someone noted earlier, if you have the pickup in between the bridge and middle position you can get a very good Tele / Country sound. I personally love the Texax S pickups. You have to fiddle with them a little to get the right pickup height and the right tone on your amp and guitar. But they have a great sound. I use .013-.058 strings so that also affects the sound...but it sounded very similar when it had the normal .010-.046 on when I bought it.

I bought the guitar used but other than raising the strings a little bit off the neck I have done very little to it. Whoever had it before had a good set up on it (could have been the way it came from the factory for all I know). The first thing I did was tighten the strings attached to the bridge to death grip. I can still use the tremolo bar and it sounds the same...but now the bridge rests firmly on the guitar and it truly does make a difference in the sound. I would recommend tightening up those strings to anyone.

All of the pickups, selectors, knobs still look great and sound exactly the same they always have since I bought it. The guitar does not have a sing;le scratch in it, and I am not always easy on it (at one point I had a large blood stain on it that I left because it looked cool but my girlfriend made me wash it off). This is due in very large part because I use heavy strings but this thing stays in tune like a piano. I will take out the tuner every couple of weeks but normally there is one string,if that, out of tune. This might also be because I usually don't use the tremolo bar.

Never had any problems at all.

I had a Les Paul before this and I also own 3 Acoustics and a 12-string. I also have a 70s Epiphone electric. I have played several Les Pauls and other Strats along with many Teles. The only guitar that comes close to mine is my grandfather's '58 Strat. If anything happened to this guitar I would cry for days and pay whatever it cost to buy another one. But let me be frank. If you want a guitar to sound like a Les Paul...BUY a Les Paul. This guitar can certainly do songs like Led Zep, and Cream songs very well...and it really comes close to a LP sound....but it is a Strat, and a hell of a good one at that.

Shoreline Gold, maple fingerboard, pearlescent white scrathguard. I bought this recently second hand for 599GBP. It is dated to 1996. It has a couple of small marks on the neck but apart from that is mint condition. The fingerboard is actually better for being played plus the set-up is immaculate. I'm guessing it was part of someone's larger collection as there isn't much wear and tear on it and has obviously been well looked after.

This is a versatile guitar, I have a Fender Tele which is a 2006 model and that is good but this is EVEN better. I wanted to try and get a 'U2' 'Edge' sound and this is perfect. I was doubtful about the concept of humbucking bridge pickups on a strat but I am SO pleased I bought it despite my initial reservations. Sound is brilliant even through a 30W Marshall practice amp.

The set-up is great - as it is second hand it's difficult to say how much after work occurred but this just ouzes high quality.

This has already seen 10 years' action - 10/10 for me.

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Get one.

The most versatile guitar you can get. I've owned mine for 10 years now and have played everything from Blues to Heavy Metal on it. I now play a clean blues/jazz style and I use an Ampeg SS-140 amp with minimal effects so this guitar has no help. 10 years later and she still sings like an angel.

I've put some work into my guitar. I've sanded the frets down a bit and blocked the tremolo to the body for a really low action. I've been told that this doesn't work on Fenders but this guitar still sounds as it did before but plays much faster.
That being said it was of great quality off of the showroom floor.
The finish is the Shorline Gold and it looks sharp. I've never seen another guitar with a similar color. It's 10 years old and has worn very well. Still looks like new, except for 1 or 2 dings.

Great live performer. I've played SRV, Metallica, Pink Floyd and the Police with this on the same night. Pretty diverse and durable.
I have gigged w/o a back-up and have never been worried.

I have never needed it. That tells you how good the instrument is.

I have been playing for nearly 30 years. I have a few other semi-hollow body guitars for a fuller jazz sound but this Lone Star is my only solid-body guitar I own. Sometimes, out of boredom, I try to get a new guitar...I can't do it. The Lone Star is the best Strat I've ever played, period.

1997-Think I paid like 6 or 7 hundred US ???
Would have paid a grand.
Got the hard shell case with it.
Eggshell white w/tortise shell pickguard
Flattened the bridge down all the way so I can go all night without tuning.

I play mostly original rock and have a variety of influences, and this guitar owns.
Currently using a 50watt Sovtek amp through an orange cabinet. THICKNESS!!!!
Also sounds real f'in good throught the twin reverb & the v-twin from mesa boogie.

Removed the volume knob cuz I'm alway banging it and turning it down when rocking.

