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A Strat is a Fender.
All you ‘high end’ lovers/manufacturers fook off, make your own guitar.
That is all
seen it all before.
I can can kinda see why someone would go a different route, for all the options of the Custom Shop, I found it incredibly difficult to find one with the spec I wanted.
But that's just me, I'm sure there are many other options they don't offer - other manufacturers' hardware, for example. And presumably you're limited to mostly Fender pickups, standard electronics etc but I wasn't bothered about that.
There's room for all of them and obviously, demand.
I remember buying a nice MIJ Strat in the early 90s and taking it to Chandlers for one of their 'superstrat upgrades'. After discussing it with them, looking at the pros and cons, like cost, features, resale value etc I got a mega-deal from Doug and ended up part exchanging it instead for a Tom Anderson which ticked all the boxes from the get go.
All six of the MR choices look like shit.
The End.
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“The instruments are an update to the original Ernie Ball Music Man Modern Classics that were designed by Leo Fender in 1975.”
Firstly I wanted a NOS finish, that immidiately narrows it to about 10 Custom Shop Strats nationwide!
Then preferred neck choice was ‘65 C, but compromised on Oval 60’s as simply none about.
Would have also liked a satin back to the neck but hey I can do that myself.
Pickups - 60’s fine, but would have liked something a wee bit hotter in the bridge.
So I guess what I’m saying is I’ve ended up with a great guitar, but it will need tweaking to get it just right, but actually something like a Suhr Classic is probably closer to my spec and more readily available, that’s why they are valid options.
The vast majority of rosewood-board '60s CS Strats seem to have the mid-60s Oval C profile, the vast majority of '50s CS Strats have the 57 or 10/56 V profiles. I'd quite like a '60s Strat with a rosewood board and a 10/56 V - I have seem a few but only as dealer custom orders.
My Strat has mostly '70s spec but with a 54 U profile neck, I'd never have found that in a shop.
That definaltey sounds like made off shore and assembled in the USA.
If you want something modern go spec a CS or buy an Ibanez RG550/Jem