There is no way that you automatically have to haul apart a new MIM Strat/Tele etc. and replace everything with "quality" MIA parts. All this BS about MIM Fenders being inferior guitars is purely that -BS.Granted MIA Fenders may have superior build quality etc. but that doesn't mean that the MIM Fenders are automatically junk ,to think so is totally myopic and absolutely ludicrous.The most recent Strat that I bought was an MIM Jimmie Vaughn and with money being no object I still picked it out from at least 8 or 9 MIA and MIJ Strats that I tried.The JV had the feel and sound that I have come to love in a Strat.I've been playing 45 years and I currently own 30 guitars of many makes and vintages(mostly Fenders) and have owned and played many more over the decades.I think that this gives me the ability to know a great guitar when I play it.I have 3 MIM Fenders-2 Strats and a Tele and they are far superior to most guitars in their price range.I believe that most people that denounce MIM Fenders are just parroting what may have been the case(infrequently) in the 90s but that kind of statement has absolutely no foundation at the present.