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All I can see is AVRI stuff with 7.25 and skinny frets.
^^ This, also a hard case and a tone control on the bridge pup. Of coarse you can mod the tone control to work the bridge pup and buy a hardcase...but those things apart they're pretty close. Well I can speak of the 60's Classic Player - as that's one I owned till about a year ago. It even had the 2 point trem like on a USA Standard. I now have 3 USA Series/Standards and let my CP60's go for £400, losing me ony £50 on what I paid for it a year or so before. Had I kept it I'd have eventually got around to modding that bridge to work from a tone pot like on a USA.
I remember 1 gig when I was using my then CP60s Strat, and we do a cover of the GnR version of KOHD and in the 2nd solo it has a bend on the 22nd fret of the B string...then hits the 22nd top E the releases the bent note....and I only just realised a second or 2 before that in this instance I was missing the all important 22nd fret.. :
But if you think in terms of a used like for like, the differences seem worth the £200ish of extra wedge IMO.
Do the Classic Players come with rolled edges on the fretboard? I think I remember that being a benefit of the American. Also you get a hard case.
When it came to buying a Precision Bass, there was a higher end Mexican that was perfect for me which I bought, just like I'd have bought the Classic Player if I liked the look of it (although I'd have had to buy a case which would have reduced the price difference).
I may well have liked the pickups in the CP, couldn't tell you. I know I love the CS Fat 50s in my American Standard.
The screwdriver method does work on lacquered maple necks, but only hen its a relatively thin coat.... As @breakstuff discovered, there is a risk of lacquer cracking
this is a vid i did years ago - shown on unfinished maple prior to oiling.
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I always find it funny when people talk about better electronics in expensive instruments. Even if they wanted to replace all the electronics on a guitar or bass the day they got it, it'd be under 20 quid for the same ones used in high end instruments.
Same here. Can't see myself needing/wanting to upgrade to a US Strat any time soon. Maybe if I suddenly had a windfall of cash I might want an AVRI, but no way I could justify the extra cost under normal circumstances. The CP is plenty good enough for me.