The Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS, called by some a Fat Strat, is an electric guitar that is instantly comfortable, and it gives you irresistible tone and playability. You won't believe your fingers and ears. The ultimate in high-performance, this premium model Strat has an ultrasmooth neck with hand-rolled edges to make it play fast, smooth, and sweet. Already loaded with all the impressive Deluxe series appointments, the American Deluxe Strat takes it to another level with a Fat Strat-style hot humbucker at the bridge, an LSR roller nut, and S-1 switching for even more versatility, extra punch, and sustain to spare. SCN (Samarium Cobalt Noiseless) pickups (2 single-coils) dish out vintage Strat sounds without the hum, and the contoured alder body fits like a glove.
Other features of the Stratocaster HSS include polished chrome hardware, locking machine heads, American Deluxe tremolo with polished steel saddles, highly detailed fret and nut work, abalone dot inlays, and aged plastic parts. Includes Fender hardshell case.
Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups
It's no secret that pickup designers at Fender have been striving to develop the ultimate noise-free single-coil replacement pickup. In pursuit of both as little 60-cycle hum and extraneous noise as possible and the classic bell-like tones and fidelity of the original pickup designs, Fender has poured their energy into discovering a new world pickup for the ages.
With open minds and a willingness to seemingly question everything, Fender partnered with legendary pickup designer Bill Lawrence. The pickup that was birthed from this extraordinary partnership is the Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickup. It has no hum, no microphonics, close to zero magnetic interruption of the string path, and the widest sonic parameters possible from Fender classic single coils to tones not yet imagined. Truly a revolutionary design in guitar pickups.
- Premium alder body
- Modern C neck shape with slick finish and hand-rolled edges
- 3 Fender SCN (Samarium Cobalt Noiseless) pickups: 2 single-coils, one humbucker
- 5-way pickup selector
- S-1 switching system
- Polished chrome hardware
- String-thru-body bridge with polished stainless steel saddles
- Deluxe die-cast machine heads
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- Schaller strap-lock ready
| Body Type | Solid Body |
| Body Wood | Alder |
| Bridge Pickup | DH-1 Humbucking |
| Bridge Type | Synchronized Tremolo |
| Controls | Volume with S-1 Switch,Tone,Tone |
| Finish | Polyurethane |
| Fretboard | Rosewood or Maple |
| Fretboard Radius | 9 1/2" (241 mm) |
| Hardware Color | Chrome |
| Middle Pickup | Hot Samarium Cobalt Noiseless |
| Neck Joint | Bolt-on |
| Neck Pickup | Hot Samarium Cobalt Noiseless |
| Neck Shape | C-Shape |
| Neck Wood | Maple |
| Number Of Frets | 22 |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Nut Width | 1.6875" (43 mm) |
| Pickup Configuration | Humbucker-Single-Single |
| Pickup Selector | 5-way |
| Scale Length | 25 1/2" (648 mm) |
| Tremolo | Yes |
| Tuners | Fender/Schaller Locking |
| With Case | Hardshell |