SOLD *** 2001 Fender American Series Stratocaster, Hot Rod Red *** SOLD
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The Fender American Series Stratocaster is, in my opinion, one of the best guitar series put out by Fender. This is when they made numerous changes in design and tone. Fender stopped laminating the bodies; used staggered tuners with one string tree instead of two; went to the the spaghetti logo; resumed the HSH routing, as opposed to the "swimming pool" routing; and switched from the TBX (tone-bass-cut) to the Delta Tone system. The pick guard and trim went to parchment.
The Delta Tone is on the 2nd tone knob and affects the bridge and middle pickups. The "switch" is at the 10 position on that knob. It essentially shuts off the tone control and opens up the pickup's tone. If you like a darker sound, then it's probably not for you. But when I play guitars with this system, I keep it clicked on all the time.
Hot Rod Red was available for one year (2001) only. I own three of these, because I absolutely love this color. I am looking for more. It is very Rock n' Roll.
This guitar is in excellent- condition. The guitar has been played, but not much. The top frets show only very minor wear from chord fretting. There are some very minor finish issues, including some small scratches on the bottom front edge which are visible on close inspection. Nothing goes through the paint. There is a very fine finish crack on the back, near the neck plate. I would say it was caused by over-tightening of the screws at the neck plate. There are no dings, chips or real scratches. The fret board, head, and neck have no issues whatsoever. The case has a couple rub marks. There is no key. Overall, this is a very nice collector's piece, and one HELL of a great playing and sounding rock n' roll instrument.
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The Delta Tone is on the 2nd tone knob and affects the bridge and middle pickups. The "switch" is at the 10 position on that knob. It essentially shuts off the tone control and opens up the pickup's tone. If you like a darker sound, then it's probably not for you. But when I play guitars with this system, I keep it clicked on all the time.
Hot Rod Red was available for one year (2001) only. I own three of these, because I absolutely love this color. I am looking for more. It is very Rock n' Roll.
This guitar is in excellent- condition. The guitar has been played, but not much. The top frets show only very minor wear from chord fretting. There are some very minor finish issues, including some small scratches on the bottom front edge which are visible on close inspection. Nothing goes through the paint. There is a very fine finish crack on the back, near the neck plate. I would say it was caused by over-tightening of the screws at the neck plate. There are no dings, chips or real scratches. The fret board, head, and neck have no issues whatsoever. The case has a couple rub marks. There is no key. Overall, this is a very nice collector's piece, and one HELL of a great playing and sounding rock n' roll instrument.
Click here for photo slideshow.