Perfect out of the box.

Toured for 5 years and gigged localy another 10 and its going strong.
The maple neck has a few dings and the lam is coming off the dots, but I love it.
The finish is too good cuz I want it to look like hell. Oh well.

Never had too.

Playing for 20 years. Got a les paul studio (heavy). epi chet. martin. ebo bass. usa jazz bass.
If it were lost...suicide.

Dont know if it's for you, but its the answer for me.

I have four of these....All american! Two are original "Lonestar" strats two are standard American strats that have been upgraded to ALL the Lonestar specs, you can't tell the difference. Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates bridge pick-up, Texas Specials in neck and Middle. Five way strat "SUPER SWITCH" which is a must for any HSS guitar IMHO. Typical useless strat tone controls, don't know why any guitar has tone controls, they should be called "tone removers", but, they are needed to retain that classic strat look. Cool pearly pickguard too, I love the vintage toilet seat look!

If you want one guitar that can do it all.....this is as close as you'll ever get. I play in a cover band with a few originals thrown in and there is nothing I've found that this guitar can't handle. I have several Les Pauls and a Tele also that I use but could easily get through the night with out them if need be. The humbucker does metal well, back off the volume cotrol a little and get a nice AC/DC crunch. The singles sound great, bluesy and clean but HOT! Bonus, I'm not getting any younger and the weight of these guitars in much more managable all night long than a Les Paul. What does the strat "SUPER SWITCH" do you ask....Well, in position two you get half the humbucker mixed with the middle single coil wired in a humbucker mode for the standard position 2 strat sound.....kinda twangy, almose Tele like.

I've had great luck with all Fender products for many different years. Alot of people will bash the 90's products and that's great, it keeps the prices down for the average guy like me. When was the last time you bought a Les Paul standard for $450-$650?? I did....many time,in the early eighties! as with any guitar, you'll have to set it up to your liking before you get the most out of it. Recently I swapped a rosewood neck on one guitar for the maple neck on another to get a different look. One was a 97 the other a 95. Both necks fit properly as if they were done that way in the factory. Very consistant quality!!

I beat on these things weekend after weekend without fail....they come back for more! Stays in tune well....who needs a Floyd Rose?

Never had to deal with them, never had a problem that needed their attention!

I've been playing for 24 years. I've owned alot of guitars and still do. With most guitars I have specific "tweeks" I do as soon as I aquire them. Different pickups for example. This is the only guitar I've been happy with right out of the box, stock! What more do you need? I've swapped necks around on them for different looks (maple/rosewood) and everythiing fits together like original.

My Strat has a rosewood fretboard w/22 frets, made in 1997~, pearly-white finish and a turtoise pickgard. UGLY... but I like it anyhow.

I got this one used, and the guy I bought it from replaced the original tuning keys to a set of locking tuners, which are great.

He also had the tone knob replaced with one that looks the same, but you can pull on it to split the humbucker - highly recomended. the humbucker sound stays just the same (it's just a very simple electronic thing), plus you get that great strat single-coil sound on the bridge pickup.

The only thing wrond with mine is the bridge - the guy who owned it didn't like the original bridge, so he had it changed to something else. I didn't like the new one, so I had a fixed bridge (no tremolo) installed. and I must say I was really impressed - you could hear the change instantly. it really does sound a lot better when the bridge is bolted right to the body.

The original fender case is pretty lousy, btw. it's one of the old ones - just a big rectangular lump. if you're getting it used and can save a few $ on it - don't buy the case. buy a new fender case instead, the new ones are a lot more comfortable.

It used to be an 8. Now it's a 10. having a fixed bridge installed made a world of difference, and you won't believe me until you try it. as a said before, I didn't have the original bridge on it when I got it, so I really had nothing to lose.

If you have the original bridge, you can get the same results without risking anything: just try setting your guitar up so that the bridge'll rest right on the body, and give it a go.

The original TS singles are very bright and have a bit of a crunch into them. sounds great playing with a clean sound, and even better if you add just a liitle bit of dirt into it. the SD humbucker can scream like crazy with an overdrive or some real distortion, but it's a little dirty when you go too far with the gain (it's still a strat...).

Nothing special here. it's a strat, with all the little noises, buzzings and humms. The finish on it is excellent, though. the neck's great, the body's massive, and electronics seem to be good (and it's over 9 years old).

