I haven't owned a Squier strat in a long time, but lately some of the threads on here about the vintage modified and deluxe strats have grabbed my attention.

I was looking at the Deluxe and really like the Blue, and I got a Fender catalog this week that shows the vintage modified Squiers...the red with the red pickguard looks pretty cool.

Can anyone tell me a bit about both of these Squiers? How are the pickups and the hardware?