SX SST 62

I am writing this review to offer the you my real life experience with this guitar. I bought an SX SST62 with a tone pros STYLE bridge and stop tail piece (design similar to a les paul). It is new, made in China, 22 jumbo frets. 3 piece alder body, one volume, 2 tone. Standard strat set up. Maple neck with THICK rosewood fretboard. 3 tone sunburst. Polyester finish. Standard tuners with grover style pattern.

Out of the box, it sounds like a strat. I mean it really does. I bought this guitar to modify, so I removed the pickguard to begin my project pretty quickly. The pickguard is fine and seems to use a proprietary 11 hole pattern. The electronics are as cheap as cheap can possibly be, even using sheetmetal screws to hold the pickups in, but what do you expect for 99 bucks! When I took the pickguard out, I was thrilled to see that the body routing would accomodate many different pickup configurations. Further, I was more thrilled to confirm that this body is actually made of real wood. The body is 3 peices glued together, which is very common practice in guitar building. This really is cool for 100 bucks. I have a Fender Squier that is literally a plywood body. Back to the electronics, they are cheap, BUT, they sound good. They really do sound good. The pickups in my guitar are an odd size. Standard pickups will not fit in this SX pickguard, so I was not able to reuse the pickguard in my project, which was no big deal.

Sound - I have played this guitar mostly after I did substantial work to it, and then brought it to my guitar tech to finish the final setup. I assembled a pickguard with my favorite components in a HSS config for this guitar. Ultimately, regardless of the pickups and pot and cap values I chose, this guitar sounds very good. The proof is in strumming or playing it with it unplugged. This guitar is very loud when played acoustically which is always a very good sign of decent woods and a decent neck joint. The neck joint itself is cut with a large end mill so it is not a perfect match to the contour of the neck. I thought this would be a problem, but I was wrong. This guitar rings and sustains just as good as my US strats, actually, if not better. For tone, this guitar is great.

Now the bad part. By majority, every piece of hardware on this guitar is total junk, and this is where most of the problem you will encounter with these guitars comes from. The stock hardware inhibits this guitar from staying in tune. This is where the cost savings comes in. As mentioned, mine has a tone pros or les paul style bridge and stop tail. The bridge and stop tail bushings that are supposed to be a press fit into the body did not even come close to fitting correctly. The holes drilled in the body for the bushings were way too large and therefore, they would get pulled sideways with string tension. I fixed this the super cheap way by glueing them into the body with epoxy, but you have to make sure when glueing that the ground wire is still contacting the bushings. Once that was fixed, I found that the saddles were so loose in the bridge that I could move them around even with a thick set of strings tuned up at full tension. I bought a bridge off ebay from an Epiphone Les Paul Ultra and that really helped and tightened things up quite a bit. The next issue is that the adjusting screws for the bridge and stoptail piece, the screws that screw into the bushings in the body - were loose as a goose. I corrected this by puting heat shrink tubing on part of the threads to take up the slack, but again, you have to maintain ground contact so you have to be careful here. Next, the string trees were binding the strings. I replaced the B and E string tree with a taller, higher quality unit, and just took the D and G string tree off and threw it away. Didn't need it. The nut is cut terribly, my tech recut the nut and corrected the binding at the nut. The tuners on this particular guitar were poor. I replaced them with SPerzels. But, i have since bought other SX guitars and those other tuners were OK and I kept them, so that is a case by case basis. In conclusion, save yourself alot of issues and do not get an SX model with the tone pros style stop tail and bridge. A Normal strat style vintage trem or a tele style string through fixed bridge would be way easier to straighten out and get to stay in tune. The action was set high from the factory, the intonation was way off, the guitar would not stay in tune AT ALL. BUT, once I fixed all these issues and also had my tech correct the nut and adjust the neck, it has held tune great and stays in tune. The neck holds well once set up properly, and that is the important part to me.

Now that I am done with the first month of replacing the hardware, pickups, pickguard, etc(everything but the body and neck), I would gig this bad boy without a problem and I would have a smile on my face the whole time. In stock trim though, no way. Not possible. The hardware is the weekest link in this guitar. The finish on these guitars is awesome. I can not believe the 3 tone sunburst job on this 99 dollar guitar. It is worth that just to hang on the wall as art. Even after all my changes, I would probably not gig it without a backup just yet, but time will tell how reliable this thing is. I come home and in a room full of 2000.00 guitars, I play this guitar every day. But keep in mind, that is after I have invested alot of time, paid my tech to set it up, and replaced all the electronics and hardware. So ultimately, I guess this review is for the body, the neck, and the neck joint assembly.

Rondo Music is great. If I ask Kurt a question, he responds and answers it within about 4 hours or so.