The locking tuners are a great addition to mine. I have to tune it once or twice a week, and even then it's just mild corrections.

This one is good to last. the electronics on my guitar is 9 years old and working great. as long as you take good care of it - it'll get the job done.

I think the American Standard line was a lot better than the new American Series line fender have out now. it's true for this specific model as well: the new Fat-Strat isn't too great. it doesn't have the same crunchy sound the older ones have (even though it might just be a wood-aging thing, and the new ones'll get better over time).

If you're looking for a bright and dirty sounding strat, the Lone Star is as good as it gets. the SD humbucker on it is a killer, and the TS singles have a great clean sound and an even better crunch when you give them just a little overdrive to work with.

But if you want to use heavy distortion on it - don't. use something else. the singles won't be able to pull it off. the humbucker can scream allright, but it's too messy for any fast shredding, and it's crunchy sound'll just go to waste.

2002 Made. The features have been covered pretty much by other people here. The only thing which is special to my Lonestar is that it's got a REALLY nice ash body in Sienna Sunburst finish, which looks more or less like cherry burst to me. Any way it's not only the really great finish. This ash body vibrates so nice even unplugged. Briliant.
Locking tuners would've been nice though.

What can I say about the sound. It's just great. This is definitely partly due to the really nice ash body, but the pickups sound great in my opinion as well. You can get pretty much any sound you want. But I play mainly Jazz/Blues/Rock kind of stuff and this axe fits great.

Bought second hand off ebay, so not sure how it was set up from factory. I had to adjust the intonation though, since the previous owner had obviously used 9s and that's awful in my opinion. I imediately put 10s on and changed the trem setting a bit as well.

Pickups did'n need adjusting. What also impressed me about the finish and the wood selection is that you can't really tell if the guitar is made aout of 2 pieces or 1. Initally I thought it was one. But about a month after I had bought it I noticed that it's made out 2 pieces, but they are matched PERFECTLY, so you really have to look hard. Amazing.

This axe is built to last. Can't say more than that.

What would you need them for. This is not a some kind of crap.

I've been playing for over 20 years and earlier I used to play an AM tele. But the Strat is 1) more versatile 2) easier to play (countour body, easier bending due to trem) 3) it just feels right.
From playing a tele a long time I learned to finger pick quite well, cause this way you can get a much better and fatter sound even in the bridge pickup of a tele. I kind of always wanted the strat sound, but playing a tele wasn't giving me that.
Anyway, I think this is a great strat and you won't go wrong if you get one of those. I think fender stopped producing them in order to get people to by their CS models (which also have Tex Pickups). If it was stolen or lost I would definitely look to buy one of those again. Although in the mean time I think one can get a really nice Jap strat. Some of them are really well made and IMO are better than the AM Strats. I give an overall 9 since the Jap strats(Tokai, Fender, ESP...) are IMO better value for money

I've owned my Lone Star Strat Since 1996 it has since been welded to my inner self. 22 Frets of pure finger gliding excellence, Seymour Duncan Humbucker can scream louder than a woman on fire if the right gladiator has this instrument at hand. Better all round than any Gibson that I've owned personally, including my 88 Lessy. Any doubters should remember that U must make it love U, 2 truly bring out this guitars full potential. Better than any fat or super by far.

Rich and Versatile, Just like a true legendary guitar should sound

Best action ever on mine, dark sunburst, Rose Wood Neck, A GEM In Every Since, Not a Scratch on her. Babied Her Since 96

Tough as nails, a true gig guitar

Bought mine about 4 years ago, has been mine fav guitar since. ( I've owned a strat plus, deluxe plus, am standard, Gibson Les Paul standard and a Burny MG-350)

I bought it second hand and her previous owner replace 2 texas special with these stack seymour duncan pickups I'm not so sure about the model. Everything was great but i wanted a lot more so I took it to my technician and I have the 2-way switch replaced with 3 way switch so I could have my bridge pickup in pararelle mode plus i have one of the tone pot replace with a push-pull pot so i will give me a twangee sound when it's in pull position.

everthing is great except the strap button would fxxk up now and then but I got it fixed recently.

Wow, This guitar sounded damn great, I was a bit disappointed because with her previous owner set-up the neck pick up sound muddy, but after a few adjustment she sounded so good, dark sounding strat but yet retain the twang sound. I really love the neck pick up position and the bridge pick up would scream,

What i dislike is it's pretty hard to get a pinch harmonic of out this guitar, I'm not quite sure if it's because my technician set the bridge to float or is it the pick up.

