$825 Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster | Unboxing and Demo!

[@jefersontorres]

I got one of these, but the cream one, a Fender Deluxe Roadhouse MIM 2014. I upgraded her with: Locking turner Strap Lock 2 screws bridge instead of the original 6 one Changed frets to stainless frets. I inserted a switch that lets me turn on both bridge and neck pickups or all of the 3 pickups together, which gives kind of a "telecaster" sound.

[@markclayden7654]

fantastic guitars! Surprising how great it sounds with lots of drive on those single coils, it handles heavy tones like a champ

[@bujfvjg7222]

it has vintage noiseless single coils, same set that come on the Eric Clapton signature Strat.

[@kcbc9037]

Congrats! I have one if these as well, the build quality is absolutely fantastic. Surprised me when I looked under the pick guard those are custom shop pups and it’s an American body.

[@LoboNaranja]

very cool guitar, my dude

[@l.g.5899]

Do you think for use studio this active pickup system can allow you to avoid to buy a guitar with humbukers to have all fatness range? Sorry for my english, I hope you got what I mean

[@williamsimanjuntak5263]

Congrats on the buy :D but I didn't quite understand what the S-1 switch button thingy actually does

[@johangrandin]

William Simanjuntak It has a preamp with 6 presets that you choose with one of the tone knobs. The S-1 switch turns it on and off.

[@williamsimanjuntak5263]

@@johangrandin ah, thank you. now I at least have a picture of what it actually does. congrats on the new guitar, man :D I think it looks stunning

[@johangrandin]

William Simanjuntak Thx dude!

[@Pete_Harris]

Just got one of these great guitars. It switches in a mid-boost circuit similar to what's on the Clapton Strat. There's only about half of the db of the Clapton unit though. Fattens up the sound considerably for an almost Les Paul like tone. The second tone adjusts the amount of boost with 5 selectable levels.

[@kappachino2569]

You should try metal on this thing

[@johangrandin]

Here I do :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmbQYqyOecmqirs

[@唐加和]

Hi, do you recommend after using ? I am considering american special or Mexican roadhouse :(

[@johangrandin]

Hey. It´s a really nice guitar. Quality was great, straight neck and good finish. But honestly I have sold mine. I think Strats not my cup of tea. I have never tried an american special though. Hope you´ll be satisfied with what you end up choosing.

[@唐加和]

@@johangrandin ok, thanks for sharing :)

[@markstewart8171]

It doesn't have the sound of an american strat. Somethings just missing.

[@MattiasCL]

What is the fretwork like on this? Is it smooth like the Americans or a bit more jagged? What was the setup like out of the box?

[@johangrandin]

MattProtagonist The frets where great. But I had to adjust the neck a little bit, it was too straight. Other than that everything was great.

[@johangrandin]

MattProtagonist And I ordered some springs for the tremolo arm. It’s a must if you want it to be tight and not wobbly. I’ve read that it’s a problem on every trem with a threaded arm.

[@MattiasCL]

Ok thank you, I'll get my local music shop to take one home so I can try it rather than ordering it directly.

[@MattiasCL]

@@johangrandin do you mean spring for the hole where you screw in the arm or behind the bridge? (Go from 2 to 4 springs for example?)

[@johangrandin]

MattProtagonist Yeah, I mean a little spring you put in hole were the trem arm goes. They were cheap and works great. I think it’s included on the American made strats.

[@GorbyP]

Is it just me or is that almost pink?

[@CesarLeon]

Took you almost 3 minutes to get the guitar out....dude...

[@johangrandin]

cesar d leon Are you in a rush? Take a deep breath and calm down. Stress is not good for you 😘

[@CesarLeon]

@@johangrandin this is the best response anyone could have hoped for