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Disappointing from Fender.
I've had this now for approx 10 months. The pros are it looks great, the pickups are good, the hardware in general is good. However, the cons are: 1. As with most malmsteen strats, the vintage spaced bridge means the high E is practically falling off the neck and takes getting used to, however I knew that beforehand so not a big deal. 2. The nut was unplayable when it arrived, the B and G were getting stuck like crazy and twanging hard when they'd snap through, tuning was also very poor in general, again down to the nut (even with light stings, 8s a la malmsteen in fact). I had a tech look at it and after being re-filed its now okay. 3. The nitro neck is gloopy and sticky and you may need to sand it a bit with wire wool.
So overall now, having done some work on it, I'm happy with it. But having to do this kind of work on a €2k+ guitar is crazy and very poor from Fender. Also some players will have to put a new bridge on it due to the spacing, which is also crazy for a €2k+ guitar
So overall now, having done some work on it, I'm happy with it. But having to do this kind of work on a €2k+ guitar is crazy and very poor from Fender. Also some players will have to put a new bridge on it due to the spacing, which is also crazy for a €2k+ guitar
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