is the fender deluxe lonestar stratocaster good?

funky asian · Hobbyist Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: funky town

i'm thinking about buying it soon.
i just wanna hear what people have to say about it

Martian

Welcome!

You're essentially considering buying a Standard MIM Strat with pedigreed pickups. So, you'd have to consider the price of the Deluxe Lonestar vs. the price of a Standard MIM and decide if the pedigreed pickups are worth it and if in fact, you'll like the pickup combination at all.

If you want my opinion, there's nothing wrong with the guitar but I think the pickup combination is no good. The bridge pickup is WAY too loud and trebly in comparison to the other two and of course, depending on your pickup(s) selections, sometimes the guitar will be humbucking and sometimes it won't be. Further, the preset polepieces of the single coils will have your strings at uneven volumes through the amp.

As always, this is merely IMO, YMMV.

ccdsurf · Hobbyist Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 35 Location: Iowa

I agree with the poster above... other than the PUPs there really isn't any mojo to speak of. I am not going to say don't buy what catches your eye, because if you like it you'll play it. But for less cash I have intensely loved my MM standard for almost 3 years now, and it sounds like a "Strat". But if you get your lonestar, def post a review and tell us why we missed the boat! Smile

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01GT eibach · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:15 am Post subject:

Get the Roadhouse in a sunburst. It has the TS pups. It is the same price as the Lonestar, and the thing is a monster out of the box ... no need to change anything IMO (except to get it a proper HSC).

"Our Deluxe Roadhouse™ Stratocaster guitar is a scorchin' reissue of one of our most successful models from a few years ago; a classy guitar with superb feel, great looks and tone as big as Texas itself.

Features include three Texas Special™ single-coil Stratocaster pickups, a brown shell pickguard, tinted C-shaped maple neck with maple fingerboard, and a vintage style synchronized tremolo bridge"
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Miami Mike · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

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funky asian · Hobbyist Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: funky town

thanks for your responses
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DetroitBlues · Hobbyist Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 52

I have the lonestar strat. While I love the looks, I kind of wish I bought the Roadhouse instead. I'd rather have have a single coil in the bridge. Someone mentioned the pole heights throwing off the sound output of each string. My neck pickup is so bad, I actually bought an equalizer to compensate for it. Maybe its just how the pickup was made....