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I'm playing this through my Marshall DSL40C. I use a tube screamer and a noise gate and thats it. All in it's about a $1200 set up, which is not bad for a brand new, gig ready rig. Because of the humbucker this guitar's versatility is increased that much more. It does passable metal tones, but I will admit I felt like there was something lacking. Even the humbucker pickup the sound still has that Fender twang. If you wanted to do anything harder than Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden you would probably need something a little higher output. The body weight feels doesn't feel too light or heavy, it's just right to me. I blocked my trem before I did anything else. The string tree was screwed all the way down, so I raised that to my liking. The neck shape feels great, however they used way too many layers of gloss. It feels like a piece of plastic or something. Seriously, i don't think you should be able to use the back an unpainted neck as a mirror. All together i give it 4/5 stars. Pros: Feels good, sounds good, does just about any genre Cons: Thin sounding humbucker, neck is too glossy Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I have been playing rock/metal/blues now for almost 40 years, and have played many guitars in my time. This is a beautiful guitar capable of heavy and clean sounds. It played like butter and the tremolo stayed in tune well with the locking tuners and roller nut. Unfortunately I returned it. I noticed a huge difference between the humbucker and single-coil pickup volume levels when switching between them. I thought they might have been more balanced. The pickup height looked ok so I don't think adjusting them would have made much difference. The only other thing I noticed is the humbucker was noisy compared to my other Seymour Duncan loaded guitars. Hope this is helpful to anyone considering purchasing one.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Came with 9's on it. I suppose they were Fender 9-42 Super Bullets from the factory. The neck had zero relief and the tremolo sat at a 5-6 degree tilt lifting out of the body even with that light set of strings. Neck was straight as an arrow. This WAS a customer return so he probably didn't know those things were minor and could be remediated by a knowledgeable guitar guy, so he brought it back. It may have just gotten a quick once over and was "out-the-door" again. It's set-up now and does it ever wail. Big range of tones and the neck feels great now that it's been fret filed and those big frets polished down with 10K paper. This one just needed some love.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
it's my first fender a silver american hss, i live in middle east but a friend sent it to me from L.A, i used 2 expensive other brand before,but this instrument helped me to find my personality in music,i believe the body of fender talking to its player,its design remember me the converse all star design in showes world, it's eternal.. i find this feeling at the first time i used to play an american hss strato, i inspire lots of melodies and believe my playing with it i can't find with other high prices guitars even Gi.. i know lots of players don prefer stratocaster at this time but when i dream about me and and a electric guitar i will see a strato with myself .. it is excellent..
Fun guitar to play, Neck size easy for moderate size hands, easy access to upper frets. Lot of room for adjustment re action. Nice change in tone from neck to bridge pickups.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned