NGD - Incoming

[texhex]

I gave my existing 2016 Olympic White American Standard Strat to my son for his 21st birthday. That Strat had been upgraded and tweaked to exactly what I wanted in a Strat. I'm going to miss it but it's going to a good dude.

Obviously I can't be without a Strat so...

This sucker shipped out today and arrives on Friday. I'm not too sure about the noiseless single coils but we shall see. I'll also be adding a trem block to the full floating Floyd. I used to absolutely hate the colored headstock, now I like it.

Pretty stoked.

 

[OrganicZed]

I love HSS strats. Congrats and happy birthday to your son.

 

[dbagchee]

That is a nice strat! I'm also a fan of HSS - the color headstock works with this color scheme!

 

[Badonkey Kong]

Oooh, both are awesome! Grats to both of you.

 

[la szum]

Yum. Silverburst!

 

[TSJMajesty]

Ooh that's nice. Like, I-don't-care-for-Strats-but-that-one-is-gorgeous, nice! Silverburst!!

 

[State of Epicicity]

That thing is awesome. I played one at a store and was very impressed. I’ve pined after that model since it came out. Stainless steel frets, 22 of them for authentic Strat neck pickup tone, noiseless single coils, carved neck heel, Floyd…Man, you picked a winner. I hope it’s freaking awesome when you put your hands on it and even more awesome when you hear it through your rig.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

I have a 2011 Am STD in Olympic White

HNGD

 

[Stone]

HNGD Silverburst is

 

[Jarick]

Awesome on both counts!

 

[la szum]

Matching headstocks are cool.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Strat love is real Happy b-day to your boy and congrats to you!

 

[texhex]

This thing is pretty sick. The frets and fretwork are insanely good.

 

[JiveTurkey]

That looks FANTASTIC, Tex!

 

[texhex]

The pickups are a little strange. The single coils sound really full and clear. The humbucker will probably get replaced. Wiring is in great shape. The treble bleed in this guitar works extremely well and sounds perfect.

Treble bleed PCB.

The single coils measure really hot!

Neck:

Middle:

The humbucker measures about the same as the singles. Sounds good and does a pretty single coil sound with the S1 split but I'm not too thrilled about this pickup vs. a JB.

Fender Fat 50s for comparison:

Neck:

Middle:

Seymour Duncan JB humbucker:

Original Floyd Rose Here's where the fun started...

The Floyd saddles are numbered so that they form an arch to match the neck radius. You can see the dots, 1, 2, blank.

One of the #2 saddles has a manufacturing defect that causes it to not sit flush with the other saddles. This causes that one string to sit much lower than the others.

I was able to use Copper Tape (about 20 pieces of it) and cut it to fit the width of the saddle, tape it underneath and raise that saddle height to get the A string to sit at the appropriate height. What a pain in the ass but it worked perfectly.

Overall this guitar is pretty spectacular but there is NO WAY IN HELL I would ever pay $2750 for one of these things. I got this one for $1550 which is about my limit on a new guitar.

Anyway pretty freaking awesome Strat for anyone who is interested.

 

[Eagle]

On the Floyd ; it actually has the wrong back half fitted. I see them from time to time ,it is a factory error . You really need to get a replacement saddle under warranty. Make sure they send you a cnc German one . Nice guitar.

 

[EOengineer]

This thing is pretty sick. The frets and fretwork are insanely good.

Sweet jeebus those fret ends with the rolled fretboard edges are top notch. There’s so much uniformity there I wonder if Fender has figured out an automated process for it. Actually looks very similar to what they did on the Squier 40th anniversary necks, which punched miles beyond their weight.

 

[Eagle]

On stacks high dc resistance is not indicative of high output.

 

[texhex]

On the Floyd ; it actually has the wrong back half fitted. I see them from time to time ,it is a factory error . You really need to get a replacement saddle under warranty. Make sure they send you a cnc German one . Nice guitar.

Just looked at it up close and I see it now. They are out of stock on the Chrome ones at the Floyd Rose website. I can just imagine me trying to explain this to someone at Fender or Floyd Rose. Worth a shot though. I’m ok for now with the patch job fix.

On stacks high dc resistance is not indicative of high output.

Good to know. I was expecting some compression but there really isn’t much. Dude, you are a wealth of knowledge. This forum is such a god send.

 

[Eagle]

Just looked at it up close and I see it now. They are out of stock on the Chrome ones at the Floyd Rose website. I can just imagine me trying to explain this to someone at Fender or Floyd Rose. Worth a shot though. I’m ok for now with the patch job fix.



Good to know. I was expecting some compression but there really isn’t much. Dude, you are a wealth of knowledge. This forum is such a god send.

The Schaller Lockmeister ones are identical. You may be able to find one.