i am buying one of these guitars anyone have any info on them i.e. what body wood is on the sunburst solid or not how about the bridge is it the larger block trem. anthing would be helpful thanks als68

anybody seen these or heard of them?

I never heard of a 5760 until I saw your post. I had to google it. Maybe you should too. Body wood is alder. The bridge is probably the same as a MIM 50's or 60's Classic series, so not as hefty as a block as MIA Reissues.

Google is your friend. Here ya go: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sour ... f&aqi=&oq=

http://www.portlandmusiccompany.com/5760.html

This Strat has some cool features!

Description and specs:
Designed by Portland Music Company for the AIMM group. Limited run of only 250. Combining desirable features of both 50’s and 60’s era Stratocasters, the 5760 features a 2-color sunburst alder body, vintage style pickups with staggered Alnico 5 polepieces, rosewood fretboard, and vintage hardware.
Features:
• Body: Alder
• Neck: C-shaped maple, gloss polyurethane finish
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets
• Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
• Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42mm)
• Hardware: Chrome
• Machine Heads: Fender/Ping® vintage-style tuning machines
• Bridge: Vintage synchronized tremolo
• Pickguard: 1-ply parchment
• Pickups: Three vintage style single-coil Strat pickups with staggered Alnico 5 polepieces
• Controls: Master Volume, 2 Tone
• Unique Features: 50s body style with 60s neck profile.

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i did google it and saw what you did but just wanted to ask the experts doesnt seem to be much info out there on this model. i have two other strats one clapton blackie from 98 with gold lace p/u. and a freak srv home build. thanks for reply.

this might be a dumb question but where does the neck radius come into play . my clapton has a 9.5 radius and this mim 5760 has 7.25 what is going to be the difference. where is this measured? thanks als68

Much the same as the Knopfler strat. Thats a 62 neck on a 57 body, so would be a 5762.

Looks a nice guitar.

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one more thing and this has prob been beaten to death what do you guys think of the mim honestly . this is a 2007 mim .

I think the mim is alright the 60s classic players are great guitars. Even the standards are good for the money. I think the MIA are better but cost more.

I think MIM's are sometimes great and sometimes duds. My personal favourite is my old MIM thats been modded to a insane degree over the years. Its my goto guitar despite owning others that cost ten times its price.
Anyone else may think its crap. The guitar doesnt care and neither do I.

Its down to the guitar and more importantly how much time you are prepared to invest in it as a instrument. My MIM didnt feel like it does now fifteen years ago when I bought it. Much less stand any chance of competing with my customshop guitar. The thing has molded itself to me and I to it, over the years.

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Sorry, little late to the show.

Did you ever get this?

yes [img]http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz224/als682010/5760_2.jpg[/IMG[IMG]http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz224/als682010/st12.jpg[/img]]i bought it and its a real nice guitar sounds great and plays like butter

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ithought i read somewhere that the mim sunburst strats had and alder body with some sort of maple veneer on top and back . when you look under the pickguard and the back plate of the 5760 that i have you can see this is not true at least on this guitar . what gives i did not think that alder grain was this nice well i guess i am wrong