This guitar is VERY EASY to play, I play funk, soul, 80's metal and modern rock (weird ehh?) and this guitar is far easiest guitar I've played so far BUT you have to get this guitar set up by a professional only otherwise it will buzz as hell.

I guess my grand child will still be playing this baby in his last 40's and this baby would stay the same.

never deal with fender directly, all my strat were second handed and does come with any warranty

I would cry if it were stolen and I would swear to god i will hunt it back but i dont' think i'm gonna go buy another Lone star cause every guitar sounded different feel different so I not sure if i ever gonna find another strat that play like mine again.

97 lone star usa. candy apple red, w/22 fret maple neck, cream pearloid pickgaurd. duncan pearly gates humbucker. all the awesome lone star goodies.

very versitle sound you name it and you can find it. (with a little tweaking)I didnt care for the texas specials until I got the hang of them. In my opinion the pearly gates / texas special combo is a tough one to get used to. I found dropping the bass string side of the single coils right even with the pickgaurd and leaving the treble side high solved all my issues.

unbelievable action. the way this guitar feels is what made this the only keeper in my arsonal. The candy aple red is one of my favorite fender colors. Mine unfortunately had one blemish on the back Thanks to the previous owner.

Played live in dive bars weekly and still other than minor neck wear has no other evidence of the abuse I put it through. holds tune almost indefinately.

never needed any customer support

This guitar was stollen. but i stopped at nothing and actually got it back. (For every thief, there is at least one snitch) this gutar is a member of my family. I have been playng for 7 years. I have owned over 50 guitars. and this is the only keeper.

This guitar is one of the first built in 1995. It is a Olympic White with a tortoise shell pick guard Fender/Shaller tuners, 2 Texas Specials with Duncan Pearly Gates Humbucker. The neck is a maple with a rosewood finger board and 22 frets.Built at the Corona Factory in California. It came with a nice tolex case. It has a five way switch with tone control for the rear pickup. Fender Wilkenson style trem bridge.

Well for those who are content with the sounds of the original pickups, all the power to yez. I pretty much bought the hype when these first came out. I found the Texas Specials to be extremely midrangy and muddy with my amps. I eventually had to replace the pickups with Lindy Frailin vintage hots. The Seymour Duncan Humbucker started to leak all of its pottting wax an began to unravel on me. The guitar sound fantastic now. I sold the original pickups to a friend of mine who installed them in a Mexican Strat. He loves them(to each his own).

I had originally wanted a Shoreline Gold color. However, they did'nt have one with a rosewood fingerboard. I settled for the Olympic white with tortoise pickguard because I liked the color combo. The feel of the original neck was pretty good. However, with in the year the finish began to crack and peel off. I could have lived with this problem but eventually, the neck began to delaminate and come apart. This is the only Fender guitar that I had so many problems with. Eventually I had to raise a stink with the Fender factory. I took it to the shop where I purchased the guitar from and even they said that the problems were extremely abnormal. Fender eventually made good on their end and sent the shop a new neck from the newer American models. It was even better than the original neck for comfort. This guitar has now become completely rebuilt. No original vintage value here for this axe, but it plays and sounds awesome now.

Aside from the previosly mentioned problems, I should now have this guitar for a long time. I have not had a repeat of the cracking and pealing of the finish. It has now been through some wear and tear, and is holding up fine. No guitar should not have a backup when gigging. That's asking for trouble.

At first, I would have giving Fender and "F" grade because they said the guitar was now longer under warranty. However, once they relized this guitar was a lemon, they stepped forward and corrected the problems and now I give the a grade "B".

I have been playing for over 30 years.I own and have owned dozens of guitars over the years. I like most Fender tube amps but I also like the Hughes & Kettner solid state amps. I think they have the best solid state tone. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought a standard american strat, either new or used and modified it to my own specifications. If you are pleased with the features and tone from this guitar, by all means go for it. I felt overall that the hype did not quite measure up to what was delivered. Be sure to play this guitar though you own amps before purchase. That way you will know for sure.

I purchased my Black US Fender Lonestar while living in Bermuda four years ago for $1100.00 US dollars. Yup, everything is more expensive in Bermuda.

