My New Strat

[GodWentPUNK]

After 45 years, my first Fender.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300086045008&rd=1&rd=1

joe...

[jwoods986]

Congrats! Everyone should own, or at least try, a Strat at some point.

[fett]

You will love it. I have an American Strat and 4 MIM's and they just feel so different and so natural. Charvels and Jacksons feel like they do. But they don't feel like a Strat.

[emperor_black]

Good. But if I might suggest, never buy the highway 1 strats. They scratch very easily because Fender saved money by not putting a thick enough laquer on the bodies. That is why they are cheaper than the standard.

[bonghits]

Congrats! Everyone should own, or at least try, a Strat at some point.

I agree. I'm in fact in the process a putting together a "mutt" Strat kind of like Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 3-Tone Burst Fender Strat. It's a slow process though but I'm sure it'll be worth it once I'm done putting her all together.

[nonamemx]

Good. But if I might suggest, never buy the highway 1 strats. They scratch very easily because Fender saved money by not putting a thick enough laquer on the bodies. That is why they are cheaper than the standard.

[jcm800x]

Strats rule man, enjoy!

[emperor_black]

No, really, they have a very bad finish. I scratched mine just while trying to place the guitar on the stand. And once I was changing the height of the pickup and I had a small screwdriver in my mouth, the screwdriver slipped and fell on the guitar and there was a big dent. The nut was slotted so bad that the high E string would always slip off the fretboard. The frets had glue all over the base. I can keep going on and on but it was a bad bad buy!

[bonghits]

Good. But if I might suggest, never buy the highway 1 strats. They scratch very easily because Fender saved money by not putting a thick enough laquer on the bodies. That is why they are cheaper than the standard.

Maybe so but Strats to me looks better with scratches, dings, and all.

[emperor_black]

Maybe so but Strats to me looks better with scratches, dings, and all.

Ha ha Well put. personally, I like my guitars scratchfree.

[bonghits]

Ha ha Well put. personally, I like my guitars scratchfree.

I like my Jackson's scratch free also!

[toejam]

Good. But if I might suggest, never buy the highway 1 strats. They scratch very easily because Fender saved money by not putting a thick enough laquer on the bodies. That is why they are cheaper than the standard.

Uh, that finish is a matte satin lacquer. If you play it enough, it will get shiny... or just buff the whole thing out.

[VitaminG]

Good. But if I might suggest, never buy the highway 1 strats. They scratch very easily because Fender saved money by not putting a thick enough laquer on the bodies. That is why they are cheaper than the standard.

yea, they just don't finish Strats like they useta.... http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAM...e-Limited.html

[IrfaanSE801]

Dude, it's backwards and upside down! j/k, looks cool, congrats!

[kelly user]

i tried a highway one and i like it because it feels like it has a bigger radius than the standards and the MIM, what are they 9.5, the highway felt like a 10 or a 11, esp and gibson 12 is perfect for me