Fender Classic Series '50s Stratocaster Electric Guitar  

Excellent player except for the pickguard which is era accurate but still cheap by todays standards. I really like the 7 1/4" neck radius as I own a 1965 L-Series Stratocaster and essentially grew up on the narrow neck size. PUPS are good but its a Stratocaster and if U dont like the PUPS swap them out to Noiseless, Texas Specials whatever fits the type of music your playing!

Very well built and easy to play set up out of the box.

Compared to other "reissues' a great item. I have owned three Road Worn 1960's Strats 2 arrived with bowed necks and the third had dead spots on the neck. They felt nice but if the necks warped or has dead spots whats the point ? No issues on the 1950's maple neck straight and true!

Excellent craftmanship, playability and color. I play on stage and no longer take high end instruments to gigs. This one is built to not only look and sound good but if damaged will be easy and inexpensive to repair. I will add a new pickguard and locking tuners but other than that a great bargain.

Agree with most of the players here, this guitar usually needs a good setup when the neck is adjusted with truss rod, the nut slots filed, bridge saddles proper height and intonated, it all depends on the particular instrument. Usually the truss rod needs to be firmed up, but here's a trick. Coax the neck by bending it in a backbow direction, carefully but firmly. This is a thin neck, if you hold the guitar sideways between your knees, with one hand on each side of the neck about 5-6 inches from the headstock, carefully apply firm pressure and bend it in a backbow direction. You will feel the neck bend. Don't overdo it. If you have previously adjusted the truss rod and found it maxed out, doing this simple fix will help set the neck. You may need to do this a few times and I found it works. Or remove the neck and do this fix, it may allow you to tighten up the truss rod a bit more, giving you great action with no fretting out once the neck really straightens out. Set the pickups fairly low, they sound better. My instrument is the Daphne Blue model, nice fit and finish, overall very good quality for a MIM Fender.

The 7.25 radius neck is very comfortable with V-shape near top end, chording is facilitated. Pickups actually have a good sound to my ears, bridge pickup OK a low volumes, but spikes when turned up. Finish is very good looking not sure how it will age or fade. My axe weighs in at about 7 lbs 12 oz, a decent weight. Has lots of sustain, I have the tremolo set quite low and that causes the saddles to be at a height that provides great action with a set of 9-42s and allows the guitar to really sustain. Good overall quality.

I bought my first Strat new in 1963...This guitar is pretty much the same..I own a dozen guitars...Overall quality is good..Its came setup pretty close..But they all require tweaking to your personal preference..My only negative was sharp extending fret ends...But again, even the most expensive have some of this...With a maple finger board, its pretty common..

A good buy for the price... And its all traditional STRAT...

I bought the Surf Green version about a year ago. The neck is tinted maple, maple fretboard. Vintage pickups and tremolo. Just bouth another one (two-tone) as a gift for my son.

The finish was flawless. No scratches, no drips, etc. The action was just a bit high for my taste, but I put on some good Elixer strings and adjusted the action a bit and in 15 minutes it was perfect for me. Intonation was almost perfect right out of the box.

The pickups give that classic, clear, Strat sound and are not bad at all, but are a bit low in output. That's not a bad thing though, as it's just the nature of the vintage pickups used in this model. I did replace the pickups with Texas Specials for more output, but I could live with the stock pups with no problem. Don't be afraid of this guitar being made in Mexico. The fit and finish is excellent.

This guitar is a very good value for the money. I own several Les Pauls, and although they are really beautiful and precice instruments, this guitar is really a much better value for the money.

Overall, I really like this guitar. The vintage tuners are solid and smooth. The guitar staed in tune reasonably well with tremolo use, but I blocked the tremolo because I don't really use that feature. With the tremolo blocked this guitar stays in tune as solid as a rock.

The soft V neck is fast and comfortable- very easy to play. The tinted maple fretboard looks great too.

As I said earlier, I just bought another one in the two-tone color scheme as a gift for my son. I have a bunch of different electrics- several Les Pauls, SG,  Epiphone, Schecter, Ibanez, American Strat, and the Mexican Surf Green Strat Reissue) and he thinks this one has the nicest feel. I'm more used to the flatter LP fretboard feel, but I can see where he's coming from. Anyway, I wouldn't have bought it for him if I didn't think it was a good guitar.

This is a very nice guitar. I recommend it without reservation.

I bought this guitar.....well, because I love strats.  Even though this is an import, it's a strat.  I've been playing strats for 35 years and always wanted a 50's strat.  Unfortunately, I just can't afford the real thing.  However, this guitar is very close to the original 50's strats.  I really like the 7.25" neck radius.  I was born and raised on the 7.25" necks and I just love them.  I wish Fender would make an american standard with the 7.25" neck.  The guitar came out of the box ready to play.  It needed minimal tweaking.  The fit and finish is perfect.  The pups are acceptable.  I dumped the soft case it came with and it is now stored in a hard case.  I'm definately happy with the guitar, it's fun to play.  It has fit right in with the rest of my strats ('76 strat, '04 american deluxe, classic 60's).  It's worth the price.