Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial Owner Manual
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- Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 1
American Deluxe Strat® Plus A Tutorial - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 2
Two Models American Deluxe Strat® Plus American Deluxe Strat Plus HSS - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 3
Solder-less Pickups on both American Deluxe Strat® Plus models can be swapped using quick connect plugs - no soldering! Compatible accessory pickup sets will be available for purchase soon. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 4
Personality Card System Both American Deluxe Strat® Plus models feature the new Personality Card System. Personality Cards allow the user to apply popular Strat electronics modifications simply by plugging in a new card. No soldering required. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 5
Personality Card System The Personality Card System is 100% analog and passive. No digital modeling is used and it does not require a battery. All the required modification circuitry is surface-mounted on each Personality Card. The card connects to the Strat with a 50-Pin connector. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 6
Personality Card System Every American Deluxe Strat® Plus ships with three Personality Cards: one Standard Card (pre-installed in the guitar) for normal Strat functionality, and two extra Personality Cards for modifications. The extra cards come with the guitar in a handy zip case that can hold up - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 7
Personality Card System Simply remove the installed card from the guitar, grab a new card out of the handy zip case, pop the new card into the guitar, and voila - you have just re-wired your Strat® with the modifications contained on the card. Each extra card contains a different mod. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 8
Personality Card System Each extra Personality Card has one major modification "hard wired" into it that is applied instantly upon plugging in the card. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 9
Personality Card System In addition, each extra Personality Card has a DIP (dual in-line package) switch box on the back which provides four more modifications that can be turned on and off as desired. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 10
American Deluxe Strat® Plus Two Colors Mystic Ice Blue Mystic 3-Color Sunburst - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 11
American Deluxe Strat® Plus Guitar Specs: • Alder Body • N3 Noiseless Pickups • Locking Tuners • Compound Radius • Two-Point Trem with Bent Steel Saddles • Satin Maple Fingerboard - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 12
American Deluxe Strat® Plus The American Deluxe Strat Plus comes with three Personality Cards: STANDARD BLENDER CUTTER The cards themselves are colored blue to indicate that they go with the American Deluxe Strat Plus with three single-coil pickups. A small graphic on the right side of the label - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 13
Standard Card With the Standard Card installed, the controls and switching of the American Deluxe Strat® Plus function as normal: standard 5-way pickup switching with a volume and two tone controls. This is illustrated on the next slide. It is important to note that the guitar will not produce any - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 14
Standard Switching - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 15
Blender Card With the Blender card installed, the middle tone control (T1) is converted into a master tone control and the bottom tone control (T2) is converted into a volume control that blends in the neck or bridge pickup, depending on the position of the pickup selector switch. This is - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 16
Blender Card - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 17
Blender Card The Blender Card also includes a DIP switch box that offers four selectable modifications in addition to the primary mod hard-wired into the card. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 18
Blender Card There are four numbered switches. Switches 1 and 2 control two different "treble-bleed" mods. These mods maintain highs as you reduce volume. Loss of high end when reducing volume is a common occurrence with Strats, and the treble-bleed mod addresses this issue nicely. You can choose to - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 19
Blender Card Switches 3 and 4 control two different tone control modifications that affect the amount of treble cut available when using the tone knobs. You can choose to have switches 3 and 4 on or off for different variations of the mod. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 20
Cutter Card With the Cutter Card installed, the tone controls are converted into a Master Treble Cut and Master Bass Cut for more focused control of tonal frequencies. This is illustrated on the next slide. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 21
Cutter Card - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 22
Cutter Card The Cutter Card also includes a DIP switch box that offers four selectable modifications in addition to the primary mod hard-wired into the card. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 23
Cutter Card There are four numbered switches. Switches 1 and 2 control two different "treble- bleed" mods. These mods maintain highs as you reduce volume. Loss of high end when reducing volume is a common occurrence on Strats, and the treble-bleed mod addresses this issue nicely. You can choose to - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 24
Cutter Card Switches 3 and 4 control two different tone control modifications that affect the amount of treble cut available when using the tone knobs. You can choose to have switches 3 and 4 on or off for different variations of the mod. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 25
American Deluxe Strat Plus® HSS Two Colors Mystic Black Mystic 3-Color Sunburst - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 26
American Deluxe Strat® Plus HSS Guitar Specs: • Alder Body • N3 Noiseless Neck/Middle Pickups • Twin Head Humbucking Bridge Pickup • Locking Tuners • Compound Radius • Two-Point Trem with Bent Steel Saddles • Rosewood Fingerboard - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 27
American Deluxe Strat® Plus HSS The American Deluxe Strat Plus HSS comes with three Personality Cards: STANDARD SPLITTER CUTTER The cards themselves are colored red to indicate that they go with the American Deluxe Strat Plus HSS with two single coil pickups and one humbucking pickup. A small - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 28
Standard Card With the Standard card installed, the controls and switching of the American Deluxe Strat Plus HSS function as normal: standard 5-way pickup switching with a volume and two tone controls. This is illustrated on the next slide. It is also important to note that the guitar will not - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 29
Standard Switching - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 30
Splitter Card With the Splitter Card installed, the humbucking pickup bypasses the tone control for a more "open" sound. In addition, it is split into a single coil (the bottom coil) when Position 2 of the 5-way switch is selected. This provides that classic and quacky "in-between" Strat® sound. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 31
Splitter Card - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 32
Splitter Card The Splitter Card also includes a DIP switch box that offers four selectable modifications in addition to the primary mod hard-wired into the card. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 33
Splitter Card There are four numbered switches. Switches 1 and 2 control two different "treble- bleed" mods. These mods maintain highs as you reduce volume. Loss of high end when reducing volume is a common occurrence on Strats, and the treble-bleed mod addresses this issue nicely. You can choose to - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 34
Splitter Card Switches 3 and 4 control two different tone control modifications that affect the amount of treble cut available when using the tone knobs. You can choose to have switches 3 or 4 on or off for different variations of the mod. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 35
Cutter Card With the Cutter Card installed, the tone controls are converted into a Master Treble Cut and Master Bass Cut for more focused control of tonal frequencies. This is illustrated on the next slide. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 36
Cutter Card - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 37
Cutter Card The Cutter Card also includes a DIP switch box that offers four selectable modifications in addition to the primary mod hard-wired into the card. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 38
Cutter Card There are four numbered switches. Switches 1 and 2 control two different "treble- bleed" mods. These mods maintain highs as you reduce volume. Loss of high end when reducing volume is a common occurrence on Strats, and the treble-bleed mod addresses this issue nicely. You can choose to - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 39
Cutter Card Switches 3 and 4 control two different tone control modifications that increase the amount of treble cut available when using the tone knobs. You can choose to have switches 3 and 4 on or off for different variations of the mod. - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 40
Summary American Deluxe Strat® Plus and American Deluxe Strat Plus HSS • Some of our best features available on a Stratocaster • Solder-less pickups for plug-and-play pickup swaps • A variety of compatible solder-less pickup sets will be available for purchase soon • Personality Card System allows - Fender 2014 American Deluxe Strat Plus Tutorial | Owner Manual - Page 41
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