What happened to Fender American Standard?

Is The Fender American Standard Series Being Discontinued? Unfortunately, they have indeed been discontinued. This means that Fender is no longer manufacturing new instruments in the line and as soon as they are out of stock, they’re gone for good.

What is the difference between Strat and HSS Strat?

Fender MIM Stratocaster HSS The HSS Stratocaster is very similar to the SSS version, with the exception of a Fender humbucker replacing the single-coil bridge pickup. This makes the HSS Strat better suited to metal and hard rock, but don’t go thinking you’ll get deep, dark extreme metal tones out of it.

Where is the Fender Player Stratocaster HSS made?

Fender Player HSS Strat Player Series Stratocasters are made in Mexico (MIM).

When was the first HSS Strat?

Jackson Soloist (officially produced starting August 28, 1984) – HSS guitar with neck-through construction, 24 frets and Floyd Rose/Kahler bridge—the fullest embodiment of Superstrat features to date in a mass-produced guitar, considered by many the first “definitive” superstrat.

Is a Fender American Standard a good guitar?

Still a great value Fender does a great job on these guitars. Set up well right out of the box, and the custom shop pickups sound great compared to other American standard strats I’ve used. As expensive as gear is these days, it’s good to know you can still get a great guitar for a reasonable price.

What replaced the Fender American Standard Stratocaster?

Fender American Pro series
The new Fender American Pro series replaces the old American Standards and brings the guitars more in line with the recently released Fender American Elites. The Fender Strat, Tele, Jaguar, Jazzmaster and the basses are legendary models and have been played by an enormous range of players over the last sixty-odd years.

Who uses a HSS Strat?

Kirk Hammett used an HSS Strat at a point, he even has an EMG signature HSS set. Andy Timmons uses HSS Strats. Those and the ones the others mentioned are a few. If you think people don’t like the bridge humbucker tone on a Strat just look at EVH and many of the hair metal bands in the 80’s.

Are HSS Strats better than SSS?

So to sum it up, HSS is way more versatile and SSS is the classic simpler choice. HSS might be better for metal and hard rock due to having a humbucker. And the SSS is the classic option for country, blues, and funk. Here’s a video of Fender’s American Ultra Stratocasters.

Is a HSS Strat good?

Bottomline: if you need more “tone for the buck”, the HSS is a good instrument. It is definitely more strat (single coil) than a humbucker guitar, but it can be made to sound pretty close through amps and pedals.

What does HSS stand for Strat?

HSS=Humbucker, single coil, single coil. SSS= single coil, single coil, single coil.

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What does Strat mean?

STRAT

Acronym	Definition
STRAT	Stratocaster (Fender guitar)
STRAT	Stratholme (gaming, World of Warcraft instance)
STRAT	Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport (also seen as STAT)