Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

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It seems we've gone through several eras of Strat routing. My 1995 Deluxe Plus is swimming pool, my ~2000 American Deluxe body is HSH and I believe MIMs of the same era are HSS. Lately the MIM Classic series are SSS.

Any insight which ones are routed HSH from the factory? It might be easiest to do it partscaster style, but unless you hunt for good deals, a full guitar is usually cheaper.

Then again I could just bust out the router.
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Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

What the heck is this routing classified as? HSS with a little holiday weight?

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Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

i think some of the blacktop models come with humbuckers stock.
 
Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

PFDarkside said:
Then again I could just bust out the router.
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The beauty of a strat is the pickguard covers a large area and although you will want it to look pretty, you have a margin for error. Especially as getting a strat routing template is easy. I would not pass on a good deal due to the routing.
 
Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

Fender has HH American Standards, but you don't see them that often. I'd imagine that most Strats come with HSH routes as standard nowadays, except for maybe reissues or signature series. My Strat has an HSS cavity.
 
Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

I know the Squier Pro Tone series is HSH.

Great looking ash bodies!
 
Re: Which Strats are routed for neck Humbuckers?

The Deluxe American Stratocaster is HSH.
 
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