Cool! I always liked the idea of a Fernandes strat, partly due to Billy Joe Armstrong's Blue #1 Fernandes strat copy that he used on their earlier stuff, which I always liked. When I first shopped for an electric back in 2006, I started looking there but ended up with my MIM. Good luck with it settling in for you and with any mods you decide on. If you want to upgrade the pups, GFS (guitar fetish) has lots of options for strats.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson