Fender American Standard Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker Guitar Review by Sweetwater Sound

[@Harvard_Fairway]

Mitch always delivers great demos and extremely good insight on the instrument at hand. Adding this Fender to my wish list!

[@SuperGTRman]

HE GETS AN F ON THIS ONE..

[@porcupineparty8598]

Mitch always delivers and he explains the pickups very well! Sounds great!

[@JohnnyDollar720]

I own this guitar and it's amazing, my 3rd strat and t does not disappoint

[@georgecarter144]

So good to see a proper professional review - great review - thank you !

[@henrikjohannessen3017]

Just bought a shawbucker pickup. Looking foward to installing it!

[@LuterofromTx]

Amazing! I am having my strat modded to also be HSS, but not with the Shawbucker (i never knew about it until now, sounds amazing by the way). I am going to put the Seymour Duncan SH5 in the bridge while keeping the original middle/neck pickups in.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

I love these new strats. That's what a PAF should sound like, a single coil. The originals were trying to emulate them after all!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I want one once my guitar skills improve! For now I am happy with my ESP Eclipse and Gibson Flying V.

[@Randystites66207]

I have that guitar in the cobalt blue. I absolutely love it.

[@greatvanzini]

Love the cleans too!

[@Prosteelpickguards]

This Shawbucker is on the money. Great to hear a Strat humbucker that's in the Strat tone personality and not to dark.

[@alonfeder8444]

Fantastic tone.

[@porcupineparty8598]

I bought one of these and it's a great guitar and it says..." Made in U.S.A." on the headstock! Already a collectible guitar!

[@giacomobenvenuto4678]

This is a great review, helped me a lot. Thanks guys! I will hopefully get this guitar some time soon!

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for watching, Giacomo Benvenuto!

[@seansixfive]

Nice demo, thanks. (Love the way you refer to your shop staff as 'Sales Engineers'. lol)

[@theexpert8163]

WHATS < SALES ENGINEERS LOL > ?????

[@angusorvid8840]

Shawbuckers are great. Perfect pickups for a strat.

[@arjanhulskes7744]

Lookin' great Mitch.

[@maxletaconnoux6824]

Looking good, Mitch!

[@bluwng]

I haven't seen Sweetwater vids in more than a year. Mitch is looking mean and lean!

[@BobbyManriquez]

....but his playing is.............? I couldn't talk that fast if I rehearsed. What's wrong with this picture ? :)

[@doreme2457]

I wish if I have fender american standard Shawbucker maple neck with fender super sonc22 100w amplifier but I know it just a dream

[@egelu3]

I do own standard shawbucker strat. The tone of the shawbucker its absolutely fantastic fell in love immediately There's one down side of it tho. Shawbucker cannot handle a good distortion. Talking about massive microphonic feedback. Add Cry baby on the top of that good gig volume on the amp and the squeal is unbearable. I've tried noise gates etc. Nothing helped and I did have to wax pot mine. The tone didn't get affected at all and the microphonic feedback is forever gone. Keeping Shawbucker unpotted doesn't make this pickup versatile at all. I really don't know how they tested it.

[@BigEvilLadia23]

Remember shawbucker is a low out put humbucker pickups

[@trentf4891]

nice demo mitch.

[@vintage48]

Nice ! Great sound ! You think the Shawbucker match will with my Vintage Noiseless in my Strat Deluxe ??

[@porcupineparty8598]

What pickup do you have in it now?

[@TM-bg6yg]

I'm really confused between this and Ibanez RG655 Prestige. Which one should I get?

[@Marlon5k]

Thank you for this video! I have an important one. I NEED to modify my '98 American Standard SSS to something like this. Would you help me with the Humbucker and Pots I need to buy to do this? My Strat has the swimming pool room for HSS conversion. THANKS!

[@sweetwater]

Our team would be glad to look into this for you! When you have a moment, please give us a call at [phone] or email us at [e-mail]. You may also visit www.sweetwater.com/about/contact Thanks for the message!

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

Its amazing how weight sneeks up on you looking at this 6 years later. I hope he loses it to stay healthy in older years so he can have longer better years!

[@fuzzyoverdrive4968]

how is the single coil buzz on this model and the sss model?

[@dt1mdlara]

SWEET!

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

Mitch.....lookin good.

[@w1third]

Will there be a shawbucker tele? Like the US Professional.....?

[@valentinpau1434]

+w1third It would be nice ! :D

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I just discovered my 'authentic' late-2000s American Standard Strat ... is just the neck mounted to, get this, an unidentifiable Shawbucker body! I bought it on consignment. WHY would someone swap a much-older neck to a more-expensive body model, almost a decade younger, and sell for a good price _on consignment_ through a top-level shop?

[@Swanlord05]

Mitch loss weight looking good bro

[@BrentHarmon]

Is Mitch on a diet of some kind cause I have notice he has lost a bunch of weight?

[@jonmillerwv]

I was surprised at the drastic change as well. Hopefully it's his choice and not anything else. Hope all is good Mitch!

[@sweetwater]

Yes, Brent Harmon and jonmillerwv! Mitch has lost a significant amount of weight and is healthier than ever. Thanks for your concern!

[@BrentHarmon]

SweetwaterSound Glad to know that, Thanks

[@Calagamberr0]

wrong amp to me, but this is an awesome guitar

[@porcupineparty8598]

Why do you say that is the wrong amp to you? What amp would you recommend?

[@MobileDecay]

Damn you lost weight! Don't disappear though. =)

[@philie91]

Is that the Sienna color?

[@RamusiewiczRockMe]

Yep ! Got mine with the maple neck 3 days ago and I HAVE to say that even though I'm more of a 'Gibson Guy', (I've had 4 different Strats prior to this one and sold or returned each one of them but this one ? She's NOT going anywhere except with ME !) I'm 64 & Began playing when I was 12 & have had pretty much A LOT of various Guitars. Was up to a 'CRAZY' number of Guitars in the house in my younger days but this absolutely wonderful sounding AND looking makes 10 'Keepers' for me now. I do also have to add this; while the Sweetwater Rep. playing the Guitar in this video IS an 'apt' player THIS Guitar sounds MUCH, MUCH better in ALL positions than what you hear here. There are better videos of this same Guitar here on KZbin where you CAN hear that provided you either have a very good set of speakers or headphones for your PC while listening. INCREDIBLE Guitar !!!

[@Swanlord05]

All it needs is a floyd tremelo

[@Batmatt]

man i thought the vid was playing at 1.25 speed he talks fast! *sets to .75

[@interior_painter_steph]

No longer available... my favorite phrase. STOP ADVERTISING WHAT YOU DONT HAVE!

[@DSilvergun]

The shawbucker would sound better with the plastic wrap taken off.

[@DSilvergun]

Mister Tee Well Mr. Tree, it certainly can't help!

[@DSilvergun]

Mister Tee Utterly.

[@DSilvergun]

Mister Tee period added for emphasis.

[@dizzle49er]

Ah, cork sniffers. Full of entertainment

[@cigdamagelungs]

Not nitro

[@SuperGTRman]

HEY MITCH..U FORGOT THE REAL CHANGE ...LIKE THE S-1 SWITCHING!AND THE BY-PASS ...SAD..ANITHER LOSER DEMO...

[@winstonsmith8236]

Another quasi-literate comment full of anger and hate- just what the internet needs- thanx for chiming in and have a nice day.