Fender Standard Stratocaster

2000, made in Mexico Standard Strat, blue agave with a maple fretboard. Nothing fancy. Haven't changed a thing. No complaints.

Sounds like a strat. I play classic rock and blues from the late 60's through mid 70's. Good for that kinda music. Not a metal guitar, so metal heads should look elsewhere but I don't do metal, so don't have a problem with that. Run it through a Hartke G60 Piggyback rig, Marshall MG30DFX and Marshall MG10CD. Standard strat tones from twang to blues/jazz depending on which position your pickups selector is in. Not bad on the noise. I love the guitar.

No flaws. I just set it up to my preference.

People play live with strats night after night. No problems. Dependable. Never gig without a backup.

Been playing for 40 of my 45 years. Also have a MIM Tele, made in Korea Epiphone Les Paul and SAGA Strat, Tele and HT-10 kits that I have assembled. I use Martin and Takamine electrics. This is a great guitar for the bucks.

2005 model I believe, just got it a few weeks ago. Standard features, 21 fret, 5-way selector, all single coil. Stock pickups, electronics, bought new off showroom floor. Gloss black alder body, maple neck, vintage bridge with tremolo, same tuners as USA strat. No case included. Would have considered a 10 with a case. It's getting harder all the time to get a case with your guitar!

I play Blues and Rock, attempt Jazz (right!) Just play what sounds good to my ears, and this guitar will get you there. It simply amazes me how good this guitar sounds. At the store I plugged into a Fender Deluxe Reverb in order to get the best possible clean tone. Right away I could tell the strength of this guitar. It just blew me away. The sales guy told me that sometimes they will give the pickups a couple of extra turns of wire. They must have done something, because I played an American strat right next to it, and there was no comparison. The Standard MIM Strat was much more powerful, almost the same difference as a humbucker, I'm not kidding! I switched back and forth between the guitars, tried another MIM strat that was not nearly as good as this one. What else impresses me now, after putting it through the paces, is for the first time, I can get usable tones from ALL of the 5 pickup selections. They all sound noticeably different, and can come in handy for a wide variety of musical styles, Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz...it's all there. Also the trem bridge is a blast to use, and I've owned several USA Strats in the past that were never this much fun. Outstanding value.

Actually, I haven't even changed the strings yet. It came with bullets on it, and they sound so good, I'm going to leave them on for awhile longer. The nut looks just as good as the American strat. Everything looks solid. All knobs, switch, look the same as USA strat. The trem bridge is the vintage type, but I think it works easier than the modern version! It really is fun to use. I used to make all my strats hard-tail, but I'm definitely going to leave this AS IS.

I think it will definitely withstand live playing, if I ever get the chance. I play mainly at home or with friends and family. This is an instrument to be proud of. I really like that it resembles Clapton's "Blackie". I could definitely depend on it. I have two other guitars, so I have back-up. All hardware seems solid and dependable.

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

I've been playing for over 30 years, and have owned several USA strats, Teles, Gibson Les Pauls, a few imports, Fender and Marshall amps. All pro stuff, so I recognize quality when I see it. I used to not want a Standard MIM Strat, but I've evidently found a great one. I can't speak for them all, but do yourself a favor, and check one out, you never know what you might find. Anyhow, I love everything about this guitar...the sound, looks, price..you really can't beat it. Yes, I WOULD DEFINITELY BUY ANOTHER ONE. I play mostly as a hobbyist, but this could be used professionally. Give one a try, GREAT BUY!

This guitar is made totally from scavenged fender telecaster parts. The body is a USA Traditional Telecaster Body. It has 21 frets, it's a solid top, it has one volume and one tone knob and a 3 way selector switch. It has two stacked humbucker, Fender Vintage Noiseless Pickups which are passive. Body is made of ash, neck is maple. The finish on this guitar is my first attempt at painting a guitar. It didn't turn out too good. I thought it had character though, so I kept it that way and renamed it an "uglycaster". It's a single cutaway, has a top loader bridge and I put a Les Paul Stop Tailpiece on it. It has Fender Schaller Locking Tuners, neck is C shaped, medium frets, maple fretboard. Accessories? You gotta be shittin right? I ordered the pickups and got everything else from parts and yard sales. I do have a gig bag for it. Now look, I ain't gonna brag on myself, so I'm just gonna rate this as a 6. I mean what the fuck features does a telecaster have anyway?

