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  1. September 16th, 2005, 08:47 AM #1
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    Rob,

    I love my MIM Strat. It even says FENDER on it.

    It's the 2 color sunburst. I changed pickups though to the Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials. And I also relic'd the pickup covers and knobs to offset the overly bright white pickguard. I've owned American Standards in the past and love those. I sold most of them and had a couple of them stolen.

    I had this one Squire that was made in Japan once and man I tell you...that guitar was awesome. It was perfect. The neck was perfect and it just sounded so much like the way you think a Strat SHOULD sound. Like a dummy I sold that one for dirt cheap and later on tried to find the guy I sold it to so that I could buy it back! Never found him.

    I picked up a deluxe natural wood body Squire yesterday at Guitar Center and I really didn't like the neck on it. It was too bulky for my tastes. I have to agree with Robert that the 51's neck is sweet. I don't like overly laquer'd finishes either on necks.

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  2. September 17th, 2005, 05:35 PM #2
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    I have a MIM Strat and found it to be a better player than the MIA Strats that were in the store. I went there fully expecting to walk out with a MIA Strat. After 3 hours of playing, I got the MIM.

    It is a Honey Blonde with a RW neck. The model is a Players. It has a 12 radius neck, and med fat frets. I reliced all of the hardware with RS Guitars stuff. Did parchment plastics and installed WCR SR's with the RS Guitar electronics upgrade kit. It is an awesome Strat!
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    joek86, thanks for that info! I have heard many people talk about the MIM strats, I gotta try one. What is WSR SR's?
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    The WCR SR's are great single coil PUP's!


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    Interesting, I didn't know about those pickups, or the RS Guitarworks site. Did you notice a big improvement after you installed the electronics upgrade kit? Maybe that's what I need for my Squier Tele.
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  6. September 18th, 2005, 11:51 AM #6
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    I put it all in at once, so I really couldn't isolate the electronics influence on the tone. The guy fron WCR highly suggests the upgrade......... All I can tell you is that the tone is awesome and the tone and volume have a very full range and actually work !
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