SOLD: Fender Deluxe Strat HSS in Olympic Pearl

bluechargeboy

2010 American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS in Olympic Pearl White with rosewood fretboard. This is a lovely looking Strat with all the mod cons!

Noiseless pickups
Compound radius fretboard
LSR roller nut
Locking tuners
Contoured heel
Blower switch
S1 switch
Straplocks with strap

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Millions more detailed pics at Photobucket :

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This is in excellent condition with hard case, lead, etc. Looking for £750 (they are £1300 new).

Trade-wise I am primarily interested in decent Spruce electro acoustics with cutaway, although you may tempt me into anything really... I am selling because I got my old strat refretted and I don't play this one any more. So no strats please!

Based in North Wales. Willing to ship at cost....

Travisthedog

Awesome awesome guitars - mine is my Number 1

Richardj

Any interest in something a bit pointy?

bluechargeboy

Sorry but not interested in pointiness cheers @Richardj.

Bairstow1

How about for something like this? im selling one of these at the moment with a hard case i'd be happy to swap if youre interested in a deal?

octatonic

Is the price fixed or would you entertain offers?

Where in North Wales exactly?

I'd be interested but I'd want to play it first- happy to come to you provided it isn't too impractical to get to you.

bluechargeboy

Sorry dudes this is now sold.

thomasross20

Damn!! Would have got this. £750!! They're £1350+ new.......!!!

bluechargeboy

Haha, well I wasn't prepared to wait 5 months to make the sale, @thomassross20! Keep an eye on eBay for a proper auction, they are not particularly sought after secondhand it seems.

thomasross20

I'm gutted lol.. Only just saw this.
I'm loathe to pay full price. How'd you find the running stability and the volume increase when you switched to humbucker? And why'd you sell?

thomasross20

I see one no ebay for £850 and one for £1k (2010 model). I think £1k might be on the high end but who knows how long I might be waiting?

bluechargeboy

Humbucker was by no means overpowering compared to the single coils. The atomic/DH1 pickups get some bad reviews but it seemed fine to my cloth ears.

The S1 switch provides a wealth of sounds that I had no use for, although one of the settings did a reasonable Brian May impression with gain. The SCN pickups just sounded like high output single coils, not particularly sparkly.

Trem stability was disappointing for roller nut and 2-point trem, but I never bothered trying to lube the saddles or what have you.

I mainly got rid of mine because I wanted to buy an acoustic guitar. Currently acoustics make me money and electrics do not!

Pwalo

@thomassross20  - I'm going to be putting my Tungsten HSS Deluxe on here soon!

thomasross20

Hmm, so you had problems with tuning stability? 

Pwalo, just saw your ad!

bluechargeboy

It wasn't horrendous by any means, I am probably comparing it vs locking trems and being overly harsh!

thomasross20

No probs! Did you prefer the rosewood fingerboard over maple then? 

Sorry for all the questions

bluechargeboy

No worries! I have owned only one maple fretboard (tele) in 29 years of playing! I prefer rosewood for feel and look, have never even considered a maple board strat.

PS the blower switch unleashes the hordes of hell, bearing ice picks, and broken glass. And glass ice picks.