I have a Les Paul, US Strat, Taylor Acoustic, Robert Cray Signature Strat, Ibanez Prestige AT300 (Japan custom shop), and my amps are Marshalls, Mesas, and Fenders. I have also owned about 35 other guitars in the last 5 or 6 years ranging from Squiers to Paul Reed Smiths and everything in between. My love is for strats. I love to build and tinker on guitars. In conclusion on the SX guitars, the woods appear to be stable. Ultimately, if you are the type that likes to customize guitars with your own prefered hardware and electronics, then this guitar is a great starting point for your next project, a better choice in my opinion than the current offerings of Squier. But, if you are looking for a first or second guitar and you want something out of the box that stays in tune and has decent electronics - meaning you just want to play it and dont want to work on it or involve your guitar tech, pass on the SX and try to find a used Made In Mexico Fender strat. If you are in the middle of that group and want to do a little on the guitar, but want to avoid hassle, go with the SX tele style guitar that has a string through fixed bridge. This will avoid alot of the problems I encountered. I love SX guitars and will continue buying more as starting points for my projects, but I know going in that the hardware and electonics will end up in the garbage. I LOVE the jumbo frets. I love the vintage tinted necks and the thick rosewood fretboards. I love the REAL woods. I love the amazing finishes on these guitars. I Love that I can have a decent slab to start off with, but not worry in the slightest if I have to drill a hole or take my router to the body to make room for something else. I love the fact that for 99 bucks I start with a neck and body - I put my normal set of pickups and electonics in this guitar and it sounds good. I HATE tuning problems, but love the fact that they can be fixed if you are willing to put in the money and effort. I love the fact that between rondomusic.com and guitarfetish.com, you can put together a super fun little guitar that is a blast to play and modify for about 200 bucks total. So if you are in a tinkering mood and want a custom peice, order it up, throw some GFS pickups and a new pickgard in it with a Fender switch and CTS pots, buy decent set of tuners and have your tech cut a new nut, or fix the plastic nut provided and you are in business.

2008 Model

I'm just astounded that they're able to build this guitar and get it to my door for $100. It scares me a little...

Dual cutaway solid Alder body allows access to the highest frets
Three single coil pickups, one volume and two tone controls plus a Five way pickup selector switch create all of today???s great sounds
Vintage fulcrum bridge with six adjustable saddles
Truss rod adjustable Maple neck with Rosewood reinforcement for extra stability
Rosewood fretboard, 21 jumbo frets
The vintage look is furthered by the Aged Cream colored tone controls, pickup rings, dot inlays and whammy bar cap
Three-ply pickguard (White, Black, White)
D???Addario strings are installed at the factory
Actual weight is only 8.5 lbs
Overall length is 39" including the strap button
Width at the widest point is 13"
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 1/8" Body thickness is 1 3/4".
Scale length is 25.5" Neck radius: 13.7" (350mm)

It sounds like a vintage strat. Low-ish output single coils seem to be as quiet as any.

In the 2 and 4 positions they're dead quiet.

A good guitarist can make this guitar sound as good as any of them. It has excellent touch sensivity, etc.

This guitar gets 10's across the board for what it delivers at $100. The body is just as nice as any strat I've owned. It is the right weight and the curves hug your body like they should. My model with all single coils is routed for singles only.

The neck is large which I love, along the lines of a 50's gibson neck and a little larger the Fender 1992 Am Stand. Large frets (jumbo) as well. The frets do have some sharp edges and I've wondered a time or two if I had a cut but I never have had any noticible skin abrasions.

The electronics work just fine, smooth pots. The tone controls affect is most noticable in a narrow range of the throw, but it works fine.

TUNING: Beginners might have some trouble here. Mine will now hold a tune after playing for about 8 hours and using graphite on the nut to allow the strings to slide. Mine is now fine without any modifications.

I've had for a couple of months and am competely satisfied.

Good repsonse from them!

I can't say enough good about this guitar. For the price of an effects pedal you get a strat - AWESOME!!

Been playing 30 years pretty seriously. My main guitars are Hamer Specials.

I've owned the following strats: 1992 Fender Am Standard, Fender Jap 60's, 1980's Schecter, Roland Synth (Ibanez), Tom Anderson Classic, ESP Vintage Plus, Melancon Classic, Tokia.

If you're a Gibson guy like me and just like to have a strat around for those unique sounds without tying up a bunch of cash this one fits the bill.

Entry level strat copy. Basic strat

It doesn't sound to bad for the price.Basic strat sound

Finish is ok. Basic strat. It has Jumbo frets! And jumbo frets Suck. Jumbo frets will turn you into a cripple. They are like, speed bumps in the road. Some time you will need to get from one end of the neck to the other, and even sliding on a string, like Stevie did. You know. Its just a entry level guitar. Don't put any money into it, just give it to someone else whose just starting out. Then find yourself something desent.

