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(More customer reviews)I bought one in gold. It had everything I wanted on paper. Medium Jumbo Frets, comfortable neck profile, custom shop designed pickups and other than the bridge, a nice vintage look. I love Strats and have owned several. This one is a favorite of Fender forums for those wanting good value strat that's a step up from the base Mexican Standard Strats.
The biggest problem with the guitar is the finish. One downside to the vintage truss rod setup is you must remove the neck to adjust the truss rod. When mine was adjusted, the finish near the back of the neck plate began cracking. One small piece chipped off which then spread to adjacent area much like a hard boiled egg. The finish was unusually thick. This happened to a second area of the guitar. Once the finish cracked, the adjacent paint quickly chipped away. When I contacted Fender, I was told it was not covered by any warranty because the finish chipped away due to "impact" (it did not). The local repair shop said this wasn't unusual for a poly finish Fender. For $800, Fender should do better. They wouldn't even inspect the guitar when I offered to ship it to them to see for themselves. I eventually repainted it and the painter said removing the original paint was trivially easy, it just fell off.
If you must get a Fender, I'd recommend one of the nitro finish guitars such as the Highway One or perhaps the Eric Johnson. Perhaps I had an unusually bad paint job but if I did, Fender did nothing to correct it.
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