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- Hi, everyone.
This is Devon Eisenbarger.
We're here with Fender checking out
the American Pro II Stratocaster.
As professional musicians,
we need to count on our instruments
to hold up night after night without breaking down,
whether you're on the road or in the studio
and for whatever style or tone you're chasing.
The American Professional guitars were designed
to provide musical inspiration
along with reliable performance.
And now after years of listening, watching,
and collaborating with all of you out there,
Fender has made the American Professional
series even better.
There are two models in the series,
their traditional three single-coil model and the HSS.
We're starting it off with the American Pro II Strat SSS.
This color is Miami Blue.
I'm plugged into the Fender Blonde Tone Master Deluxe,
and I have a few pedals in between the guitar and amp.
Let's hear the guitar clean,
and I added a little bit of reverb from the amp.
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The body of the guitar will be either alder or roasted pine,
depending on the color you choose.
As I mentioned, this color is Miami Blue.
It's a great new Fender color.
And it's also available in a number of other colors
with rosewood or maple fret boards.
A key highlight are the V-mod II Stratocaster pickups,
which are voiced specifically for each position.
They sound great clean or with some overdrive,
which we'll hear later.
And with the treble bleed, your tone won't get muddy
when you roll back on the guitar volume.
It has the master volume, tone for bridge,
and tone for neck and middle,
and then hidden in the tone knob is a push-push pot
that will allow you to activate the neck pickup
in positions one and two, adding two new sounds
not normally found on a Strat.
If I have a show or a studio session
where I can only bring one guitar,
basically I can combine the bridge pickup
and the neck pickup and create sort of like a Tele sound.
So it's really helpful that way.
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The bridge features a two-point tremolo
and another key feature is the upgraded
cold-rolled steel block,
which increases sustain, clarity, and high-end sparkle.
On the back, we have a sculpted neck heel
and beveled neck plate.
It just makes it so much easier to play up high
if I'm onstage and I'm trying to shred
and I can just really go for it.
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It has a Deep C neck profile.
It's slim at the nut and fills out gradually
as you get to the next joint,
which feels really natural and perfect for chords
and single notes.
It has a nine and a half inch radius fingerboard
and 22 narrow tall friends.
The super-natural satin finish on the back
not only looks great but it also eliminates
any chance of your hand sticking to it.
I love that.
And the hand-rolled fingerboard edges
give it that played-in feel,
which is really comfortable right out of the box.
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As you can see, here we have the Stratocaster HSS.
It has all of the same great features,
but with a couple of differences.
And this color is Mystic Surf Green,
another amazing new color.
It features a V-mod II Double Tap humbucking pickup
in the bridge position.
And in this one, Fender's Double Tap technology allows you
to achieve single-coil tones that are full of character
without sounding too thick.
Two completely different sounds from a humbucking pickup
beyond the traditional sounds achievable
by simply splitting a normal humbucking pickup,
which is so incredibly useful
when you can only bring one guitar with you.
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All right, that's the Fender
American Professional II Stratocaster.
Hope you guys can check one out for yourself.
There's lots of great features packed into these guitars,
and for the full spec rundown go to Fender.com to learn more
and then stay tuned for more videos.
Thanks.
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