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join the conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/CagkDVMkSf Recently Fender released the new American Ultra Luxe Vintage line and sent over the 60's Stratocaster for me to check out, its a great guitar but it got me thinking...Who is this guitar for? And are they trying to win back some of the market lost to PRS and Suhr? So I decided to shootout the Fender against other American made Strats to see who's building the best one today. Thanks to @sweetwater for sponsoring today's video. Check out the guitars here [affiliate links] Fender American Ultra Luxe Vintage 60's Stratocaster https://sweetwater.sjv.io/BnLJbW PRS Silver Sky (these are currently $400 off!) https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3J1xyk Suhr Classic S Antique https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qzd3ZN Suhr Classic S (non antique) https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKP047 G&L S-500 (r.i.p.) https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7agrnd All the tones today were from my AxeFX III Check out my Tone Course — now available at a discount https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-tone-course?coupon_code=082625YT&product_id=2869122 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:18 Thanks to Sweetwater 1:54 Fender Ultra Luxe Sound & Thoughts 5:27 There is a problem with the Fender 6:00 PRS Silver Sky Sound & Thoughts 9:33 My gripe with PRS 11:30 Suhr Classic S Antique Sound & Thoughts 14:46 G&L S-500 Sound & Specs 17:20 Theres an issue with the G&L 18:03 Who makes the best strat? 19:03 Let's talk about Fender 21:35 Fender builds too many strats 21:43 What do you think?