Beautiful and sweet sound. Simply strat. I played 'Machine Gun' on it and it performed perfectly ... and for the record ... I DON'T WORK FOR FENDER ... this guitar was a surprise ... it's so simple but once it starts cookin' ... look out.

Compact ... like a small blonde woman.. has everything and very comfortable. You can dance with this axe. It dances back too.

Well made and resonant. Pickups don't miss a whisper. Five position switch takes you from Texas to New York to LA to London.

Good value. I got the axe at a sale. What a miracle too. Praise God.

Fender is tops. Can you imagine the music scene without them? Look how the Beatles even changed over to Fenders and Gibsons eventually. Fender is a - Great company as long as they don't spread themselves too thin. Verstile instruments and talented luthiers working with them.

Very sexy instrument in blonde with the maple neck. Lust is actually a good description... but of course one should not lust, so a better word is 'desire'. Guitar seems to beckon you to play it. As long as I know it isn't a demon .... I'm ready to play.

Active musician

bluesman

Great tones, clean as can be. There is almost no noise at all. I can get tons of sounds from this guitar just with the flip of the pickup selector. It's tone is the envy of all the others I play with.

The maple neck on mine has the nicest grain I have ever seen. I was told that the hardware on this guitar is sub-par to the other strats, but I actually really like the hardware that is on the guitar. It is vintage stuff.

I paid $400 for mine because of some blems and dings. I would have paid twice that for this guitar now that I own it. None of my other guitars come out of thier cases. I play 5 times a week.

Worship Leader, Recording Engineer

Rock, Contemporary

Classic Strat Sound. A bit twangy for certain things.

For an American-made strat, the price seems a bit low-end, but if you play with it, you'll understand it's not low-end at all. Also, the paint looks cool, but chips off easily. You can see this as good b/c it'll look vintage in a few years, but also bad.. well.. cuz it chips easily

Finish is excellent, you can see the pattern of the wood through the piant. As i've said, the cool paint chips off easily

For an American made, damn. this is definitely worth the value

Havne't had to deal with them yet

Def. worth it

Jazz, Blues, Lite Rock

Sound without effect modules is good, you can hear it's good without amp. Polytone100 does a good job with it in greater halls, Fender Frontman25 does it even better, though in smaller halls. I like to play it with Korg1500, adjusted blues selection and some distortion on the Frontman25.

Materials are ok, but I had to replace some small parts because it was using too many G-strings. It's better now. I wish it came with a hard case instead of the gig bag, but it's all about the price. I read some complains about the finish. Yes, it is damaged rather quickly; but it gives -as I see it- a warmer sound and a great 'worn-out' look...

It's ok. Only the g-string connection needed to be replaced. I think now it will go on for ages.

I think it's good value for money. And I think I go and try his big brother, the original USA strat, to see if I can hear the difference.

No need to phone them, my dealer is ok.

I think it's great! It was my first Fender. After buying it I layed it down on the carpet at home and was just looking at it for some time. Waaw, can you imagine, this is me, and this coconut baby is mine!

hobbyist/active musician

blues

a bit thin but use your good tube amp to make it pleasing

Uncluded setup guide,wrenches, and stealer also included tweed case for $40

pickups seem thin.Bridge is cheap need to replace

you can't get more for your money if Fender is your thang!

They repaired an amp I had for 4 years under warranty-no questions asked

picked rose wood neck with cream body. I'm almost always a sunburst sucker but this was appealing

35year hobbyist-occasional playout

all over the place-if its music I at least appreciate it

Sounds just like a good Strat should.

Gig bag is nice.

The neck didn't fit right, if the strings aren't set very high it will "fret out" at fret 13 and above, a real disapointment.

Yes, however I had to spend more to get it to play correctly.

N/A

I own the cocoe, I like the look.

hobbyist

Blues, classic rock