https://i.imgur.com/pKHfwfv.jpgI finally bought a new ( to me ) guitar on Monday after lots & lots of deliberation . . . Its the USA Pro II Stratocaster in Dark Night with a Maple Neck and its a joy play & hear . . . No amount of photograph's seem to catch exactly what I see with my own eyes, but the colour is awesome . . It belonged to a friend of mine, but he'd hardly touched in the months that he'd owned it . . .
It needed a mini setup & tune plus I also had to adjust the spring tension to get the Tremolo to sit as I like it to, but that took 10 minutes at best. Intonation was pretty much spot on and after a quick Fast Fret refresh of the string I switched on my Amp and had a play . . .
I absolutely love it, but it wasn't until then that I actually figured out that it had 9's loaded rather than my personal preference which would be 10's . . . I rang my friend, the former owner, and he confirmed that they were indeed 9's and that 9's were his favourite.
I honestly thought that 9's were too skinny until that moment, these are just divine, easier to bend , plus no real loss of tone . . . It a complete revelation for me and I've ordered 3 x Set of Ernie Ball's finest . . .
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I fitted them to my American Pro ii Strat for a little while last year but decided I prefer Kluson split post ones on Fenders generally, so the lockers have had very little use and I still have all the packaging.
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PS ... I used 8-38 when I was a teenager ... go figure
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