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[Stratguy]

I posted in an other thread that I had bought a new (used) Fender Deluxe Player's Stratocaster while I was visiting my son in California in June. I had to wait for the "30 day waiting period" while the police check to make sure it wasn't stolen, so I with a down payment, and then a balance payoff, it was shipped on the 19th, and it arrived today. I plays as well as I remember it - the Vintage Noiseless pickup are awesome - and I am very impressed that the GC store in Oxnard, CA took extra care to clean up, polish, and put an original pickguard back on the guitar (it had a white pickguard when I played it in California). I'll need to get a tremolo arm, but that won't be difficult at all.

I am very happy to report that the tone I fell in love with comes primarily from the Vintage Noiseless pickups, because I have had a chance to play it through a Fender Frontman 212R and a Fender Ramparte so far, and I still love the sound. The nice thing is that what I am hearing good tone so far and gives me plenty of time to decide if there might be a perfect amp for this guitar.

Ok, here's the eye candy:

 

[Lerxst]

HNGD

 

[OGG]

Interesting color combo.

HNGD

 

[Stratguy]

One thing I didn't mention is that this neck has a 12" radius, and it feels really good to me. It's not something I have to get used to at all. No buyer's remorse here!
Couple more pics (yeah, I'm pretty happy):

 

[Stratguy]

Interesting color combo.

Yeah, it was the tone that sold me on the guitar, I wouldn't necessarily have been looking for this exact color, but cleaned up it looks even better tha it did in the store, and in person this guitar is a really more beautiful that pics can show.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

As a Redskins fan let me say….Nice color combo!! HNGD!

 

[Mark Wein]

Sweet! I had one of those when they came out in the 90's as something of a "special parts" guitar for gigs.

 

[Packerbacker]

Nice! HNGD!!

 

[mongooz]

HNGD.....i really like those Deluxe Player's......i would like to have one of the Blonde ones.

 

[Elias Graves]

:ex:

 

[telecaster911]

Nice!

 

[Bob411]

HNGD

 

[DFB]

HNGD

 

[Punchy]

HNGD!

 

[IamSeaDevil]

I like the color combo, although the gold is a bit much for me. But very cool Strat

 

[Flatspotter]

Sofa king hot! HNGD!

 

[Coralkong]

I like it!

 

[Stratguy]

And a new tremolo arm should be here Saturday.

 

[mystixboi1]

Congrats. Great guitars for sure. I've owned a ton of Strats from squires to American deluxes. I never enjoyed any strat as much as my deluxe players strat. I put a preloaded dragonfire pickguard with a humbucker in the bridge. It's absolutely fantastic.

Enjoy

 

[dodgechargerfan]

HNGD!