Fender Stratocaster 2008 MIM
My first Fender Made in Mexico (MIM) Stratocaster needed a little bit of cosmetic TLC. Covered in stickers the challenge was to remove them and hopefully find that they hadn’t been on there so long the finish was darker underneath them. That wasn’t the case fortunately. The nut certainly needed replacing since it was cracked. A period tone knob was required too.
Overall this guitar feels nice and plays well. I use it mainly for practice and in the future I’ll use it for a backup guitar and jams.
I have now cleaned off all the stickers, found a period knob and added a couple of extra tremolo springs to “hardtail” the bridge
Specs
- Alder body
- Maple ‘C’ shaped neck (gloss poly finish)
- Maple fretboard with 12″ radius (305 mm) and 21 Medium Jumbo frets
- Three CS ‘69 single-coil Strat pickups w/grey bobbins
- Master volume and two tone controls, 5-way pickup switching
- CS vintage style 2-point synchronized tremolo
- 3-ply white/black/white pickguard, knobs and switch tip
- padded but tatty original deluxe gig bag
