Pretty effin nice lookin strat! Solid.

Funny you mention a black beauty, I've just been looking at a Epi one of them. Very nice and frets over the binding too.

Them anodized pickguards cost the earth over here. £40 odd last time I looked. Very classy though, and they look great worn too.

Perhaps I ought to explore ideas involving flatulent bacteria as a way of making enough money to afford one.

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Ninja........(In my best scarface voice) "Hey Manny....you wanna know what I want? I Want The World chico and Everything In It!"........

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Your Fender HSS Standard Stratocaster in Electron Blue was made at the Fender Ensenada Plant in Mexico in the Year: 2008.
Final Assembly Date: July 30th, 2008
Model Number: 013 4700 587
Serial # MZ8031252

Groovy

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haha, often are the best buys with no plan before.

looks great, congratz and enjoy.

cheers

Yeah that's a nice color combination. Is the pickguard metal? Or plastic?

I have a 87 black squier I wouldn't mind doing that to, right now it has black pickup covers and black knobs, but a white pickguard. Only thing is it has the System I Tremolo so the cutout in the pickguard for the bridge needs to be a little wider than normal. So if it's metal, that would be a lot harder to alter.

It was a lovely guitar to start with but the gold pickguard makes it outstanding.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

she looks great

Thanks again to everyone.

JasonSD, the pickgaurd is aluminum.

I like that this pickguard sits flush against the body. The plastic/cellulose pickguards have a gap over the middle pickup most likely due to to original factory pick gaurd mounting holes being slightly off.

Niki, a bud of mine plays an Epi BB custom. They are very nice. I did notice his had frets over the binding also. I love my strat, but the Lester is very pleasing. If you end up grabbing one, post some pics.