You could find out how strong it is. Like do a show and smash it to smitherines. The crowd would get a kick out of that, just don't hurt yourself doing it.

Hello Rondo, Ya ,I just smashed an Sx any warrentee?

Entry level strat,Ok for someone whe just starting out, than save it for when your a pro and destroy it in front of a crowd, that way there you get your money's worth.

This is a Chinese-made knock-off of a '62 Fender stratocaster. Three single-coil pickups, 21 frets. five-way selector switch, one volume, two tones, generic SX-branded tuners, rosewood fretboard, tremolo bridge. I'm not sure what the body is made of, but it's solid wood and feels very substantial. The finish is described as three-tone sunburst on the Rondo website, but it's actually more of a two-tone tobacco burst. Very attractive.

It's got all the features you would expect to find on a strat, but I'll knock my rating down to an "8" because of the poor quality tuners it came with.

I play it through a Blues Jr and sometimes use a Digitech Rp-80 to model some other amps. It sounds just like a strat to me. The five switch positions all sound pretty much like you would expect. The pickups are surprisingly good for a guitar in this price range. I expected that I would want to change them right away, but I was happy to find that I'm satisfied with them as is.

I don't notice any more noise from this guitar than I've noticed with other single coils I've had, and the switch and pots are all quiet as well. The pickguard seems to be shielded reasonably well, since it doesn't crackle through the amp when I touch it (unlike the last two Squiers I've owned). The tone controls work well and allow for significant tweaking of the tone; again, more than I can say for the last Squier I had.

I base my 9 rating on the fact that this guitar only costs $99; I honestly don't think you could expect much more for the money.

I've had this guitar for about a month now, and I haven't been able to find any fit or finish flaws. Yes, the pots are tiny and the wiring is thin, but everything works as it should. The tuners had to go, but I expected that when I ordered it from reading other reviews.

Everything else is surprisingly good. The neck is well-finished and there are no sharp ends on the frets. They didn't match up the pieces of wood in the body real well, but that's hardly noticeable and, as I said, the finish is really attractive. The nut is plastic, but it's a harder plastic than what you'll find on a Squier, and on mine it is cut extremely well. I expected to have to replace it immediately, but it's fine.

I tweaked the action a little bit when I got it, but I always do that with a new guitar. I set it up according to the strat specs on Fender's website, and it plays perfectly all up and down the neck; there are no buzzes or dead spots. The intonation was pretty close right out of the box.

I'm strictly a bedroom player. I take the guitar to my lesson once a week and that's the only time it leaves the house.

I don't know whether it would withstand live playing but it seems more than durtable enough for my purposes. Nothing feels loose on it.

I ordered this on a Thursday evening and had it on the next Wednesday. Of course, UPS kept it in limbo over the weekend or it would have arrived sooner. It arrived unscathed and in good working order, so I haven't had any need for additional customer service. I hear Rondo is very customer-friendly however.

I've been playing guitar for a little over three years. Before that, I played bass for about three years. I'm no expert, but I've owned enough guitars during that time to have some feel for a good value. This guitar is definitely a fantastic value.

I had very low expectations when I ordered it. I just wanted something that looked and sounded like a strat but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. I expected that I would either immediately send it back in disgust or reluctantly keep it and quickly become disenchanted with it.

When I first opened the box, I thought this can't be real--it looks way too nice to be $99. Then I thought, OK it looks nice and the neck feels good, but let's see how crappy it sounds. Well, after a month now, all I can say is I love this guitar. I won't say it's "better than" this or that guitar, but I will say I've owned a Squier standard strat and an older (mid 90s) MIM Fender strat and I like the SX more.

If it was lost or stolen, I would buy another without thinking twice. I'll probably buy another one with a maple neck anyway just because I like this one so much.

2006 model, L/H, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, 22 mj frets, S/S/S, black(of course it's black, it's a lefty, lol. It has everything a strat-type should have.

It sounds like a strat. The pickups lack a bit of character, but they get the job done, and are no noisier that any other single coil. Extremely resonant, I believe better pickups will really bring this thing to life.

Great neck, very well finished, only real gripes are with the nut, and the tuners. The nut is poorly cut, and tends to bind the D and G strings, and i'm also getting a bit of slippage. Other than that, very well finished, and well assembled.

If there was a nuclear war, the cockroaches will be playing SX strats, lol. It really is a tough guitar, and will stand up to live playing. Just the issue with the tuners lets it down.

Don't know, don't care, I do my own repairs.

I've been playing for over 24 yrs, and have played a lot of strats, from all makers(including the big F), and basically, a strat is a strat, some just look and play a bit nicer. If anything happened to it, I'd definitely get another.