It has a five way switch and I love the tone of the Seymore Duncan single position. However, I really did not like the Texas Specials so I took them out and replaced them with Seymore Duncans. One single in the center position which I can't remember what it is specifically. I believe that it is one of Duncans hot country Belly toned pickups. I put a Duncan Little 59'er in the neck position which gives a single or double. It wails. I play everything from Heavy rock to country. This is the most versitile guitar that I have ever owned. I use the Fender Cyber twin as my main amp. Also very versitile.

The factory setup was very impressive. The only flaw was that the neck bolts were a bit loose.

I use this guitar on all my live gigs. Ocassionally I will bring my 1980's Schecter Strat along but only if the gig is local as I don't like to fly with it.

Never had to use customer support.

I have been playing guitar for 25 years, own a recording studio (Lonestar wails in studio) and write for Capital Records. I would probably purchase another Lonestar if this one was stolen. However, the pickup upgrades did cost me quite a bit so I would be tempted to look for a guitar that had all Seymore Duncan's in it.

1997 Lonestar Strat bought brand new for $650 w/o case. Olympic White w/ red tortoise-shell pickguard. Duncan Pearly Gates Plus in Bridge + 2 Texas Specials. Lightweight alder body. Maple fingerboard.

Excellent vintage, woody tones from Texas Specials. Classic crunch from the humbucker. A little thin sounding for some genres. Had to have at least 10's for strings.

Fret edges were so sharp it impeded play. Lacquer peeled off fretboard in several spots in just 2 years. Fender wouldn't do anything about it. I traded it back to the dealer for a Natural Tele with the nice handrolled edges;haven't looked back since.

Had problems with the jack always loosening up. Already mentioned peeling fingerboard.

Least reliable Fender product I have ever owned. The newer ones are better. Also have a 91 Deluxe Strat Plus(reviewed here) that is rock solid.

This guitar was made in 96 or 97. I bought it off FEbay ( ebay ) with no pick ups or controls.Pickups are h/s I installed a EMG 81 in the lead and a blue lace sensor in the middle , I tried the lace sensor in the neck possition but it was VERY muddy. I wired it up to a three way switch, a volume and tone control. It was upgraded to a delux tremolo with the snap in arm. I like this but I need to put locking tuners on it or I cant use the trem. All of the other things are the same as other lonestar strats. It,s shoreline gold ????? LOOKS GREY OR SILVER TO ME!!! but I like it. It came in almost new condition with a like new case.

This has a LOT to do with pickups, your amp , ect.... If you play a 150$ guitar with a EMG 81 thru a Killer tube amp For bone crushing music it will work fine. If you plug a Les Paul custom or PRS or maybe a Fender Lonestar into a P.O.S. solid state amp it might not sound so good... well you get the picture.I have worked on pickup height a lot with this guitar and it sounds great for everything to southern rock to metal, But I change pickups like I change shoes or strings. This guitar sounds good unplugged and rings very nice on open chords notes ect..Since I put my on pickups in of course it sounds great.But I wish it had came with factory pickups, I have heard good things from others about them.

Well, since I got the guitar used but like new ,I will guess it was set up like I got it. With a little work it is the best playing strat I have ever played.The finish is good, the neck is tung oiled? not sure but it's fast and VERY COMFORTABLE.The only things I have found wronge is as mentioned in other reviews, the finish on the neck over the frets has came off like it was refretted but only on a few frets??? I'm pretty sure it has not been refretted. Locking tuners would have been a nice touch.Anyway all in all I like it.

It will take a beating,I have used it live, the hardware is sturdy enough and the finish seems like it will hold up. I think you could depend on it BUT in my humble opinion anyone who plays a show without a backup is a F***** IDIOT.I Saw a band last weekend in fact and the guitar player had no backup guitar and broke a string, so guess what an extra ten minute break while the band stood there and looked at each other and the singer tried to cover.Very unprofesional.Hell I have to take at least 5 since we use 3 different tunings and I like to have a backup for each guitar

Never delt with them.

I have played for 20+ years I have been lucky enough to have found some of the best guitars (for my taste)Les paul custom and classic a older explorer, a Kramer Nightswan, a washburn a 20 , USA ibanez custom shop, and 10 or so other guitars, AND THIS ONE STAND UP TO ALL OF THEM, it's a strat but one of the most deverse and easy playing strats around.If you Like strats but can't handle the thin sound This is your answer. For the money you will not find a better guitar.Locking tuners would have been cool.

