• Great Value, Real Strat!

  
  As reviewed by Joe Paradise on 5/24/2012

  This Strat holds its own with the American models, surpasses the Ensenada models, and costs a lot less than either one. It doesn't have the fancy rolled edges of the American, and the pickups are "Duncan Designed" instead of Custom Shop '69s, but whatevs - the beauty of Leo's design is that even with budget materials, a Strat is a Strat it still plays and sounds like it should. When I became a casualty of the Bush recession 4 years ago, I had to sell my USA-made Malmsteen Strat - and I think I like this one more. I bought a no-name Strat copy to hold me over till I could replace the Yngwie, and it did the job, but never felt right. Unlike that guitar, this feels, sounds, and plays like a Strat in every way, and bonus, it looks just like Ritchie Blackmore's form his The neck feels perfect, fretwork has no issues as all (and I quite like the small vintage frets after having played on Medium Jumbo for so long), and the finish looks great. Pickups are nice and raspy, ver little noise, and sound great thru my Pignose 7-100, aka the greatest guitar amplifier ever. One thing I did when I got this guitar was change the trem block - Squiers come with this thin zinc trem block that just feels flimsy when you use the bar- but a $18 steel GFS replacement block solved that issue and was a stupid easy fix that anybody can do. But this is a great value, and if you're a fan of the big-headstock Stratocaster, this is a great way to go.

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• A True Tone Monster ,For A Fraction Of the Price Of A MIA Model !

  
  As reviewed by Jeffrey Osgood on 2/25/2013

  I happened to scoop up one of these used,last week from one of the GC stores online. It just came in a couple of days ago and it was worth every penny I paid for it. Squier has really upped their game, first with the Classic Vibe series and now with these Vintage Modified models. I couldn't find a single flaw with this guitar at all. The frets are perfectly rolled, along with Kluson style tuners that are IMO, much better than what are on Fender's MIM Standard Strats. The Duncan Designed pups sound absolutely great and can handle any genre of music with ease. The setup and intonation were spot on and I have to say that this baby would give any MIA Fender strat a run for it's money. That's how good it is,but at a fraction of what a MIA would cost you.

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