Fender American Professional II Stratocaster - 3 Color Sunburst with Maple Fingerboard Review

Awesome versatile guitar

First real USA fender stratocaster, wonderful guitar. Recently gotten into digital amp modeling and I can get perfect Malmsteen tone, Gilmour tone, Dave Murray, you name it, it can do it. Plays great. Push-pull for adding the neck pickup to any position is fantastic. Highly recommend!

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Awesome Strat Pro II

I have been vaselating for quite a while to replace a Fender Stratocaster that I use to own. Finally, I decided to give Sweetwater a try because they had so many to choose from however, one just seemed to jump right out at me and get my attention...a three color "sunburst" with a maple neck "Pro II! After that first impulse, and After comparing the other three color "sunburst"… read more pro II's that were very nice indeed, this one seemed like it needed to become my partner. So, I got a hold of my Sales Engineer "Dan Vranic" and let him know that I was interested. But aside from not being able to handle the instrument before purchasing it, I wanted a set up done which Dan assured me it would be no problem and gave me several options. Also, I was very concerned about shipping the Strat clear across the country to Utah, especially during winter. Dan reassured me that the packaging would have multiple levels of protection and that he preferred that I pick up the guitar at a local fedex hub as apposed to having delivered to my front porch. I immediately felt my anxiety over shipping disappear. Long story short, the Strat arrived on February 2 2022 at a nearby FedEx hub. The first thing I noticed was the shipping box was much bigger than what was in it, and, the box was undamaged... when I got the Strat Home, excited as I was to get to the guitar, a green warning label encouraged me to wait 24 hours to open the box--this gives the instrument a chance to acclimate to its new environment, so I waited. Obviously, Sweetwater cares about what they sell and who they sell it to. Finally, when I opened the main shipping box I was equally impressed with the expanding foam that was inside protecting the guitar which was in its very awesome case inside the "Fender" shipping box...I nodded my head several times then got to the Strat, looked it over very carefully, tuned it up, plugged it into my Fender 4x10 Deville and jammed away for several hours... Now, I really needed to send a big thank you to Dan and the Sweetwater folks for creating such an awesome experience and supplying me with such an awesome guitar. Sweetwater really does care about how they do business, and, I felt like My concerns and needs were important and were handled with the utmost concern. The Pro II Stratocaster, to me, just seemed to fit like it was meant for me. It's variety of tones are straight up, what I hope they would be--I couldn't be happier with this addition to my guitar family.

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Great Series

I have owned the Telecaster Pro 2 for a little over a year and bought this Strat Pro 2 sight-unseen because I loved the tele so much. The necks on these guitars with the rounded-off frets are the highlight. I added strap locks and Fender Locking Tuners once I got it. My favorite position is bridge pick with the push/push engaged to activate the neck as well. Sounds great thru a… read more helix, Princeton or Deluxe Reverb. This is a keeper for me.

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Perfect..reminds me of my old custom shop

Back in the 90's I owned a custom shop that I had to sell in rough times. This baby has brought it all back to me, feels perfect in every way. Many different sounds and feels coming through the Marshall with this gem. Amazing tone and just feels dipped in honey in many aspects. Shipping was top notch, and arrived incredibly fast..this was a present and a complete surprise. Thank… read more you guys for making it happen, forever grateful.

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Love this Strat!

I absolutely love the guitar. It has the feel and playability of a Fender Custom Shop model at a fraction of the price. It handles high gain with ease and sparkles when set to clean with a little reverb. The maple neck feels incredible. My only complaint is the supplied .009 gauge strings are a little splashy for me. I'll be setting it up with tens when I have the time. I have… read more read other reviews about this model not holding tune, but that hasn't been the case for me. I'm no shredder, but I wanted to test it out, so even with some serious EVH-style dive bombs it bounced back quite nicely. I have Gibsons, Fenders and a Gretsch in my collection, and this has become the guitar I pick up the most. Way to go Fender, you knocked this one out of the park.

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