Satin Trans Fat Stratocaster HSS Review

The Satin Trans Fat Strat features a solid mahogany body, one Duncan Designed humbucking pickup (bridge) and two Alnico single-coil pickups (neck, middle).

Features:	10
Sound:	10
Action:	10
Reliability:	10
Impression:	10
Overall rating:	10
Users rating:	8.5
Comments:	2

overall: 10

Reviewed by: patduganz, on june 08, 2005

Features: The Satin Trans Fat Strat features a solid mahogany body, one Duncan Designed humbucking pickup (bridge) and two Alnico single-coil pickups (neck, middle). // 10

Sound: I love this guitar. I play everything from Nirvana to Jeff Buckley, as well as Elliot Smith, and Velvet Underground and this guitar does it all. I have an awful amp, but this guitar gives a great sound out of it anyway. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar store I bought it at set the action low, so I don't know how it comes from the factory, so I guess I'm actually rating the store and not the good folks at the Indonesian factory. The finish is awesome looking as well, especially with the chrome knobs. // 10

Reliability & Durability: // 10

Impression: As I said, I play lots of different music. Pixies, Femmes, Bright Eyes, and on and on. This HSS Strat is absolutely the single best guitar I have ever played that cost under $500. I mean, of course a Les Paul, or an actual Fender stands a chance of sounding better, but the price of this guitar is well worth it. Having played it non-stop since I bought it I can honestly say I would have paid more. If you want a Fat Strat buy this guitar. // 10

Comments

[samuel_mash]

I have one of these in the pictured honey colour and I love the shit out of it. I have had a lot of problems getting it to play like it should, but now that it does I am well chuffed with it. Just little things like the pickups being wired badly (the humbucker was wired out of phase, just switch the wires) and there were no pickup springs in it. I have now replaced the el cheapo plastic nut with a graphtech trem nut and am looking 4 a wilkinson bridge cos the stock one is crap. ooh, and ditch the single coils, they r weak as ****. Great platform for mods, but I just cant think of anything more 2 do to it lol!

[samuel_mash]

I have one of these in the pictured honey colour and I love the shit out of it. I have had a lot of problems getting it to play like it should, but now that it does I am well chuffed with it. Just little things like the pickups being wired badly (the humbucker was wired out of phase, just switch the wires) and there were no pickup springs in it. I have now replaced the el cheapo plastic nut with a graphtech trem nut and am looking 4 a wilkinson bridge cos the stock one is crap. ooh, and ditch the single coils, they r weak as ****. Great platform for mods, but I just cant think of anything more 2 do to it lol!