Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS Electric Guitar (Maple with Case)

The Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS is a Strat player's Strat. With a compound radius Maple fretboard, this American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS rocks.

Overall User Ratings (based on 14 ratings)
  • Overall:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted May 10, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com

"Fender Craftsmanship at its finest"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I expect to be satisfied with this guitar for the rest of my life. It's my favore it new toy.
Sound
Sound quality is awesome. The noisless pickups are completely noiseless even with the gain turned way up. It's so nice to no longer hear tons of hum. The S1 switching allows for tons of different tones out of this guitar. I love this guitar for many styles - blues, heavy distored rock, this thing even does metal pretty damn good. It's got a great sparkly clean tone too. Bottom line: The tones you get out if this guitar are top-notch.
Features
The features of this guitar is the reason why I purchased it over the Regular (non delxue) Fender HSS. For about $550 more dollars you get locking tuners, lsr roller nut, pop in tremolo arm, N3 noisless pickups, the Atomic humbucker instead of the Diamondback, and S1 switching system. (Buy those things separately, we're talking much more than $550, especially considering installation costs) Oh, and not to mention the beautiful finishes.(I got the olympic pearl maple fretboard). The roller nut and locking tuners are great, you can whammy the hell out of this guitar it stays in tune.
Ease of Use
I will always say that Fender Guitars are the easiest and most comforatble guitars to play. Bending strings is very easy and holding nice bend vibratos is much easier than other guitars I've played. The only learning curve with this guitar is all the different combinations you can get using the S1 switching system. If you want more simplicity just don't click the S1 button and you never need to use it.
Quality
Fender craftmanship is top notch. The finish is amazing. The maple fretboard is fast and sleek.
Value
If you're looking for a higher end guitar on the price scale, you should seriously consider this guitar. I say the value is a 10 because I know this guitar will last a lifetime.
Manufacturer Support
I have not had to deal with Fender.
The Wow Factor
Fender Olympic Peal w/ Maple Fretboard - Enough Said I would like to say I bought this guitar from Zzounds using the pay as you play (Which is the best thing in the world). I ordered it on a Friday and it was at my house by Monday. Great service Zzounds!

Musical Background:

Active Musician

Musical Style:

All Kinds of Rock/Blues
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Submitted May 14, 2012 by BK R in San Marcos, CA

"My New Favorite"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I have 16 guitars counting this one. Carvin, Fender, Les Paul, Godin (Multiac) and Cordoba. The Fender American Deluxe HSS bests them all. With the N3's i can finally set to 10 and still get a CLEAN sound. I have tried to dirty it up by standing directly in front of an electric fan, which produces noise with all of my other electrics. With this baby I hear no interference. In my 38 years since picking up the guitar, I have not owned or heard it's equal.

Musical Background:

Playing gtr since the age of 12. I don't do live gigs anymore. I am sticking to songwriting and scoring. More money, less hours.

Musical Style:

"NO" Hip-Hop, Country...Everything else is cool!
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Submitted May 12, 2012 by Steve S in Albuquerque, NM

"Fender Strat"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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First of all, the quality of this Strat is perfect in every way. The action and even tuning were nearly perfect right out of the case. The finish is absolute perfection with not even the smallest flaw. It is truly a great guitar!The only problem I had was a missing tremelo arm. I called ZZounds, and unbeliveably they could not replace the arm! They offered to take it back and send me a whole new guitar, though.. Seems ridiculous to send back a perfect guitar just for a missing tremelo bar. I have spent considerable time trying to locate a new one, and Fender finally came through after three weeks of waiting.

Musical Background:

30 yr guitar player

Musical Style:

Rock and Blues
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Submitted April 15, 2014 by John U in Spencer, MA

"Fender American Deluxe Strat HSS Maple"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I have played Stratocasters for many years. The American Deluxe Stratocaster I just purchased is the best one I've had in terms of quality, features, sound, and ease of play. There is nothing that I don't love about this guitar.

Musical Background:

Been playing guitar for 50+years. Play bass as well.

Musical Style:

Blues, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Jazz
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Submitted April 15, 2014 by Chad J in Sallisaw, OK

"Amazing!"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The Fender American Deluxe HSS strat is one of the best I have ever played! ZZounds makes it possible to get the best gear through the "Pay While You Ply" payment option. I could go on and on about how great this guitar is. If you are looking at it, then you already know all of its great features. I can play anything from country to metal with it. The HSS option makes it very versatile and my go-to guitar every time.

Musical Background:

I've played guitar for 25 years. I play prolfessionally in a band.

Musical Style:

Country, Rock, Blues
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Submitted November 13, 2013 by Rainer L in Woodburn, OR

"Amazing Guitar..! "

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This is one of the best playing and sounding strats ive ever owned.. I owned other fender guitars but this one is by far the best... I love the guitar the quality is amazing, I can't stop playing it. Thanks Fender for a another great guitar. Thanks Zzounds for your great service.

