Friday, October 10, 2014

Fender: American Standard Series... a little expansion

The good people at Fender have announced some additions to the American Standard series. The manufacturer promises the unwavering build & quality of the good 'ol American Standard with some fine revisions. I'm attracted to these 3:


The Dimension bass has gone HH with a pickup selector option. We are looking at more Fender basses withe selector options & it's a good thing because bass geeks can now switch pickups on the fly & won't be second fiddle to guitar dweebs in this aspect.

The Strat receives a dual humbucking treatment (not the first time, though) but the humbucker might be acquired taste for some; it's inclined towards the vintage tone but a more full sounding take.

The other dual humbucking newbie I would like to check out has to be this Tele; finally, there's a full humbucking Tele in the American Standard range. It seems that the manufacturer had always kept a single coil in there but this time it's a full-sized humbucker in both positions. 

Thank goodness, there are absolutely no robot tuners in any of these darlings. Top marks to Fender this round.

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