hey taib here
a few days ago i got a mexican made fender strat just want to know some stuff about it.
finish on the guitar looks weird ill show in pics.
i do have an old HM strat and had come accros alot of other guitars in my life some i sold and some of friends.
but never a mexican fender.
so first would the neck plate be blank like this one?
also the fret dots are abit offset is it right?

Hi taib,

Very nice looking guitar! The Standards are some fine Strats. Yes, the neck plates are blank on the Standards, and the dot spacing is correct. The finish looks good to me, what do you see as wrong with it? If you are referring to the body relief on the back being all black, that is normal for a Standard also.

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thanks man
yea the paint on it wasent sure.
also yea the dot offset.
thanks for clearing it out for me mate.

I enlarged the photo of the entire guitar. The position markers are spaced correctly on the neck, but it appears that the low E is shifted closer to the neck edge than the high E. Nothing unusual. All that is needed is to loosen the four neck bolts slightly, hold the guitar body tight, and shift the neck until the two Es are spaced evenly from the neck edges.

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thanks for that
i think im gonna send it for a new setup and 010 strings.then that will fix all the set problems.
also started lookin into pickups ann stuff not sure about the bridge and also fees like the tuners maybe first and second string loosin tune could be the old srings but not sure.
lookin to get s-5 middle pickup and mix it with tex specials
not sure about what bridge to use and also the rest of the elctrics

I have Fender SCN pickups in my MIM Standard. I replaced the tuners with Schaller locking tuners. I replaced the electronics with a better grade CRL switch and teh pots with CTS pots. I also replaced the bridge saddles with stainless steel ones from Guitar Fetish and the bridge block with a steel one, also from Guitar Fetish.

Not sure which model you have so be sure and measure the string spacing before replacing anything with regard to the bridge.

http://store.guitarfetish.com/Upgrade-S ... p_773.html

http://store.guitarfetish.com/Upgrade-S ... c_219.html

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thanks

but need more info
i know what sound im after so know the pickups i need,what about the rest is it worth cahngin the whole bridge?or just parts of it?i know ill get the tuners later on .
not sure about the electrics as its all new to me(or stlist reminding my self)
any info wellcome!
also what type wood the body made out of?

the bridge will make a noticable difference, if the pots are scratchy then thay can be cleaned otherwise if there are no problems with it then you shouldnt need to change anything unless you want to change the tone, you could ecperiment with different k rating pots and changing the cap...

as for the body wood, i couldnt enlarge the images but from looking at the pics it looks like it could be ash or alder... looks like ash to me... cant realy see properly though

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Looks like you've received all the info you need so I just want to welcome you to the forum. Enjoy your new acquisition my friend!

Welcome to the Fender Lounge!

Great guitar man, I love the sunburst with white pickguard.

I was looking at the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails for my strat. They've got mp3 samples on their site of all of their single coil-sized humbuckers. To me the Hot Rails sound great, and the Lil' 59 was really good too.

Hi and welcome to the forum,I have 3 MIM Fenders-2 Strats and a Tele-and I wouldn't change a thing about them including the pups.If you are considering popping in new pups though check out the Tex-Mex-they're just great.Enjoy your new Strat.

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so like bluesky636 i saw the neck wasnt straight so fixd it
go some s-5 pickups on the way that should sound good.
still need a set up i think ill do that after the pickups will be instaled
(also biddin on a nother older mim strat i think late 90s

Welcome. I expect that you know that its a 2006 serial number, and not beyond modding to the nines' if you see fit.

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yea i know this one is a 2006.what do you mean bout the 90s?

'To the nines' Grasshopper. It's a well worn phrase which denotes 'completeness'.

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