Your thoughts on the stock pickups it came with?

The specs say "3 Vintage single-coil pickups with Alnico V magnets".
I think they are the same pickups that come in the American standard strat. I just restrung guitar with 10's. They sound real good through my PRRI.

That is a beautiful Strat you have there.

Thank you for the compliment. I really like strats. especially cool colored blue ones...
I usually like maple boards better, but I made an exception this time. Sonic blue probably looks nicer with rosewood. pearloid pickguard is a bonus too.

Yes the sonic blue with the rosewood fretboard is gorgeous.
I need one to go with my surf green one.

That surf green is nice. Is that a pearloid pickguard? what strat model is that?

I have an MIA YJM sonic blue, and a MIM CP60s sonic blue, they are very different, the MIM being a much lighter colour!

It's a mim 50s strat and I added the pearloid pg.

More colors have been added in addition to sonic blue for the FSR strat on Musician Friend and Music123. They have surf green, Purple, & Dakota red now. They had the pictures of those colors when I ordered my sonic blue, but you were'nt able to choose those other colors. Now, you can order all of the colors in the pics. The surf green looks cool too.
http://www.music123.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitars/Solid-Body-Electric-Guitars/2010-FSR-American-Standard-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar.site7prod423642.product