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POSTED: 09/21/2008 03:08pm]]> Comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:08:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_2 POSTED: 12/09/2008 04:21pm]]> Comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:21:43 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 03/06/2009 02:30pm]]> Comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:30:00 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 03/21/2009 08:14pm]]> Comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:14:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_5

Blas3 wrote:

The sunburst one looks so nice I wish I could get one for Xmas

POSTED: 04/17/2009 09:18am]]> Comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:18:18 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 08/28/2009 06:06pm]]> Comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:06:53 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_7
I know this guitar is getting some flack for the odd pickup select combinations and supposed lack of balance in string poles, but I've not experience that with mine and so far have no complaints.

I have checked carefully and to my ear the pickups are well balanced and the bridge pup is not too trebly at all as some have suggested in other forums.

In fact I really like the warm fat tone of the bridge pup and the tex specials are totally sweet.

I know the necks are supposed to be the same as the standard neck (but with tint); however, the neck on my Lonestar is definitely cleaner and straighter than the mex standard that I just tried for a week.

Anyway, with a $50 coupon and a cool salesman I only paid about $100 more for the Lonestar than the standard, so I can't be happier.

If anybody doesn't like this pickup combination on these you can check out the Roadhouse for a few dollars more, but with sss pup... not sure if they have rosewood necks though? and I just had to have a rosewood neck... just my preference.

POSTED: 12/14/2009 05:14pm]]> Comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:14:07 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_8
POSTED: 12/14/2009 05:27pm]]> Comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:27:39 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_9 the Mexico Lone Star's and
I think the paint finish
is different to the USA.
Does anyone have some
hi-res pics of the sunburst Lone Star
including the 'made in USA' on the headstock?

Cheers
Lollie

POSTED: 03/12/2010 02:16pm]]> Comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:16:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 12/06/2010 11:26am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:26:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 01/07/2011 10:45pm]]> Comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:45:41 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_12 This guitar was made in Mexico. It has a total of 21 jumbo frets on a rosewood neck. The body is laminated and the guitar body itself is made of mahogany I believe. It has a lot of nice features! I like the rosewood neck but it does make the strings look a bit darker and it does build up some dirt and grime. The good thing is that it is easy to clean and superior in my belief to necks.
I think such hopless amateur comments should be posted in another section, like "Opinions", or "Thrilled to Have a Guitar". That's because MIM Strats are known to be quite bad compared to those made in Asia or USA (sometimes, they are worse than Squiers like Classic Vibes), then because Strats are never made in mahogany (except for some special Custom Shop orders), then because fingerboards aren't placed there in order to make strings shine, and finally because, sadly, all of them catch dirt and grime in time, of course, if you play the guitar.
Encouraging such reviews will only diminish our reliability and will turn us into a free advertising pannel. Which is completely opposite to Rock spirit.
Anyway, I'm sure this guitar deserves a more competent approach (you can encounter such an approach reading the comments, but here it is not followed in a systematic way). Because adding a humbucker is a major step away from Strat's classic concept. And also because MIM Fenders can be very good sometimes, but so many of them are negligently put together.
POSTED: 10/08/2011 04:49am]]> Comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:49:57 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_13 CANNOT do dive bombs2 Texas special & 1 double humbucker pickup, and the tuners do NOT lock in place. In fact you may have to tune it more than once, play around with the strings and retune it to get it in perfect tune. WELL worth it.
POSTED: 10/08/2011 05:40am]]> Comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:40:37 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_14
POSTED: 11/05/2012 04:26pm]]> Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:26:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_15 Thanks for replying
POSTED: 11/05/2012 07:47pm]]> Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:47:10 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_16
Thanks for replying
POSTED: 11/05/2012 07:49pm]]> Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:49:44 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_17 http://flic.kr/p/ciAgnd
http://flic.kr/p/ciAgnd
You'll find more pics in the set as well.
POSTED: 11/06/2012 12:02am]]> Comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:02:38 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/lonestar_stratocaster/index.html#u_18 http://flic.kr/p/cizaNL
POSTED: 11/06/2012 12:05am]]> Comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:05:06 -0500