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Nice...this is the first of the Friday night videos that I've seen. I need a Champ like that.

I've been pretty out of touch with new Fender guitars for the last 5 years (I used to manage a Fender Dealer when I wan't teaching there)...are you finding the new guitars to be much better than the older Fenders? I've heard that they've made some changes but the guitars I had to sell in the late 90's and early 00's were pretty miserable 98% of the time.
 
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Nice...this is the first of the Friday night videos that I've seen. I need a Champ like that.

I've been pretty out of touch with new Fender guitars for the last 5 years (I used to manage a Fender Dealer when I wan't teaching there)...are you finding the new guitars to be much better than the older Fenders? I've heard that they've made some changes but the guitars I had to sell in the late 90's and early 00's were pretty miserable 98% of the time.
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i have a Champ like that. for sale. 68 Vibro to be exact. make me an offer.
 
Most cool!! :thu: Now you have me wondering ifn I shouldn't have just held out for a Champ or a Vibro Champ, instead of getting the Killer Ant off of evilBay. :( Oh well, I'll know in a few days. The Strat sounds really good through the last o.d. you used. BTW, I didn't see any mic in front of the cab. Are you using a DI box (like my old Hughs & Kettner Red box [gawd! how I miss that thing - I think I lost it during the move here a few years ago]), or room micing? The sound quality's pretty good. :thu: I always have an awful time setting up mic levels with my bubble gum and baling wire arrangement.
 
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Thanks everyone.

68 Champ -- SF but still made to BF specs. It was running into the 2X12 Avatar cab with two greenback clones. The cab was miced with an SM57 (hidden by the Champ).

They've made some upgrades to the American Standard. I tried it against a couple of early 2000 models. It sounded a lot better -- more sustain and resonance.

Here's the marketing blurb from MF.

New bridge with improved bent-steel saddles for increased resonance and sustain

• New tinted neck treatment for a richer look

• Thinner finish undercoat lets the body breathe and improves resonance

• New Fender-exclusive SKB molded case

• Beautiful new finish options

The Fender American Stratocaster Electric Guitar is a Fender icon. Juicy upgrades include a richer, deeper neck tint for a more elegant and expensive appearance; glossed neck front for improved looks with satin back for smooth playability; and bent steel Fender saddles with classic look and great tone. String spacing is narrowed for modern playability, saddle height screws are resized to reduce rough feel, and string slot on saddle is elongated to reduce string friction or breakage. The Copper Infused Cast Strat® Bridge Block (steel with copper—100% metal) provides increased mass and improved tone. This Strat features the original headstock shape but has staggered machine heads losing one string tree and improving string angle over the nut. Custom staggered pickup magnets improve string-to-string balance and give the G-string better tone. Cosmetics include parchment/black/parchment pickguard and parchment pickup covers, knobs, and tips.

The return of the American Standard Series Strat continues Fender's tradition of commitment to the people who play Fender instruments out there in the real world. Today's American Standard Stratocaster guitars are worthy heirs of their revered ancestors—mindful of player needs and taking full advantage of modern advances, yet remaining completely true to the elements and spirit that made these instruments popular in the first place. Improvements include redesigned bridges, neck and body finishes, and a Fender-exclusive high-tech molded case. Still there are the beloved hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for tone and stability guaranteed to last a lifetime (with its limited lifetime warranty)! So make history with the redesigned American Standard!

Redesigned American Standard Strat® Bridge
Gives sought-after tone with modern smooth trem travel. Block retains the mass and tone of a vintage bridge block, but is chamfered for access to deeper dives. Saddles have the classic look and tone, but with modern improvements (spacing, slot elongation, height, screw length).

Bridge Component Specifics
American Standard saddles - The original vintage-style Fender bent steel adjustable saddle is one of the components that give vintage Fenders their tonal 'mojo.' Fender conducted tone comparison tests, and fell in love with them all over again. They have a wider tonal range and more character many other saddles. Then Fender improved them; narrowing the spacing to afford more room (and complement the bigger frets and rolled edges), elongated the string slot to reduce friction and string breakage, and improved the string break angle over the primary contact point.

Tone-fusion block - A typical cast bridge block is impregnated with a resin to eliminate voids in the material and to bond it together this steel block is infused with copper, which makes the block 100% homogeneous metal. The result is a more musical, higher mass bridge that has more of that machined-block sound. Fender was also able to keep the same American Series profile for increased tremolo travel.

Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

* Solid alder body (urethane finish)
* Modern C-shaped maple neck with rich, deep neck tint, glossed neck front with satin back
* 22 medium jumbo frets
* 3 hot American Strat single-coil pickups
* Delta-tone™ no-load circuit (includes high output bridge pickup and special no-load tone control for middle and bridge pickups)
* Bent steel Fender saddles
* Copper Infused Cast Strat® Bridge Block (steel with copper- 100% metal) for Increased Mass and Improved Tone
* Thinner undercoat for improved body resonance
* American 2-point trem
* Rosewood or maple fretboard
* Staggered machine heads

Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar Includes:

* Fender SKB hardshell case, cable, strap, and polishing cloth
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The pedals were, in order, Skreddy Lunar Module, Skreddy Screwdriver, Skreddy Ernie, Catalinbread Super Charged Overdrive.





Used the vibrato on this one. :grin:

 
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Axe34 said:
Thanks everyone.

68 Champ -- SF but still made to BF specs. It was running into the 2X12 Avatar cab with two greenback clones. The cab was miced with an SM57 (hidden by the Champ).

They've made some upgrades to the American Standard. I tried it against a couple of early 2000 models. It sounded a lot better -- more sustain and resonance.

Here's the marketing blurb from MF.



The pedals were, in order, Skreddy Lunar Module, Skreddy Screwdriver, Skreddy Ernie, Catalinbread Super Charged Overdrive.





Used the vibrato on this one. :grin:
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So, I notice you're not using that Digitech RP500 thingie anymore? SOLD?
 
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Axe34 said:
Thanks everyone.

68 Champ -- SF but still made to BF specs. It was running into the 2X12 Avatar cab with two greenback clones. The cab was miced with an SM57 (hidden by the Champ).

They've made some upgrades to the American Standard. I tried it against a couple of early 2000 models. It sounded a lot better -- more sustain and resonance.

Here's the marketing blurb from MF.



The pedals were, in order, Skreddy Lunar Module, Skreddy Screwdriver, Skreddy Ernie, Catalinbread Super Charged Overdrive.



Used the vibrato on this one. :grin:
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Tremolo! Nooooooooooo!! :facepalm: Now I'm definitely feeling buyer's remorse for getting that Killer Ant!!
 
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