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Fender Stratocaster
 Make: Fender
Year: 2001
Model: Standard Stratocaster
Serial Number: MZ0229873
Made in Mexico
Type: 6-string electric guitar
  • Alder body
  • Maple neck
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 3 single coil Strat pickups (neck and middle swapped)
  • 1 volume, 2 tone controls
  • 5-position blade
  • 1 custom toggle switch
  • Scale: 648mm
  • Nut width: 42mm
This is a standard (Mexican) Strat with customizations in electronics. Many people make a big deal about American Strat, but the sound, feel and construction of this particular Mexican guitar is excellent. It may not have a good resale value, but so what. Its music value is great, at least to me.

I traded my old Epiphone Casino for this strat from a guitarist of the Retro Rockets. He made some modifications and had this guitar professionally setup. The neck and middle pickups are swapped, and a custom toggle switch is installed to turn on the bridge pickup as well as the tone control to the bridge. This wiring allows two unique humbacking modes (neck+middle, neck+middle+bridge) and a unique two single-coil mode (middle+bridge). The string actions are setup such that strings are allowed maximum vibration without compromising finger actions. The setup produces great acoustic quality.

I love this guitar.

Satoru Isaka
sisaka@visiondelmar.com