Members mysterybat35 Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Hi, I saw this nice looking Fender Strat on www.guitartrader.com. It is the only Fender strat I have seen with 22 frets besides the Showmasters that are considerably less expensive than the American Series strats. All I want is a Fender strat with 22 frets. If I could get a MIM standard one with 22 frets that would be superb, because they are so cheap, but they don't sell them with the additional fret. I would get an American, since they are the only other Fender strats with 22 frets but they are $900 to $1000. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this guitar. How do you light the lighter weight as opposed to the regular strats? How is the tone. You know stuff like that. Thanks!!! MB35 Here is a pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmy210 Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Lighter? The one I played certainly wasnt lighter than any other strat, heavier actually. Anyways the guitar plays and sounds great. The neck is nice and comfy and the pickups sound awesome. They're kinda hot so I rolled the volume down while doing some more softer stuff but its definately a great guitar. Can do all genres rather well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mysterybat35 Posted February 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 well the description on www.guitartrader.com says that it is "Body Light Weight Ash" that is why I figured it wouldn't be as heavy?MB35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmy210 Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 I find ash is generally not as lite as many lead to believe. The strat I played must've weighed atleast 8 or 9 pounds, maybe heavier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mysterybat35 Posted February 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Cool. Well I guess I'll settle on this guitar. Its too bad I can't get one of those $399 Standard Strats with 22 frets. I would buy one and simply put a 22 fret neck on it, but that means I'd have to buy a Mighty Mite neck with no Fender logo. OR I'd have to buy a $120 neck with logo on ebay. It just seems like too much trouble. MB35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesbreaker46 Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 those are nice guitars. i would have gotten one but i don't like the two point tremolo. I liked everything else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mysterybat35 Posted February 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 you DON'T like the two-point tremolo? That's one of the redeeming factors. You can do really low dive bombs and still stay in pretty good tune. Regular tremolos can't do that. Too bad Standard Strats don't have em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RothnRoll Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 I have the lite ash tele and the lite ash strat. They are lighter than my other strats... but not really that much. Both are decent players. I would try one out first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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