This guitar sounds fuckin awesome. With the Fender Vintage Noiseless Pickups, which are stacked humbuckers, you can go from twangy country to pure heavy metal. I play blues, blues rock, classic rock, country, grunge rock, hard rock and metal. Whatever I'm in the mood for and I put this together hoping to be able to satisfy any mood I'm in with a single guitar. I'm running this through a Marshall DSL 401 and a Fender Super Reverb. I am not an effect man, just use a footswitch to change channels and an Ibanez Tube Screamer. Nice, beefy bright twang on the bridge, not thin like a regular tele and nice bluesy and jazzy sound on the neck. Output is excellent and the thing is quiet as a churchmouse. Very versatile for a tele and if I must say so myself, the finish might look like shit, but this guitar rocks.

Can't really give a rating here. As far as setup, since this guitar was so hybrid, it took a while to get it right on the intonation, neck, pickup height and action. Once I got it in the groove it's great. Flaws? Shit man, this was pieces of guitars. It was nothing but a flaw. I collected this cuz I wanted to make my own guitar. I have about $200 total in this thing.

The guitar withstands live playing everynite. Hardware is first class, you should see this fuckin thing. It was an ugly dinged and scratched up white when I got it. I set out to make it look great. Sanded it down, took all the old paint off, and decided to paint it "mahagony". Well, I fucked up and the paint dripped everywhere. It has streaks all over it. I stuck a white pickguard on it after I put the electics in and was gonna tear it apart and start all over and my wife says "Hon, I think it has character". Well shit, after looking at it, I realized, as always she was right. Hell, I decided to go for the gusto. I taped up the pickups, bridge and hardware and got me a bunch of different color paint and a brush and started splatterin paint like a mo fo. Then, I put about 10 coats of clear varnish over all that after it dried, so that it would be smooth. Now, it has all those streaks and differnt colored paints under the varnish and it does indeed have character. It became the "uglycaster". I liked my work so much, I went out and found a bunch of strat parts and call it the shitocaster. It is a rockin mo fo too. Strap buttons have strap locks and I depend on this guitar more than any other guitar I have owned. I always take two guitars to gig with.

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Been playin 40 years. Gotta lot of shit. Hey dudes, build your own guitar. Then it will truly be yours. Nothing makes people chins drop like seeing you walk on stage with a guitar that looks like a dawg with the mange to find out that the guitar is one rockin ass kickin axe.

Strat Mexico 2001.
Everything great,but i wish there was a case for it.

I play everything from blues and jazz to heavy metal.
And its great, i sounds good in every style. After i changeg my bridge pickup ( to SD hot rails) it sounds just great.

Everything is fine!

Everything is good, but im not sure about the strap buttons..

Im playing over 5 years, and this guitar is just made for me. If i' had a chance to buy it again i wont be thinking,but just BUY it . It is really a greta guitar.

Mine is a 2003 (Standard?) Mexican Special Edition Strat. As far as I know, the only difference between it and the standard Mexicans is that it has a BEAUTIFUL flame maple top in tobacco/honey/cherry/etc sunburst. 21 Medium-jumbo Frets, standard controls, Maple neck and fretboard, I assume an alder body. Standard bridge. Mine came with aftermarket Schaller tuners. These features work for me and have been working for people for 50 years so I give it a 8. Personally I could go for one tone knob, and a better bridge.

I play mostly rock/blues/metal/funk/reggaer and some other stuff. I use it with a great Mid-90's Peavey Classic Chorus 212 (see review). The electronics are pretty quiet, but there tends to be a bit of ground noise when I'm not touching the metal parts of the guitar. The sound is pretty bright. Personally I like this but could go for some more low end. The lower strings have a tiny bit more volume than the upper ones. The pickup selector has pretty versitile sounds in my opinion. I like the neck pickup alone because of the slight lack of lows but the bridge pickup has a good crunchy metal tone and the middle pickup has some nice twang in it.

