https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:13:47 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-280035 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:33:20 +0000 Hope that my listing that serial # didn't cause any confusion....

The pups listed are: One Diamondback Humbucker/Two custom staggered Tex-Mex Single Coils

As far as paying just under $700.00 for it - I agree. That's a fair price for that guitar.
Recently I've seen 88 Strat Americans going for around $700.00 - so that seems about right.
I paid $500.00 for my 88 brand new, and the 04 you have probably was about $900.00 + new (for a regular Am. Standard)

Ken Hey Ken,

No confusion here on the serial number you posted. I knew what you were getting at. And thanks for the specs on the pickups. I wondered what was "under the hood." I appreicate you confirming the fair price. I paid just under $700 and that was out the door with a Fender hard shell case.



Jim]]> Guitar Players Discussion KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-280035 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279994 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:23:48 +0000
Hope that my listing that serial # didn't cause any confusion....
It was taken from an American Deluxe 50th Anniversary Strat.... Hence my saying Am. Dlx. in the first post.
I was trying to say that what you had was probably an American Standard, as the numbers were the same as the
Deluxe, minus the 'D' prefix (which I took to denote a Deluxe model)

It would seem with all the info gathered here that it is indeed 'just' a plain ol' American Standard Strat from '04.

I looked up the specs in the same catalog for the AmStd Strat in HSS - It seems to fit your profile....
The pics all show those with black plastic - though the specs say that (06) Black, comes with a 3 ply parchment pickguard and
plastic. (Like yours)

The pups listed are: One Diamondback Humbucker/Two custom staggered Tex-Mex Single Coils

As far as paying just under $700.00 for it - I agree. That's a fair price for that guitar.
Recently I've seen 88 Strat Americans going for around $700.00 - so that seems about right.
I paid $500.00 for my 88 brand new, and the 04 you have probably was about $900.00 + new (for a regular Am. Standard)

Ken]]> Guitar Players Discussion CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279994 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279986 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:57:49 +0000
I still haven't heard it directly from Fender, but I think you all have given me enough information to convince me that what I have a "just" a plain old 2004 American Standard. I'm still happy with the guitar, just not pleased with GC for misrepresenting it as a 50th. I feel I am also partly to blame for not doing my homework and verifying what it was before I bought it. Oh, well.....



Jim]]> Guitar Players Discussion KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279986 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279930 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:56:22 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion tinsmith https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279930 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279903 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:58:32 +0000
Yes, yesterday afternoon I sent the serial number to the "customerrelations" e-mail address on their website. I asked them if they could verify exactly what I do have. I have not heard anything back yet, but hope that I will sometime soon.
By the way, paying $700 for a US strat with S-1 switching is about right, so I don't think you got ripped off. Thanks for the reassurance. It is a nice guitar and I will wait to see what Fender says before I talk to GC. I am fairly certain that they will be indifferent, but maybe they'll surprise me.



Jim]]> Guitar Players Discussion KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279903 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279884 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:58:10 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion The Dali https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279884 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279883 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:57:38 +0000
However, given what Ken wrote and the other stuff it sounds like a Fender Deluxe which may or may not be a 50th anniversary. Most the Deluxe models come with locking tuners, so it very well could be that you have an American strat that someone threw the 50th anniversay plate on...

Can you send the serial number to Fender to get a better idea from them directly?]]> Guitar Players Discussion The Dali https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279883 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279864 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:33:59 +0000
Thoughts?



Jim]]> Guitar Players Discussion KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279864 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279821 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:05:56 +0000
I have one, its Chrome Silver, Maple Neck, black pickguard, its an HSS w/S1 switch. NOT an Anniv Strat, but made in the same year.

Hope that Helps.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Dagwood https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279821 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279810 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:58:06 +0000 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=92579&src="3SOSWXXA"

and a left handed version of the one i have

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-American-Deluxe-50th-Anniversary-Stratocaster-LeftHanded?sku=511016]]> Guitar Players Discussion TwistedLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/american-50th-anniversary-strat-question/#post-279810