Yeah, my Highway One is getting a little jealous. It's been hanging on the wall while I've been playing the heck out of the Squier.

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The time has gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say.

I play both about equal. I am short of flipping a coin to see which one I take off the wall. But until I bought the Squire, my Fender was all I played for the past 6-7 months.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

One more observation: 'a C-neck profile' on a 50's series guitar?? One more nod to economics of production. Just change the number of screws in the pickguard.

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The Gilmour also has a C shaped neck (atleast thats what is written in the specs) and thats supposed to be a '57 reissue neck....

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

That's correct. The neck on the Black Stratocaster was swapped off one of several 1983 newly minted 57 Vintage reissue guitars which Dave acquired. They were the first of the newly reorganized company's offerings. David had a white guitar, from which the neck was taken. The other was the soon to become the famous Red Stratocaster into which the EMG pickups were installed.

That neck profile is closer to the V-neck on my '89 Clapton that to the 'modern C' neck which Fender seems to put on everything, and I find both my Gilmour and my Clapton equally comfortable to play.

I would have expected the neck presently on the 50's Roadworn to be on this new Squier.

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"Another day in paradise!"

Did you notice STA3 markings on those supposedly alnico V pickups? Mine is CV 50s version and pickups are marked STA5 and are alnico III. What happened there? Otherwise it is an awesome guitar.

On the neck topic I noticed a quite a bit feel/shape resemblence in the MIM road worn and new 09 MIM standard. Nut and string spacing are a little narower than on MIAs. These Squires are Fender licensed and I would not be suprised if they are using new metric standard CNC cutting.