Upgrading from Player Strat to an American Strat worth it?
I currently have a Player Strat, with Gen 4 noiseless pickups, locking tuners, jumbo stainless steel frets with hemispherical fret ends, bone nut, all that good stuff.
I love my guitar. I love playing it, I love the way it looks, the way it feels on my hand, but for some reason, at the back of my mind, I feel like my guitar still isn’t “enough” (especially when I look at the truss rod). I’ve read countless posts and articles that say that the American strats are the best, and idk, maybe I’m just getting carried away by these posts, but still, I’m thinking if it’s worth it to buy an American one.
I bought my strat second hand from Facebook Marketplace, I got it for 30,000 pesos (that’s around 513 USD right now). All the upgraded parts cost me around 400 bucks, I think.
Currently, I have two options: buy a used American Standard strat on eBay (‘cause from what I heard, the Player and the Am Std have similar specs, except for the micro tilt) or buy an American Professional II strat (if I buy an AmPro II, I prefer it to be brand new).
Looking it up on ebay, a used American Standard strat is around 1400 bucks right now, and a used AmPro II is around 2000 bucks. A brand new AmPro II here in the Philippines cost around 2650 bucks.
I’m sorry for the long post. I guess my main point that I’m trying to make is: I already have an amazing, upgraded guitar that I love playing, but based on numerous videos, posts and articles, I’m being led to believe that the quality of an American made strat is just better.
Thoughts? Any help would be appreciated.
I currently have a Player Strat, with Gen 4 noiseless pickups, locking tuners, jumbo stainless steel frets with hemispherical fret ends, bone nut, all that good stuff.
I love my guitar. I love playing it, I love the way it looks, the way it feels on my hand, but for some reason, at the back of my mind, I feel like my guitar still isn’t “enough” (especially when I look at the truss rod). I’ve read countless posts and articles that say that the American strats are the best, and idk, maybe I’m just getting carried away by these posts, but still, I’m thinking if it’s worth it to buy an American one.
I bought my strat second hand from Facebook Marketplace, I got it for 30,000 pesos (that’s around 513 USD right now). All the upgraded parts cost me around 400 bucks, I think.
Currently, I have two options: buy a used American Standard strat on eBay (‘cause from what I heard, the Player and the Am Std have similar specs, except for the micro tilt) or buy an American Professional II strat (if I buy an AmPro II, I prefer it to be brand new).
Looking it up on ebay, a used American Standard strat is around 1400 bucks right now, and a used AmPro II is around 2000 bucks. A brand new AmPro II here in the Philippines cost around 2650 bucks.
I’m sorry for the long post. I guess my main point that I’m trying to make is: I already have an amazing, upgraded guitar that I love playing, but based on numerous videos, posts and articles, I’m being led to believe that the quality of an American made strat is just better.
Thoughts? Any help would be appreciated.