NGD. American Pro Strat

Alnico

http://i.imgur.com/ZLCS6JW.jpg

robgilmo

That is really nice, nice choice in colour too.

BRISTOL86

Beauty!

stickyfiddle

Nice  

Alnico

Excuse the rubbish iphone photo.

Haven;t played it yet, i don't play 9 gauge strings so i just pulled it all off and started cleaning and oiling the board.
It was quite dry but the zebra grain pattern to it is lovely now it's darker not so prominent.
Frets already polished is a nice touch.

B string nut slot was too tight for the string so would have been tuning nightmare when i fitted a set of 10's.
5 Minutes with the clipped end off the old B and G string running it through back and forth and it's fine but it's worth looking at if you get one of these, especially if you're just going to sit down and play it straight away on the strings it comes with.

The pop-in tremolo arm is really, REALLY good !
No play at all and a very positive click with tension adjustment. Mine came set perfectly.

I use Dunlop fretboard conditioner which is soaking in now so i'll string it back up soon and take some better photo's.

This one's from Andertons who were brilliant.
Thanks Lee.

Evilmags

The time between them being announced and someone on here ownig one is epic. Top work sir. 

Alnico

Evilmags said:

The time between them being announced and someone on here ownig one is epic. Top work sir. 

Am i actually the first?
I wasn't sure?

Fez

That is a sexy beast, nice one.

ennspek

Congratulations. Can't be many people who have one of these yet.
You do know it's a stratocaster yeah? Just checking......

Alterlifeson

Congrats! Thats a lovely looking thing. Specs seem right up my street on these.

Alnico

ennspek said:

Congratulations. Can't be many people who have one of these yet.
You do know it's a stratocaster yeah? Just checking......

Yes i know it's a Stratocaster.

The new neck profile and frets were instantly 'The way it should be' to my hands and it does sound incredible.
I said some pretty *negative things about Strats so it was nice to have all that dispelled with this guitar.







* I think i should probably apologise to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Strat_a_tat_tat

Lovely colour... especially with a rosewood board.

Case looks nice and furry too.

Alnico

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

Lovely colour... especially with a rosewood board.

Case looks nice and furry too.

Thanks and the case is actually better than it looks.
I carried this 2 miles home from the DPD collection point (Missed the courier yesterday) and it was really comfortable to carry.
The inside is really well made and the pocket is the full width of the case so you can fit a fair amount of stuff in there.
It's properly shaped and there's a recess for the headstock.

It doesn't have the annoying, cheap, squeeky feel that the old ABS cases had and the latches are great this time.

If Fender are trying hard it shows with this model.
At no point yet do i regret doing this.
It's just how i always wanted a Strat to be and the 'Experience' of getting this brand new is brilliant.
Well done Fender, praise where it's due.

Right, board is dry enough.
Get it set up and playing.

And then wine.


*Big* Glasses.

richardhomer

Lovely....

cruxiform

Beautiful guitar mate. Hope you have many happy hours with it. 

Deadman

That's a proper guitar. Good stuff.

RandallFlagg

Love the colour choice with rosewood board and the vids online sound great, I don't have a Strat and am feeling the GAS mounting. I hope you enjoy it.

blueskunk

Wow, that's so cool!! Good choice

Skipped

Looks fantastic. Congratulations.
I really hope the USA have risen to the incredible challenge set by the recent MIM guitars......especially the Classic Player Models. If your guitar is a step up from that, you must be very happy indeed.

Alnico

here's the better photo's and while @Adam_MD is here playing the hell out of it through the deville, i'll write out a quick review...........

http://i.imgur.com/hViMO75.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jxbAVaC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1bNW5w2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RciyrMN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Xm4wUqC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/t4EH9QE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OwgeTPR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qGPma7c.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OBlDh2h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yWOjveh.jpg

ennspek

I would live in that case!