Well, I haven’t seen any official announcement from Fender on either of these beauties, but I’m assuming this is another pre-Christmas move to try and get a fair number of lower-cost Strats under all those Christmas trees.
According to the small amount of info I have, Fender has now re-issued two of their popular “Texas Style” Strats––the Deluxe Lonestar & Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocasters––now built in Fender’s infamous Ensenada shop.
If my recent run-in with the excellent Mexican made Classic ’60s Strat is any indication, these two guitars may be packing quite a bit of punch considering their measly $549 street price… making them tempting Christmas presents for sure.
Specs The Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster will feature an Alder body, single-piece tinted Maple neck (“C” shaped, 25.5“ Scale Length,) Maple fretboard with 21 MJ frets (9.5” radius,) and all the usual accoutrements.
The big story here are a trio of red hot premium Texas Special Single-Coil Strat Pickups, 4-ply brown Shell pickguard, Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo, and all updated cosmetics.
In contrast, the Deluxe Lonestar sports dual Texas Special pickups, paired with an American Made Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Plus Humbucker at the bridge.
Like the Roadhouse, the Lonestar features an Alder body, 1-piece tinted Maple neck, single volume control, dual tone controls, and 5-way pickup switching. Both guitars ship with an included gig bag.
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December 1st, 2007 at 12:43 pm
I think I’m going into a Strat overdose. And I don’t even own one.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:28 am
While I don’t play the guitar I would love to own a Stratocaster Roadhouse Deluxe. It just sounds so cool.
December 5th, 2007 at 6:38 am
I’m sworn off inexpensive Strats….while they are great beater guitars (and great for learning), ultimately they’ll end up in the back of my closet. My 2002 American Deluxe is all the “new” Strat I need….If I consider another one, it will be a Relic or a true vintage Strat….and it would have to be a very special instrument.
I’d buy a pedal steel, ukulele, banjo, or a mandolin before I bought any new Strat at this point.
January 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I want to buy Fender Lonestar Stratocaster, but I want to know is it a good guitar for something harder like AC/DC, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath?
Because beside blues I want to play some rock and a bit of heavy metal, so is it a good rock guitar?
March 13th, 2009 at 12:00 am
If you are looking to buy a guitar, a Fender is a great choice. Fender guitars are absolutely durable, sound great, easy to play, and of course they look gorgeous.
June 8th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I have a 1996 fender Lonestar 50th anniversary edition the first run American originals one thing stands out on mine the maple fretboard. I use this guitar for modern music dropped a whole step aka drowning pool etc. A call this guitar the beast extremely brutal tones can be achieved in adjacent with my Mesa Boogie Rackmount Rectifier