I can certainly believe that they are a very nice guitar, I just haven't run across one yet to test drive. I will sooner or later though. Congratulations on your purchase!

Im with you I love my 50s RW

Congrats, I'd love to play one. Pics!?

Cool sounds like you found a Diamond in the rough Me I have yet to play one that I could warrent paying 9 bills for. I tried 3 off the display at GC and a number at Bill's. A few weeks back I set two up (my cut was 70.00) and they played nice but I could not go that amount on them.

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Good for you Bro, Glad you got a kick a** guitar. I spent my intire musical life trying to keep my guitars and basses looking cherry. i just cant see paying that amount of money for someyhing that looks like crap. unless it's vintage. but glad your happy with it and many years of happy playing to you.

I SEE YOUR POINT DUDE BUT I REALLY THINK IT LOOKS VERY COOL WHAT ARE YOU 100 YEARS OLD BUT HEY WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE DIFFERENT TASTE TAKE CARE MAN

JUST LEARNING THIS COMPUTER THING WHEN I FIGURE OUT HOW I WOULD LOVE TO PUT UP SOME PICS CHECK OUT YOU TUBE FENDER ROAD WORN THE WHITE 60S STRAT LATER MAN

M AY BE A LITTLE OVER PRICED BUT ARENT ALL GOOD FENDERS TALK TO LATER

Congrats, Koocho, great choice! I love my 60's sunburst, can't put it down! I wish you, and the rest of us Road Worn fans many satisfying years with these axes!

It feels and sounds great, and to me is a great value. I'm not saying that $949 is a drop in the bucket, but to be fair, I have to compare this to the other 60's Strats that Fender currently sells, and how they differ from the RW.

MIM Classic Series 60's Strat - $919.00 for rosewood/sunburst. Thin vintage frets, thick polyester finish, standard pickups, generic bridge pieces.

MIM Classic Player 60's Strat - $1109 for rosewood/sunburst. Modernized with 12" radius, two-point bridge, '69 pickups, polyester finish

MIA Vintage '62 Strat - $1939 for rosewood/sunburst. Nitro finish on body and neck, USA vintage pickups, Gotoh tuning machines, usa vintage bridge, thin vintage frets, 3-way switching

So if you are after a 60's style Strat, you can see that the Road Worn is a fair value at $949 since you are getting a nitro finish on the body, Ping tuners and bridge, jumbo 6105 frets, and Tex-Mex pickups.

BUT even with the above mentioned justification of price, the hurdle for many is the 'relic' look. Personally, I love it. However, I also think that if Fender got rid of the Classic Series strat and replaced it with all the features of the Road Worn without the 'relicking' (is that a word?) and offered it for just under a grand, they would have a sure winner that would easily be 'relicked' naturally and fairly quickly.

IALSO LOVE THAT 50S ROADWORN BUT I ALREADY HAVE A 57 REISSUE MIM 1998 SURF GREEN I PUT 69 CUSTOM SHOP PICKUPS IN IT BUT IF IT SOUNDED AS GOOD AS YOUR RW I WOULD HAVE LEFT THE TEX MEX IN LATER GUY

HEY WOW U REALLY KNOW YOUR STUFF YOUR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT NITRO FINISH IS INCREDIBLE MAYBE WITHOUT THE RELICKING THE OTHER HALF WOULD SURELY KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AT AT LEAST GIVE IT A FAIR GRADE TALK TO U LATER

I THINK YOU WILL REALLY BE SURPRISED WHAT A FINE GUITAR IT IS YOULL LOVE THAT NITRO FINISH TALK TO U LATER

It's nice to see Road Worn getting some love. And how about those fine Tex Mex pickups??

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Welcome to the forum, koocho! I'm glad you enjoy your new guitar, but please take the following in the spirit in which it is offered:

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.