I bought it used so I'm not sure how the factory set up was. I lowered the strings and straightened the neck out a bit and I love the action now. The afformentioned disparity between string volume could have been a result of a tilted pickup; I did some adjustment and don't really notice it anymore but that could have been just because I got used to it. The bridge is a little weak. I'm not sure how the tremelo is because mine didn't come with a bar. If the string saddles were a bit deeper and tighter I think the sustain would be improved and when the guitar is tuned down some of the strings buzz a tiny bit at the bridge. The nut could also have been carved a little better - the low E is pretty close to the edge of the fretboard and slips over it a little too easily. This is a result of who carved the nut though, not the design of the guitar. I give this guitar an 7 because it's absolutely gorgeous. the flame maple top is not bookmatched but it's beautiful as is the burst. Like many other fenders I've played, the neck finish is too weak and easily chips at the ends of the frets. Mine came with a repaired chip in the headstock finish as well.

I've had the guitar for about two months now. I'm not sure how long it will last but it is a fender and I think it will be alright. The biggest problem in terms of its durability is the neck finish chipping but in my experience this hasn't really mattered as time goes on with older Fender guitars. All the hardware seems pretty durable and tight. I would use it in a gig without a backup if I wasn't afraid of strings breaking.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing guitar for about 3 years and bass for more than 5. As I understand it, these standard mexican fenders are sort of hit-or-miss. I would say I got a pretty good one. I like it alot. I would probably look at other strats if mine were stolen but I don't know if I'd buy a mexican. It sounds great and compares nicely for what is is with my friends American Deluxe. I wish it had a better nut (again this is just a result of who made it) and a little more low end, but overall it's a nice guitar and I think I'll hold on to it for a while. Great for a more inexperienced player or one (like me- a bass player) who doesn't need a top of the line instrument.

Made in mexico, 2003, 21 medium jumbo frets, 1 volume 2 tone pots, 5 way pickup selector, 3 mexican single coil pickups, alder body with maple neck and indian rosewood fretboard, 3 colour transparent sunburst, vintage tremolo, non-locking tuners, no included accesories.

it suits rock, blues and country incredibly well either clean or dirty. Has a very thick classic sound with the gain turned up to about 6 on overdrive channel 1 with the neck pickup. I use it through a marshall avt 275 with a valve pre-amp. The single coils obviously give out a lot of hum but as long as you don't leave the volume up during quiet sections then it shouldn't bother you that much, although positions 2 & 4 on the pick-up selector are incredibly quiet.

The setup was amazing, possibly due to the fact that Dawsons set up all their guitars before they put them on the shelf.

I have gigged with this guitar loads without a backup. Some of you may think thats a bit stupid but i take such good care of this guitar that its probably going to last 60 years at least before it needs anything repairing. That said, if you really want to bash this thing around you would have to be really trying to brake it because its one tough cookie.

One word of warning. Don't do Joe Satriani style divebombs with the whammy. The intonation goes gradually out of sync until you have to get it setup again. I did this and, because it only has a one year warranty on it, had to pay #50 to send it away, and it took 3 weeks. I have blocked the tremolo now any way cause I don't use it any more.

The main reason I choose this guitar was because eric clapton plays a strat and I really liked the spanky sound he coaxes out of it. On the whole this is a good beginners guitar but it is a good idea to fit noiseless pickups to it and have it shielded to get noise-free operation. Also the jack plug has a tendancy to come loose every few weeks so you need to tighten it up really well.

325 from musicians friend made in mexico,all you would want from a strat

yup its a strat,noisy single coils,but easily solved with a pickup swap,still when clean sound total strat

finish is a flawless cherry sunburst,tuning keys are excellent,tremelo is surprisingly smooth,AND STAYS IN TUNE !!!no flaws whatsoever

its rock solid product all the way unless your an abusive total hack

have not had to deal with them ,the product is excellent

been playing since 1976,i never liked strats,the only reason i got this one is because it was cherry sunburst which is my fav,and with musicians friends 45 day policy i figured what the hell,i got a humbucker with single coil fit,for when i need to be raging and dont want single coil noise.and let me tell you i am impressed,if you want a strat ,dont fool around GET THE REAL THING,all you might have to do is slide in a pickup or two!!!ive owned all you could imagine and these are incredible value and THE REAL THING,not bad for someone who never liked strats.right?