Musical Background:

25 years playing guitar. A Fender Strat my favorite guitar,

Musical Style:

Christian Contemporary, Rock
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Submitted March 31, 2015 by John B in Saratoga, NY

"So Far So Great"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Very happy with the instrument so far ...have about 50 hours playing time on it. Exactly what I expected in all respects. I bought a "blemished" model .... I went over this guitar with a magnifying glass, I can't find a single scratch or defect of any kind. If not for some of the plastic film being removed/disturbed you'd never know anyone had ever touched the guitar before. Intonation was just a tad off, easily corrected. The fender locking tuners ... way better than the standard tuners ...but not as nice as some of the after market products, just a tad sloppy.

Musical Background:

Amateur, playing many years, and I still suck.

Musical Style:

Blues, Rock.
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Submitted January 21, 2012 by rick v in fort worth, TX

"fen am deluxe strat hhs maple review"

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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this is one of the best playing and sounding strats ive ever tryed.. ive been playing guitar for around 33 years....ive owned many high end guitars...i have had a lot of bad luck with fender qaulity control, but this guitar with the roller nut is very good, this looks like a keeper...

Musical Background:

33 years

Musical Style:

hard rock, soft rock
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Submitted June 10, 2015 by Clyde Martin in Danbury, CT

"Fender Deluxe HHS Stratocaster"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I've owned a lot of strats in my life, and Gibsons along with other brands as well. This guitar is the best guitar I've ever had in my life. Intonation is perfect,stays in tune like a pro. I couldn't be happier ever. Thanks to Zzounds it's mine.

Musical Background:

I've been playing 40+ years

Musical Style:

Rock and Roll
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Submitted February 1, 2015 by a customer from me.com

"Fender American Deluxe Strat HSS"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I'd been wanting one of these for a long time, and finally pulled the trigger and bought one. I'm very impressed with the incredible flexibility of this guitar, given the HSS configuration and also the additional options offered by the S-1 switch and "fast lane" button. The overall quality and also color (Sunset Metallic) are flawless, and I'm particularly impressed with the smooth operation of the tremolo over the LSR roller nut. The neck is smooth and fast, and I really like the compound radius setup. This has now become my primary guitar for gigs, and my favorite guitar (of many). Highly recommended!
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Submitted May 7, 2015 by Arturo R in Norwalk, CA

"My Wonderful Fender"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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VERY,VERY Satisfied with the purchased. Still learning how to play the guitar and I just can't put it down. It inspire me to always practice. Highly Recommended both the Guitar and ZZounds.

Musical Background:

ever since I can remember. Jam at home

Musical Style:

Classical and Rock
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Submitted November 9, 2013 by Brandon D in Centralia, IL

"fantastic guitar!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Played one at guitar center..the strings were crap on it. but it still sounded and played beautifully. humbucker adds some great sounds.(and you can flip it on or off when ever)..this guitar has the versatility of a strat.just beefed up a bit. ..oh and its got the good tuners on it..i woulda bought that thing if i had the mullllah OMFG>!!

Musical Background:

guitarist drums and violin

Musical Style:

everything
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Submitted May 23, 2014 by Steve M in Warrenton, VA

"Sweet"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The best player I have had in my hands.I own three GibsonLes Pauls,Studio,Smartwood and a Signature t.Also have a American Standard Strat SSS.This guitar is amazing.Quality is second to none.Havent had to deal with fender thus the reason for the three stars.

Musical Style:

Blues,Jazz
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Submitted August 27, 2010

"A beautiful, versatile, and great sounding guitar."

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This will be my guitar to end all other guitars when I purchase it. It sounds great for any genre. I supposed if you're mostly a shredder or prefer to play mostly metal then you probably want something else with heavier sounds. I myself enjoy playing the styles of Gilmour, Satriani,and Santana. I also play some metal and would have no problem playing metal with this guitar.
Sound
I don't own one of these but I hope to soon. I played one in guitar center today for 2 hours on a line 6 tube amp. This guitar sounded amazing. Blues, clean, hard rock, and metal all sounded great. You can't hear a peep out of the n3 noiseless pickups. They also provide (especially the humbucker) some great sustain.
Features
It comes with a hard case which is great.
Ease of Use
Classic fender -- The maple fretboard and neck on this guitar make it too easy to glide your fingers up and down the neck. Bending strings was very easy.
Quality
Again, its a fender. Quality is top notch.
Value
It's pricy but if you want a beautiful looking versatile guitar this is it. The humbucker gives it the great fat sound that all single coil fenders lack. If you're looking to spend somewhere in the ballpark of $1500 on a guitar this is a great pick.
Manufacturer Support
Don't own it yet but will soon, I've heard from friends fender is easy to deal with.
The Wow Factor
Sunburst maple fretboard, enough said. The tuning keys are a little different and better looking on this one.
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