Stratocaster
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The U.S.-made flagship of the Stratocaster lineup, as beautiful as it is functional. This is the go-to Strat model—the latest iteration of a time-honored classic crafted for those who appreciate and aspire to pure Fender style and quality. An instrument at the very heart of Fender, the American Standard Stratocaster is where the real thing starts, built with the very essence of great Stratocaster tone, phenomenal feel and peerless performance.
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- #1Jun 7, 2025
What modern manufacturers still make long lasting BIFL-worthy items?
While it is true that enshittification is a thing, brands rise and fall, sale to equity can cause a deterioration in quality as short term people squeeze the value of out of a brand built over decades, etc, it's also a *very easy thing* to say on reddit and get people to updoot that x brand is not as good as it was back in the day, especially if there's some sort of private equity whatever. as an example, I have a pair of ray ban wayfarers from 2010 that finally got janky enough to where I retired them to the glovebox and bought another pair, last year. They are the same glasses. People say that Allen Edmonds has fallen off, Brooks Brothers has fallen off, etc, and maybe they have, but I don't necessarily take it as face value here. Anyways, first thing off the top of my head - I was sitting in my kid's room playing my 1998 Fender stratocaster this morning while they crawled all over me and I tried to keep them from touching the string ends. I have lots of guitars, lots of Fenders - the American made ones I have are still as excellent as they've always been (my '98 is an American Standard and has been sturdy under heavy abuse during my years as a touring musician) and the Mexican and Asian made ones are generally much better than the ones from the 90s early 2000s.
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What’s one product you bought that has lasted forever and was totally worth it?
American Fender Telecaster & Stratocaster. Have over 20 years on a few of them and they are still perfect.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Feb 2, 2025
What’s one product you bought that has lasted forever and was totally worth it?
Fender American Strat. It’s just built so damn well
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