This is a 97 made in the USA with all the same features of everybody else's. I enjoy the bright inside of the case. I mean, its a guitar.

It is a very bright, slightly noisy guitar, and the humbucker absolutely sucks. My favorite pickup is the neck one. I am using it for everything from jazz to funk to rock to blues, etc etc. It is pretty full bodied, but nothing really spectacular. I play it thorugh a deville 2x12, and occasionally use a small clone, delay, or a pod. It really isn't that good, sound wise.

It came in decent shape, but the bridge was a little bit off, and I have had to bring it in for repairs a couple of times.

The frets died on me. The guitar is now unplayable because of how much I wore down the frets. I don't play espescially hard, and I even have a second guitar that I use often. I would gig without a backup, but the guitar is almost nonfunctioning now. I don't think it would be unreasonable to ask for a guitar to last a little bit longer!

fender is a big corporation, booooo

I have been playing for 8 years and own a parker p-40, a fender deville amp, a bunch of the stuff mentioned earlier, and a lot of recording equipment. That is actually the main reason why I am writing this review. Due to the horrible intonation (I have gotten it set up multiple times), and the horrible fret buzz, the the overall thinness of the pickups, I cannot even record with it! It ruins recordings when I try. I think it is sad to see that a 450 dollar korean made guitar (the parker) is more reliable, versatile, and a better deal. I think that this is just another case of fender slapping their name on a product and assuming that people will fork over an enormous amount of money because of the headstock. Shame on you Fender!

mine is a 1997 black w/tortise pick guard and rosewood neck.

sounds great. The sound in position 2 and 4 are interesting because the space between pickups is different from a normal strat. The humbucker blennds well with the singles because it almost sounds like a single but with a little bit more balls. this is good for me because if you set the height correctly you can get an even balance in vol when switching p/u on a clean channel. The bucker has independant tone control (cool). It is NOT versitile if you want to play 20 different kinds of music. This is still a strat and unless you,re a strat lover (like me) dont waste you're time. It's not gonna sound like an LP or an SG or a PRS just because you see a bucker on it. I play blues and classic rock and the sound is perfect for me.

i bought it used and it was all messed up but i'm lucky enough that i repair and set up guitars for a living (besides giging) and i got it set up to my speks within an hour or so. I'm not a fan of the two point bridge because i block them and it easier to block the 6 screw bridge so what i did was put 5 high tension springs and tighten the claw all the way and flush the bridge to the body and readjust the action. perfect. the tight 5 string even give the guitar a natural reverbish tone. i liked it so much that i unblocked my other 6 screw strat and did the same thing. great tone volume and tuning stability. try it.

this guitar takes a beating and its still in tune at the end of the night. it will last long but then again, just about any american strat will so that aint saying much but i really do punish my guitars. Any repair i do myself so i guess it dont affect me as much as it might others but i recomend it and any other USA strat. but if you love strats you already know this and so i guess i can shut up.

i never had to deal with that but i hear the're ok

i've been playing professionaly (im not a rich famous guitar god but this is what i do for a living so i guess it my proffesion) for 18 years and i've owned i think 72 guitars since. i said before that i punish my guitars so i really never get to keep them for very long (after about 25 fret dressings) and i've had many many strats from japs and mex to 60's and 70's and all kinds of newer models. my current favorite guitar is actually a lower priced highway 1 that i put fender noiseless p/u and i love it. if you like strats buy one for the road because when that ugly paint dries and starts chipping (about 2 years of guitar abuse) thats when they start to sound really really GREAT. The lonestar is among the best strats i've ever had or played. REALLY! its not for everyone but its a good sounding one or maybee i just got lucky so dont burn me if yours sucks ok. i play through an old crybaby and two tubescreamers (a ts9 and an 808 for lead boost) and an original blues de ville 212 with jensen speakers. thats it. i record with a lot more gear but that depends on the client and their needs but my live set up is that simple. strats sound good like this but please try to get your own sound and dont try to be SRV or Clapton because the beauty of a strat is that it can really adapt to your own style and sound (if you have one) so.....the lone star is a bit expensive but it can do the job for a strat lover. very important though, if you love LPs and such, go read a LP review because the lonestar just aint for you.