2005 Standard Made In Mexico, 21 Standars Frets, 3 Single Coil Pickups, 5 way switch, Standard Whammy Bar/Tremolo. Nothing Special

Thin sound, lack of sustain, intonation way out & won't stay in tune.

I have been playing guitar for about 20 years. I tried 10 of these Mexican Standard Strats ($369) over a 3 hour period at a guitar center. I really wanted to like this guitar. The pickups are really thin sounding, but I would have been happy to upgrade the pups and write a good review if that was the only thing wrong with this model of Strat. The build quality is very poor and NOT at all consistent. While I suppose that it might be possible to find a Mexi Strat that is an okay intermediate guitar, I certainly could NOT. I no longer believe people who say that the Mexi Strats are close in quality to the American Made Strats. If you find one that has the nut cut correctly you are lucky. But, even when the nut is done right, you will find unfinished frets or dead spots on the neck. Even if you are lucky enough to find one that was well built, the parts are so cheap, you would have to replace the pickups, bridge and the tunners to end up with a quality guitar. I even tried a Korean model for good measure and it was FAR WORSE! So, I tried a few Signature Series that are ALSO Made In Mexico, but have better parts. Both, the Richie Sambora and Robert Cray Models had a much higher quality feel to them. In fact, I took the Robert Cray model ($579) home. But, I am returning it ASAP! Even this Signature Series model Mexican Strat has dead spots past the 12th fret especially on the G string, and that is with a relatively high action. Truss rod, bridge, or nut adjustments were not able to solve the neck problems. I have a $300 Made In Indonesia guitar that plays better than any of the Mexican Made Strats I tried. Fender should really be ashamed to be putting Leo's name on this junk. But...I DID try quite a few GOOD QUALITY Fender Strats....all were USA made. I am going back for a USA Strat, but I am going to look at these with MUCH SCRUTINY! After this experience, I am convinced Fender is probably spewing plenty of junk out of the USA factory as well. For those of you who own a cheapie Fender product, don't take this review personally. Perhaps, the push to keep up with the Christmas demand lowers the quality. But, so far, I am VERY dissapointed in the so called VALUE lines of FENDER. I am still in search of a good Fender Strat.

Cheap parts...poorly made neck & nut...good luck.

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Since I have a $300 Made In Indonesia guitar that KILLS the quality of ANY of theMexican Made Strats I have tried, I am not giving Fender a good report card on this model...sorry...don't take it personally...I don't hate Fender....yet...I am NOW looking at the USA models.

I really wanted to like this guitar...I mean you can't beat the price. Either I have the worst luck in the world or Mexico can't make a good guitar for the holiday season. Happy Playing People!

The guitar came bare bones. Whammy bar and that was it. I wasn't expecting much and I wasn't disapointed.

The sound is pretty good. There is a hum in the pick-ups, also expected. I found that if you keep it in the #2 and #4 positions the hum is greatly reduced. I am putting a blue, silver, and gold set of Lace Sensor pickups in it. Then the hum will no longer be an issue.

Everything was good on the guitar. I took it home, changed the strings and set it ip myself. I also put a new pick gaurd on it. Now it is Olypic White with a pearloid red pickgaurd and rosewood neck. It looks super cool!

This guitar is solid. As long as I play it like a guitar and don't use it to hammer nails into my new deck outside, it should last forever.

This guitar is awesome. I will keep it forever!

made in mexico 3 single coils one way tremolo 21 frets...ect

stock pickups are ceramic...they are very good for clean sounds but with distorzion is not that good...i changed my pickups with dimarzio vintage neck 2.2 vintage blues middle and vintage 54 bridge now guitar is talking like it suposed to...guitar has an execellent sustain and wood is faboulus..with stock pickups mark is 6 with dimarzio 10

set-up from factory was quite good but i made it even better is very easy to adjust action...finish is superb not a sigle flaw

this guitar is made for livi playing is very dependable i am giging without a backup...this guitar can take anything

i ve been playing this strat for a two years and it looks like it just got out of a store it's a great guitar for not so much money