Fender Review: Standard Mexican Stratocaster

History:

Purchase: I got this guitar at Sam Ash and paid about $350 for it. Ive had a BC Rich warlock bronze series, and wanted a good upgrade. I knew Fender made great guitars and wanted some sorta strat but something not too expensive.

What I Like About This Fender Standard Mexican Stratocaster: I like the look of the guitar and the whammy bar. It has a good feel to it and its built to last. Awesome construction and is very sturdy.

What I Do NOT Like About The Fender Standard Mexican Stratocaster: Them dang single coil pickups are god frikin' noisy, except when your using 2 pickups at a time on the selector, then its fine. I replaced the strings with Dean Markleys blue steel strings and they sound so much better than those crapy wires it comes with. And on my warlock, i could play solos and bend the strings way further and faster than on this fretboard. They are both rosewood but the strats feels sticky and slow.Maybe it could also the size frets that causes this prob. It also needs 24 frets! And more sustain.

Fender Standard Mexican Stratocaster Quality Rating: Built to last forever, very sturdy, strong, great tuners, that kick ass fender quality.

Review Summary: A good guitar, a little expensive for what you get, still sounds a lot better than the warlock,Has a warm clean tone to it. Its also the last Fender I will own, but its still only a standard. A little disapointed in Fender, i would expected better.

Rating of this Fender product: 3

This Fender Standard Mexican Stratocaster Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Joe Spirito

Review Date: 2005-04-09