Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

[StrangeSound]

Hey,

does anyone possess the guitar? How do you like it? I´ve been looking out for these..since yesterday :laugh2: Dunno..they look cool and they´ve got what I need but I´d replace the single-coil in the bridge for a humbucker in single-coil size, cause a HSS is my combo.

I´ve got an Ibby now but a Strat would fit better the Jazz/Fusion stuff I play.

Any quality issues? What are the "normal" (~1200€) strats made of and how does ash sound like?

I heared it´s a love/hate thing in the Fender-Community.

Any thoughts are welcome!

 

[suislidE03]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

I actually played one of these in a local store last summer i think. I really digged it, especially for the price. From what i remember i didnt see a big difference between it and some americans i played. If i get the money to get a fender, that will be my first choice.

 

[Lake Placid Blues]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Lite ash sounds pretty good. I have played a few Fenders and some G&L's made of light weight swamp ash. I like it, if it's light weight, and usually with a rosewood finger board.

Compared to a standard USA Fender of alder, the sound is more crisp, with a sharper pick attack. Additionally, Lite Ash has comparitively tighter, deeper, bass, scooped mids, and brighter, clearer, treble. Sustain is usually a bit better.

With ash the lighter the better. Rather heavy ash guitars sound sterile and thin to me.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

odd, but the lite ash strat and tele are some of the heaviest recent fenders i have played. try several out if you can, but the few i played were quite heavy. maybe 'lite' meant the wood color?

 

[dgk2448]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

I played a lite ash telecaster a few back and it was one of the best guitars I"ve ever played. I'm sure the strat is jsut as good

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Wicked! Good news..now I´m pretty motivated :fingersx:

Thanks for the comments!

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Get a HW-1 instead.
Never tried a Liteash I liked that much, something about them does not feel right.
The necks are strange and the ash is not all that much of a good quality.
Or dig up some old ESP Navigators or a 400 series strats.
Old 80's Tokais are quite cool too, but very vintage, so therefor the ESP Navigator might be the thing?
HW-1's are routed ssh by the way.

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Get a HW-1 instead.
Never tried a Liteash I liked that much, something about them does not feel right.
The necks are strange and the ash is not all that much of a good quality.
Or dig up some old ESP Navigators or a 400 series strats.
Old 80's Tokais are quite cool too, but very vintage, so therefor the ESP Navigator might be the thing?
HW-1's are routed ssh by the way.

Ok thanks...I´ll consider to test some HW-1, too.

ESP Navigator...I should seek on ebay for them or is it a regular production?

I hope they´re not that expensive..the Lite Ash and HW-1 are leveled on a quite moderate price-range.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Used to be ESP's highend strat model in the 80's and 90's.
They have flatter radius plus 22 frets, and are in general great guitars, had quite a few of those
Never figured out why I sold them
They are mostly sss routed, but adding that extra routing should be easy.

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Ok, cool.

I´m gonna check out the lite ash first and compare it to a Hw-1.

I think...I don´t want a real humbucker..perhaps I´ll throw a Hot Rail into it...hm..well let´s see.

 

[SpeedDemon]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Lite ash's are a hit miss thing as far as I know? I have played 3 of them. I played one that blew, but that was becasue of the setup. The second one I played had some major mojo and it rocked real good. I played a third one after that, that I just couldn't dig. I like them when their setup well though.

 

[Ocifer]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=65352&highlight=Lite+Ash

Good post about it there... I played the LA Strat a little while ago, really good buy I think.

EDIT: I would also suggest saving up a bit more and going for Jimmie Vaughan Strat... I own one and I'm very happy with it.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

The neck on mine did the pretzel act. Beware of lemons.

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Fender Strat Lite Ash anyone?

Thanks to everybody!

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=65352&highlight=Lite+Ash

Good post about it there... I played the LA Strat a little while ago, really good buy I think.

EDIT: I would also suggest saving up a bit more and going for Jimmie Vaughan Strat... I own one and I'm very happy with it.

I really dig that one http://fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0139202305

Cool, never heared of that one before but it seems very steady.

Thank you!