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Oympic white. had issues apon delivery and the neck was very unstable but after a 4 month out of case on the rack aclimation the neck has not stopped moving or flexing as we call it, Now its stable, Sound is authentic and true to the era. Nice guitar and for the money i cant wait to get another. This series nailed it.

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I just received mine from zZounds yesterday and I'm pretty blown away by it. The feel and the tone are right up there with my '55 custom shop strat. I feel like this one may even end up seeing a little more action than the custom shop. There's just something about that early 60's strat sound and this one nails it. It's got the glassy highs, that sort of hollow-ish midrange, and a nice thump in the low end. The neck is kind of a medium C shape. Fat enough to fill your hand but not too chunky and definitely not too skinny. It's also got a beautiful dark rosewood slab that's got a nice red swirl in it above the 12th fret. The finish is gorgeous as well. It very quickly became my #1. That being said, I do need to point out that the QC at Fender is still lacking. It came to me with the neck sitting crooked in the neck pocket. It's an easy fix but a brand new $2k+ guitar probably shouldn't come in like that. There's also a bad tuner that I'll need to replace. Small issues but enough to be a little off putting.. Those things aside, this is probably the best strat I've played in years. I just can't put it down.

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I just received mine from zZounds yesterday and I'm pretty blown away by it. The feel and the tone are right up there with my '55 custom shop strat. I feel like this one may even end up seeing a little more action than the custom shop. There's just something about that early 60's strat sound and this one nails it. It's got the glassy highs, that sort of hollow-ish midrange, and a nice thump in the low end. The neck is kind of a medium C shape. Fat enough to fill your hand but not too chunky and definitely not too skinny. It's also got a beautiful dark rosewood slab that's got a nice red swirl in it above the 12th fret. The finish is gorgeous as well. It very quickly became my #1. That being said, I do need to point out that the QC at Fender is still lacking. It came to me with the neck sitting crooked in the neck pocket. It's an easy fix but a brand new $2k+ guitar probably shouldn't come in like that. There's also a bad tuner that I'll need to replace. Small issues but enough to be a little off putting.. Those things aside, this is probably the best strat I've played in years. I just can't put it down.