I know this might sound dumb but I recently traded for a MIM Strat at a guitar show. The Strat has an ash body with a blue translucent finish, all gold hardware, maple fretboard with the standard (as opposed to the
Deluxe, 50's-style headstock logo), wbw pickguard, serial number starts with MZ5.

It appears from the cosmetics to be a Deluxe Player or some sort of Super Strat but it does NOT have the push-button pickup switch that gives you 7 pickup combinations.

The pickup covers do NOT say "Noiseless" on them either.

I took off the pickguard and the pickups do not look like the Fender noiseless pickups I have on another guitar (they have two bar magnets across the bottom of each pickup.)

Can anyone give me an idea of what model this is and what pickups are on it?

Thanks!

Pictures are always helpful,but it sounds like you got a deluxe player strat that someone swapped the electronics out on.JMO.

It sounds like standard MIM strat pick ups, BUT WE NEED PICTURES.

Sounds like a nice guitar.

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