Fender Standard Satin Stratocaster Electric Guitar (Maple)

Feature:
The tone knobs dont do jack squat. Don't listen to any yahoo who says they do because the are full of it. The Whammy bar works just fine, although i haven't used mine for a while because i screwed my bridge down so it would stay in tune longer, but it's fine.

Quality:
This guitar is invincible. Mine has fallen off of its stand on a couple of occasions and it still works perfectly.

Value:
If you have your heart absolutely set on buying a stratocaster, by all means get this one, its affordable, and with the noiseless pickups, sounds vintage and clean. If your looking for super fat tone like you hear in todays metal, go with ibanez or a les paul or sg style guitar

Desirability:
It's a stratocaster. It's a classic. You can never go wrong with a classic that's been proven time and time again. I give it 8 because the Gibson Les Paul and Gibson SG are cooler looking and the Les Paul Black Beauty Custom is the best looking guitar in my opinion

Sound:
The Pickup buzz is horrible. Get the noiseless ones that fender makes, I believe they are only about 45-55$. They are not, Repeat NOT good for extreme hardcore metal sounds. I used mine through the digitech death metal distortion pedal and it was just awful. Really Hard to get the Palm Mute stuff like metallica does unless you wanna buy all new pickups. I dropped in a seymour duncan hot rails pickup on the bridge because it was way too bright sounding, and it sounds awesome now.

Support:
I'm giving them a 10 because they have made the product so well I''ve never had to contact them.

Overall:
Since I'm only seventeen, this will be my intrument till next September when I'm going to buy a Les Paul with all my summer job money and make my dreams come true, but I'd still keep this one. If it were lost or stolen I'd try to find a bunch of money and buy a Les Paul.

Feature:
This guitar came with just the basic fender components. So simple. That's how it should be.

Quality:
I have dropped this guitar off of a porch once, and all that happened was my 1st string went out of tune. The action is flawless, I didn't have to make any adjustments,it was perfect when I bought it. I had to make a slight adjustment when I had to tighten down the bridge,because anyone who plays fenders knows that the trem bridge is notorious for going out of tune.

Value:
A guitar at this quality could sell for thousands.

Desirability:
The satin strat is sexy,no doubt. Mine has a flawed finish, so it came out in more of a grape purple,and it's beautiful. When you have been playing for a long night,and there's sweat on the guitar, guess what.....The guitar is even MORE beautiful.

Sound:
This guitar can wail with the best of them. I have always found the Les Paul to be too thick and gnarly. My Satin Stratocaster is on the edge of insanity. It can grind,the chunk up and become bulky and fat like a Les Paul. It's so versatile, I have played it in my dad's country band, and now I play it in a metal/hardcore technical band. I set my mids medium high and crank everything else,and the lead sound just SCREAMS!

Support:
I have no need.

Overall:
The best guitar ever, do I have to spell it out?