Nice low action, super snappy reaction when played on the maple neck. Beautiful resonance played acoustically, which is always a brilliant sign for how it sounds plugged in. Into an amplifier, it’s fantastic. Pickups have more of the vintage vibe bang than the other contemporary 80s Stratocasters. Beautiful high end with a cutting mid range and a deep bass. The body is finished and heavy poly and shows only very minimal scratching due to belt rash on the back. The bridge does not have a full route through the body.
There is no back plate as the strings fit into the bridge and the springs are routed in the middle under the pick guard. Very much in the same fashion of a Kahler. Includes the steel trek bar and original branded fender black case. This is a very very nice 80s Stratocaster. Finishing it off, there is no jack plate below the bridge. Dan Smith loved the pick guard mounted jack plate which gives this Stratocaster its signature look.
Background of the Dan Smith Stratocaster: The decade of the 80s saw a tremendous number of changes in Fender,literally, from the ground up. The decade opened with Fender still under the ownership of CBS. In 1984, Fender-CBS announced that the company was for sale. The following year it was bought by what is now known as Fender-FMIC, under whose management Fender would experience a critical rebirth.
One of the high points of the decade for Fender was the 1987 introduction of the American Standard Stratocaster. This Stratocaster model would become the modern classic Strat and Fender’s best selling instrument to-date. The importance of the 1987 American Standard to the survival and subsequent success of Fender-FMIC cannot be overly stressed.
The success of the Stratocaster has always required a balancing act between the past and the future. The market for these instruments demands the best of two worlds, features from the pre-CBS period that brought the Stratocaster to the forefront, and features that improve the instrument’s playability and tone. Fender’s success has required finding the proper balance.
The 1987 American Standard represented the finest mix of features between past and future offered by Fender in over twenty years and the market responded enthusiastically.
While George Blanda of Fender’s R&D; department is credited with the design implementation of the 1987 American Standard, and deservedly so, the instrument is a result of an evolution that began almost ten years before its introduction.
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Condition | Very Good (Used) Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more |
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