Fender American Ultra Luxe Stratocaster Floyd Rose HSS - Silverburst with Maple Fingerboard Reviews
When Fender released the American Ultra series, the company undertook an impressive task: improving on one of the most beloved guitars of all time. Ask guitar players at Sweetwater, and they'll tell you that they more than succeeded. Now, with the American Ultra Luxe series, Fender has taken the instrument to the next level, with a unique Augmented "D" profile neck and exciting new variations on standard Fender themes. The Fender American Ultra Luxe Stratocaster Floyd Rose HSS is aimed squarely at demanding players who require high-performance instruments that will keep up with technique-heavy playing styles. Outfitted with a Floyd Rose Original Tremolo, Ultra Noiseless Hot single-coils, and an Ultra Double Tap humbucking pickup with advanced wiring options, this next-generation Strat certainly fits the bill. Snag this instant-classic guitar, plug into to your favorite amp or modeler, and be prepared for a profound sonic experience!
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Highest Rated Reviews
Superb
This thing is beautifully put together. I've been dying for a Strat with a maple neck for years but wasn't expecting to get one with a Floyd Rose, Stainless steel frets, and this amazing finish. Huge thanks to my sales engineer Josh Trumm for the support and follow up!
HSS Strat
This will be a short review, Just got this HSS Strat. Had it Pleked. Worth every penny. Best playing Strat I've ever played! My Rep Melissa Behling is absolutely awesome, She always gets it right! Highly recommended!!
Finally, the ultimate Strat
It took (2021-1954) 67 years for Fender to come up with the ultimate Strat. First, Stainless Steel frets. I once fret-dressed a 40th Anniversary Strat. The frets were worn out bad. However, the fret-dressing flattened the frets to the point where it was not enjoyable to play anymore. I needed new frets so instead I just bought a new guitar. That taught me a lesson. When the frets are worn out, replace the frets or get a new guitar. The frets seems to wear out so fast and in the places of the neck where I did a lot of string-bending. What did a guy like Van Halen do? He played a lot of guitars. But the EVH Striped Series of guitars did come with SS frets. That was an important step for Fender. That was 10 years ago. Now Fender has taken a long-awaited cue from Eddie and come up with Floyd Rose as well. The EVH was one great humbucker with on volume dial labelled "Tone". The HSS Ultra Luxe has a Double-Tap feature for the humbucker. However on the Elite HSS there was a Bypass Switch feature which was pure genius. Simple but effective, hard to explain to people without them trying it. One thing I wish this Ultra Luxe had. At any rate, I think with the compound radius maple neck, alder body, this is the best Strat fender has come up with. The one one I can do without is the painted black headstock, but still classic shape. The silver burst body with the black pickguard, pickup covers is cool. Distinctive. Not to be confused with a run-of-the-mill design and the picksups are wired hot, which is my favorite option. The case, modern molded. With the stainless steel frets I can use the new Cobalt Ernie Ball strings, 9-46. The string bending is smooth without the premature fret-wear. The Floyd Rose clamped system means I can use the whammy bar to my heart's content. But the price is a premium. Custom Shop prices. I have one other similarly priced Strat made in the Custom Shop. The Acoustasonic Strat. If I want an acoustic sound, that is the way to do it, it feels and looks like a Strat. Fender makes great product. It is more than a name. Nobody else makes product like Fender. The R&D that went into the Acoustasonic Strat is miles beyond anyone else. I pay for R&D. That's okay. The Ultra Luxe is the next step in the evolution of guitar while still holding on to many of the features found on the 1954 Strat. However, that 22nd fret makes a big difference for me. Don't know why Eric Johnson doesn't want one. Anyway, play-ability is the main feature.
