Fender American Professional II Stratocaster - Black with Maple Fingerboard Review

Great Strat Tone - Great Buying Experience

I wanted to reward myself with another guitar. Was not sure what to get ... another acoustic, a hollow body or semi hollow body ... ended up with another Stratocaster, the Fender American Professional II. My other Strat is an 88 Strat Plus in Lipstick Red. Beautiful guitar with amazing tone. This new Strat compares very well. The American Professional II sounds like a very… read more crisp Strat. While it has the stereotypical (great) Strat tone (played through a Marshal Class 5 and a Roland Blues Cube Hot 30), the pickup switching is pretty unique in that you can throw the neck pickup on with the middle and bridge giving this Strat a lot of tonal versatility. What really makes this guitar so exceptional is the neck. Fender calls it a "Deep C" which I think is rather misleading. When I first read this description, I thought it would close to the telephone pole I have on a '05 Deluxe Ash Tele (which weighs over 10 pounds). Not even close. This guitar's neck melts into my left hand and is very comfortable to play. Great tone ... an amazing neck ... this is a great guitar. That said ... I need to say that what made my experience with Sweetwater so exceptional was working with Adam Trudel. Adam was able to make buying a guitar for a guy like me who has a lot of guitars a truly wonderful experience. Adam didn't "work me" or "sell me" a guitar ... he collaborated with me to put the right guitar in my hands. And thanks to Sweetwater for sending me such a beautiful guitar. I received in on Friday and waited 25 hours (an hour more than expected because I was at my grandson's basketball game) ... just had to retune and plug in for beautiful tone. Very impressed with my experience with Sweetwater!

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It’s a Great American Made Strat

Great Strat! - I needed a no frills single coil Strat for a project, and needed to get quality without a massive price tag. This guitar plays great. Swapped out the white pick guard for a black and it's very Gilmour now. I had gotten away from production fender guitars based on playability but I got the Sweetwater Plek service prior to shipping and it was spot on perfect out of… read more the box. I appreciate Dustin at Sweetwater for helping with this order.

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Guitar blast

Guitar blast Crazy sound is worth every $ Thank you so much for the very good service of SWEETWOTER and especially Jordan Clohessy just amazing service This is one of the best shopping

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Silky smooth neck

Just got this strat , it's the 3rd in my collection I've purchased over the years and man this guitar is amazing,it's honestly one of the most comfortable necks you'll ever grab hold of , sounds amazing very versatile guitar can cover music from all over the spectrum without any issues from super clean cleans to soaring leads and metal she'll have you covered, you'll be flying all… read more over this silky smooth neck with the greatest of comfort , I would buy a dozen more if my wallet and wife would let me , check it out if your in the market for a new super bada$$ guitar that you'll own and will never let you down for a lifetime , I purchased the black with white pick guard, but switched the pick guard out to look like one of my idols "David Gilmour" strats and everyone mentions it's beauty as soon as I open the case , I would definitely recommend this guitar a million times over , kudos to fender, and thanx to Sweetwater for just being Sweetwater always superb customer service , and the payment plans help me and a Lotta other inspiring musicians own on a lot of equipment that We all own , happy pickin people's

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Fender Pro II AMAZING

Received new Fender Pro II last week FedEx from Sweetwater, Guitar was well packed and a lot of suggestions from Eric Mathews (Sales Engineer), helping me with the decision! Ask for Guitar set up and was perfect for me! Have played for week, neck,frets are so comfortable I can't wait to pick it up again! Second Guitar purchase for me from Eric & Sweetwater, would recommend! Thanks!… read more Danny Ryan

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