Top Alternatives to Fender American Stratocaster 🎸

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Recently Fender released the new American Ultra Luxe Vintage line and sent over the 60's Stratocaster for me to check out, its a great guitar but it got me thinking...Who is this guitar for? And are they trying to win back some of the market lost to PRS and Suhr? So I decided to shootout the Fender against other American made Strats to see who's building the best one today.

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Fender American Ultra Luxe Vintage 60's Stratocaster
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/BnLJbW

PRS Silver Sky (these are currently $400 off!)
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3J1xyk

Suhr Classic S Antique
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qzd3ZN

Suhr Classic S (non antique)
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKP047

G&L S-500 (r.i.p.)
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7agrnd

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:18 Thanks to Sweetwater
1:54 Fender Ultra Luxe Sound & Thoughts
5:27 There is a problem with the Fender
6:00 PRS Silver Sky Sound & Thoughts
9:33 My gripe with PRS
11:30 Suhr Classic S Antique Sound & Thoughts
14:46 G&L S-500 Sound & Specs
17:20 Theres an issue with the G&L
18:03 Who makes the best strat?
19:03 Let's talk about Fender
21:35 Fender builds too many strats
21:43 What do you think?