The new 2008 American Standards have debuted @ Swee Lee, managed to try selected models:- American Standard rosewood/ maple fretboard: Both the guitars manifest a lighter overall mass, so the thinner body finish does account substantially for this
- The vintage-type bridge saddles are devoid of those annoying action adjustment screws, makes the guitar more addictive
- The rosewood fretboard model has this very SRVesque midrange honk once you kick your amp overdrive into action, got me playing for quite a while
Greg Howe is still ga-ga over his humbucking (bridge) Strats, comprehensively so because it's made to accomodate high gain/ drive settings very well. The HSS American Standard doesn't differentiate itself substantially from its SSS sibling feel/ weight wise which is a good thing because players won't account this difference for any substantial differences in the single coil tones.
The prices of these great guitars are not available (yet) at this time but the SSS model won't be anywhere near the $2K mark once you enjoy the usual dealer discount... that's definitely good news for the buyer because it's almost the kinda of money we'd splurge on a Japanese unit in the mean time.
Not so good news for the Highway 1 series in general...
PS: Thanks, Adam @ BB Showroom for the heads-up!!
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