Fender American Professional II GT11: Exclusive Custom Shop Style for All

[@sweetwater]

How would you customize your dream guitar? Sound off in the comments, and be sure to drop by Sweetwater for a look at the Sweetwater-exclusive Fender American Professional II GT11 collection! 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Fender_American_Professional_II_GT11

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Jumbo frets.

[@elianmusic7452]

Just bought one. Good job guys. More of this please, do not stop ordering these for the future. Planning on getting three over the next few years myself.

[@d.a.6608]

I have a gt11 custom shop Best guitar I own by far.

[@747lch]

the tone is so much richer than the standard professional II! Really incredible and i'm looking forward to buying once I settle on a color...

[@damienkphoto]

The blue is to absolutely die for. Really liking the shell pink too

[@chrisham6346]

How about a hardtail bridge?

[@kjellodnebreitebakk]

What’s the neck size on these compared to the AVII 61 strat? Couldn’t find any measurements.

[@Foe1971]

Almost perfect. I would’ve loved to have seen these with a 7.25-9.5” compound slab fretboard, and nitro finish of course. Perhaps those are custom shop level appointments? If so, order ‘em up.

[@studentcomposer]

Custom shop sells this exact thing your describing. But it’s 5k. So…

[@ItsJustRyan89]

They should do this for all major stores, like an Andertons spec, Thomann spec etc

[@ThePortolio]

Yeah I would get the sonic blue immediately

[@EzzyR561]

That rosewood look so dry and light

[@Peepnis]

nothing a bit of oil can't fix. It has been a strange trend for big names like Fender and Gibson to ship out guitars with such dry necks though.

[@bradwoods371]

These look pretty cool

[@Inca_Rhodes]

I got one, and did a review for the sonic blue one. It’s a great guitar. First usa model i havent wanted to mod.

[@JaBen320]

I just got this guitar as well, and love it. Are you the one that said in the Sweetwater review that the fretboard was dry, and you applied lemon oil to it? If so, did the lemon oil remove the dye from the fretboard dots? I’ve had that happen in the past with D’addario lemon oil, so I’m afraid to do it on this guitar. I really like the aged (fake clay) look of the dots

[@smcgarry]

Did you do a Plek setup for it? Wondering because I’m getting one and questioning if getting it Pleked is even worth it

[@smcgarry]

@@JaBen320Did you get a Plek setup for it? Wondering because I’m getting one and debating if it’s worth it

[@smcgarry]

@@JaBen320 Did you get it pleked? Wondering if it’s even worth it on this guitar

[@JaBen320]

@@smcgarryI did get the Plek pro setup, only because they offered $100 off the service. I’ve never had one of my guitars pleked before, but they did a good job. The frets are perfectly level and the nut height is cut well. The setup they did after the plek was ok. The neck relief was perfect, but the action was slightly higher than I requested and the pickup heights were not correct. Both were easy adjustments to fix myself. I’m not sure what the frets and nut were like before the Plek, so I don’t know if it was necessary, but the guitar does play really well after the Plek. I would do it again for the $100 discount I got on the service.

[@bensepulveda71]

When’s the Pro GT11 Tele coming? 😁

[@k.l.graham5860]

Roasted maple necks need to become a standard feature. Far more impactful to stability than the tone-plastic back plate is to tone.

[@Garrettalbin-mg8bz]

Boo

[@mattgregory3301]

Any left handed models?

[@josephbecerra9211]

Wish they came with maple necks

[@baseballorbasketball]

it is a maple neck! with a rosewood fret board

[@lostreb]

Another fantastic Don Carr video. Just when I think I'm perfectly content with my Fender American Professional II collection, Sweetwater has to come out with this new entry that I have to consider. I am crazy about my Push-Push on my American Professional II's I've owned for, wow, now that I've done the math, 4 years. That's a shock because it seems like I just purchased them yesterday. Like I said...Perfectly Content...Not even looking, much less considering...until...This video. It's definitely in consideration now. Thanks for another great video and Don Carr critique of my Go-To since 1962...The Fender Stratocaster.

[@nicfabrizio1776]

That’s rad

[@michaelkeith639]

i wanna like em so much, but for the smaller frets, and i prefer low wound pups.

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

Very nice. They sound great. Just curious when are the Suhr demos coming?

[@BlakeBoege]

Should I get this GT11? Or the Fender American Ultra Stratocaster HSS Electric Guitar - Sonic Blue?

[@MarbsMusic]

These look amazing...sadly they are release the day I'm waiting on another guitar to arrive from SW, lol!

[@obgatson1275]

AMAZING,RIG.

[@baseballorbasketball]

just got one!

[@TomaszSkwarek83]

Does it have the RSD bridge, like the custom shop GT11 ??

[@sweetwater]

Hi, TomaszSkwarek83! Thanks for your inquiry regarding these amazing instruments. All of the Strat shaped objects at this link include the RSD bridge: www.sweetwater.com/store/search?s=Sweetwater-exclusive+GT11+Fender+Custom+Shop Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@donmunson4802]

I think I'll go with the standard Pro2 model. The 11" fingerboard radius is deal killer.

[@jesusrivero4938]

Regálame una por favor 🙏🙏

[@jerrys8691]

I must have it🎸🎸

[@jf24343]

I want 3ts color

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

No backplate reduces production costs thats all

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

This model is very reasonable priced.

[@obgatson1275]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ajlsrv5490]

Roasted maple. Ick.

[@CentaurusRelax314]

I was about to call this a winning move. Then I saw the specs. Gloss poly? On a USA Strat? No-lawdy, no. What the heck?

[@charlesbolton8471]

The only non Custom Shop US Fenders with nitro finish are the American Vintage II (even in that series it’s only the 50s and 60s models), and some of the Artist Signature models also have a nitro finish . Believe it or not, there are some Custom Shop models with a poly finish.

[@ryanpullin]

Uhh, where have you been lol

[@CentaurusRelax314]

@@charlesbolton8471 Thanks for the intel. So, maybe i should have been clearer in my post. My surprise (horror) was based on *this particular USA* release, which shows particular attention to a 'vintage' aesthetic with the 'clay dot' look, and calling it "vintage-style" and referencing "Custom Shop." Even if there are Custom Shop Strats with poly, is that what most consumers would expect as 'typical?' Seems odd to me, that's all. My mid- 90s USA Strat had nitro, if memory serves, and i don't think there were as many varieties as now. Much more recently, even my MIM Roadworn Jazzmaster has nitro. And more recently than that, i have built two killer partscaster Strats because i didn't want to spend on Custom Shops. I thought this new release would have been a strong way to address that market.

[@obgatson1275]

Singl,coyls sownd asum

[@DanIvyOffical]

I don’t think any American Fender should be poly

[@charlesbolton8471]

The regulations for the use of nitro are too strict in the state of California for Fender to use nitro on every US made guitar.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@charlesbolton8471 Then leave that demoncrat cess pool CA and pass the savings onto the consumer.

[@Stratblooz]

So absolutely nothing new once again.....

[@user-nu7xx7pc1d]

yes, that is what we want.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

stop moaning. I guess you didnt compare the specs

[@GROCK619]

Idiot

[@ianh8419]

In my experience, the idea of a Fender is undermined by the wretched lack of quality control.

[@Jon-j1m]

Sounds not great.