NGD! Fender American Lonestar Strat

[Dismalhead]

Hey all,

Just picked up a Stratocaster to complement my Telecaster. It's a '96 Fender American Lonestar Strat in Shoreline Gold. Excellent condition. Feels and sounds great.

 

[Zillinois]

Now you are set! Congrats!

 

[Texsunburst59]

Congrats on the new strat. Looks like you have some nice tonal options with the S/S/H setup. Are those Seymour Duncan pickups? Were they stock in the guitar?

 

[gitold]

Great guitars. Enjoy!

 

[NankerPhelge]

Congrat's, I have a teal version from the same year. Really nice versatile guitar.

 

[Dismalhead]

Congrats on the new strat. Looks like you have some nice tonal options with the S/S/H setup. Are those Seymour Duncan pickups? Were they stock in the guitar?

Yes, they were stock. It was the first model of the Hot-Rodded series guitars that Fender put out from 1996 to 2001. They're all Seymour Duncans, the single coils are overwound Texas Specials and the bridge is a Pearly Gates Plus that SD designed specifically for this model (Not sure what the difference between it and a normal Pearly Gates is; a web search showed that most people who have the Lone Star couldn't tell the difference between the two).

 

[Lucky Day]

Nice! I had one of those from that same year, in fact. I bought it new back in '97. Sold it a few years ago because I just wasn't playing it but it was an excellent guitar.

 

[Starshine]

I used to have a Roadhouse Strat, which was the same guitar, but with a bridge single coil instead of the humbucker. The bassist in my band has a Roadhouse in shoreline gold just like yours. Those 90s Fenders are solid guitars. Wish I still had mine.

 

[davidwhitson]

My 2000 American Series Texas Special in Shoreline Gold. This was the replacement for the Roadhouse.

 

[pall_5]

I have a 1996 in black w/ rosewood. I love this guitar. From the SD web site: Quote Originally Posted by Evan Skopp View Post
Actually, the pickup is a Pearly Gates Plus, not a Pearly Gates. Mike Lewis, who was then head of Fender's guitar marketing (he's now running Gretsch) and I were the ones who worked out the pickups on that pickup. Mike had a background in retail sales knew what the Pearly Gates sounded like and he wanted that tone for this Strat. But, he wanted around 6dB of boost over and above a regular Pearly Gates for the bridge pickup. According to Mike, "When you go into the bridge position, I want a noticeable boost. And the Texas Specials are already on the hot side." So we took a stock Pearly Gates, changed the magnet from an Alnico 2 to an Alnico 5, and added a few hundred more turns. And viola! The Pearly Gates Plus was born.

The singles are Fender Texas Specials, not SDs.

Here's everything you never wanted to know, straight from Fender:

1996 Fender American Lonestar Stratocaster
Spec Sheet



Model Name: U.S. Lone StarTM Stratocaster®
Model Number: 010-7900-(Color#) and 010-7902-(Color#)
Series: Hot Rodded American Standard Series
Body: Alder (Ash on Sienna Sunburst (010-7902-847))
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood pn# (010-7900) or Maple pn# (010-7902), (9.5” Radius/241 mm)
No. of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.6875” (43 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine Heads: Fender/Schaller Deluxe Cast/Sealed
Bridge: American Standard Tremolo
Pickguard: White Pearloid on (809) Candy Apple Red, (844) Shoreline Gold, (845) Teal Green Metalic, (847) Sienna Sunburst
Tortoise Shell on (800) 3-Color Sunburst, (805) Olympic White, (806) Black
Pickups: 2 Texas SpecialTM (Neck & Mid),
1 Custom Wound Seymour Duncan® “Pearly Gates” Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade, Special Switching:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Middle Pickup and Front Coil of Bridge Humbucking Pickup (Rhythm and Lead Tone Controls)
Position 3. Middle Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck and Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup and Bridge/Middle Pickup Combination)
Colors: (700)* 3-Color Sunburst, *add $80.00,
(705) Olympic White,
(706) Black,
(709) Candy Apple Red,
(744) Shoreline Gold,
(745) Teal Green Metalic,
(747)** Sienna Sunburst (Only On Maple Fretboard 010-7902, **add $150.00 for Ash body)
(Polyurethane Finish)
Strings: Fender Super Bullet 3250L’s (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel pn#073-3250-003
Unique Features:
Source: U.S.
Accessories: Standard Molded Case
U.S. MSRP: $1,199.99, ($1,349.99 for Ash Body (847) Sienna Sunburst)
Specs: Prices and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice
INTRODUCED: 1/1996
DISCONTINUED: 6/2000
DISCONTINUED COLORS:
COMMENTS: Replaced by American Fat Strat Texas Special 8/2000
WRENCH SIZES: Truss Rod Wrench #023811 (1/8” Hex)
Saddle Height Adjustment Wrench #018531 (.050 Hex)

 

[pondcaster]

Congrat's, I have a teal version from the same year. Really nice versatile guitar.

Had one of those for 29 days back in the late '90s. Sweet guitar but traded it back for a AMDLX Fat Strat in the transparent teal.

 

[Post Toastie]

Did you get it from the Brea,Ca Guitar Center? I saw the same guitar there.

 

[gridlock]

Good looking Strats.
Congrats.

 

[TelekineticBoss]

I picked up a '99 in Metallic green about a year ago. One of the best playing strats I've ever had. I didn't care for the bucker in mine, but it wasn't the original. I've toyed with putting in a PG but never got around to it. Happy NGD!