Got a MIJ Squire Strat, found locally in a pawnshop , Felt its mojo soon as I picked it up and plucked at it, Needed new bridge pieces , I didnt even plug it in, It was a Friday and folks were walkin in with cash, I didnt want somebody else gettin this magic MIJ , and wangled a deal for 150 out the door cash , Found the middle pickup not working but got that temp replaced, till I can get it re wound Replaced the bridge pieces with the newer Am Std type that are more palm friendly, straightened the neck , its now strung 10- 60s and its great, Local used guitar shop got 3 MIJ's in, and had one in already, He tried mine against all the rest and agreed that mine was far and away the best of the lot over all , I have a habit of naming my guitars that I really love, my Strat is " Suzie Creamcheese " from a VERY old Zappa song , I really like American Std Strats alot but I think this one is better than the Am Stds I have had , I gotta get Suzie's picks on here
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Originally Posted by ptate
Got one of these as a bag of bits that had been thrown together with a knackered, plywood body!?!?! (the original body had been mashed!).
Threw the ply away, then bought an '89 MIJ body (Nice lump of Alder in red) and put it back together.
Well, I hated it. After a lot of messing about, the action wouldn't go down, the "twang" from the singles didn't so anything for me, so I chucked it in a bag and left it rotting in the corner.
Then, last week..............I dig it out (for my every-so-often play; I do it with all my axes), clean up the sound on my amp (I "gained it" previously) and......BANG.......loved it.....SRV/Floyd/Frusciante tones a plenty........Played it for hours, then went back to my '70 GT/'90 Standard thrashing.
Didn't get the action too low, but it didn't seem to matter. I was amazed at the soul in her tone. I did replaced the pups some time ago with a new set of Fender Hendrix's, but ........Yeehaw.
So I now have a metal guitar (my '90 ebony Standard), rock/blues machines (both my '70 Deluxes) and a blues/Floyd/Frusciante maker (my Strat)....As well as the remainder of my "collection".
Anyway, to the point....Anyone else got an MIJ and what do you think?
I'll post pics later.
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