I'm pretty sure it's a late 2004 model or possibly an early 2005. Manufactured in China. It may be a one piece alder body. When I looked inside of the guitar, I couldn't see any joints but it was painted in there. It has the standard 5 way switch, tone controls for the neck and middle pickup, and a master volume control. There are 3 single coil pickups of Rondo's own design. The neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard with 21 jumbo frets at a 25.5" scale. The finish is sort of a glossy one, actually it's pretty nice. It has the standard fulcrum tremolo system. The tuners are Klutson style copies. The guitar came with the allen wrench for the truss rod. I can't really give this a rating, if you know what your after, it's got what you want. If you just bought it for the hell of it, it still has what you need.

Just like a lot of other people, I cover a lot of different styles. Bluesy rock, classic metal (like Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, those sorts of bands), classical, whatever. I don't play much modern "rock" or "metal". For what I do, this guitar suits me. No, the sound is not the best at all, but it certainly isn't the worst I've heard. As with single coils, they do sound thin. But you can work with your strings, eq, and volume to get a thicker sound. With the bridge and middle pickups I can get a heavy enough sound to play the metal I like. It's all about working with what you have.

Single coils are noisy when you have one selected. But don't forget that if you are in a room that has a lot of electrical gear or are in close proximity of an electrical device, they will get louder. With two pickups selected, there is a noticeable reduction in hum. If you are in a room with minimal interference, selecting one coil won't produce much noise. I wouldn't say the sound is exactly rich, but you can pull a good sound out if you work with your gear a bit. The sound is on the brighter side. A good guitar player who knows how to manipulate their gear can cover a wide array of styles with this guitar. You certainly won't sound the best, but you won't sound horrible either. My only real complaint is the thiness the sound has. Even for single coils, they are a bit thinner than others I have used.

The guitar arrived to me set up decent. I don't care who you buy from online, a guitar needs a setup after you get it. The action was a bit high because the nut wasn't cut low enough. A luthier can fix that for you pretty quickly. The truss rod was adjusted so there was very little buzzing. The pickups needed to be adjusted a bit lower. They were right on the strings, which will cut down your sustain because of that magnetic pull. No big flaws in the finish. There is one small discoloration on the back side, but that's the only thing. There were no major flaws anywhere I could see. A few frets stuck out a little bit, but it wasn't enough to fuss over. One thing, you will need to put something on the fretboard when you get it. Take some olive oil or whatever you prefer and put some on there. On a final note here, the trem block is a zinc alloy. Doesn't sustain all that well, so you may want to look into something a bit denser than that.

I believe this guitar will withstand live playing once you make some modifications. Stock you probably could gig with this if you are just starting out, but if you've been playing a while, it needs some upgrades. This guitar has a lot of potential. The body is great and the neck to me is fine (it's a hit or miss thing, you like it or you don't). Gut the electronics first off and replace everything. I've read the other reviews stating the wiring is not the right guage. Even Fender Stratocasters use 28awg wiring in their inner circuits and 22awg in the others. My guitar has the correct guage of wire in it. The quality may not be the best though. The trem block is a zinc alloy and for better sustain it needs replaced. The actual bridge is fine and the saddles are ok as well. After a while I'd suspect they would wear. The strap buttons are ok, but straplocks are the safe way to go. The tuners hold pretty well. I play anywhere between 4 and 8 hours a day and the tuners hold alright. The G one sticks a bit, but I've had problems with a lot of G tuners. The nut is plastic and needs to be replaced. Stock, it's dependable, the electronics and hardware are not the best, but if you take care of the thing, it'll be fine. With the upgrades, it'll definately be alright. Never under any circumstances gig without a backup no matter what you have. Things go wrong even with a $3000 guitar sometimes.

Never had to deal with either Kurt or Rondo. It comes with a year warranty.

I've been playing for a while now, but certainly not long enough to really be any good. It's been 5 years or so. I got a busted Drive amp and an acoustic as well as this guitar. I'll be getting a Vox Pathfinder soon. If stolen, I would buy it again. It is not the worst Stratocaster copy I've played. It's not the best though. These people here saying it plays better than an American Strat are lying. This guitar in no way competes with those guitars. It doesn't come close to an MIM Strat. But, if you upgrade this guitar, I'd say it would compete with an MIM Strat. The most important aspect is your playing, play well and you can make this guitar sound better than someone playing a much more expensive guitar. Just because a guitar costs a lot doesn't mean it includes talent. This guitar is not suited for today's "rock" or "metal". If you want it heavier, Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio can help you out.

I'm not real keen on the electronics, but I can fix that. I got what I expected from this guitar. If you are a person who cares about the name on the headstock or you are super picky about feel, don't wast your time here. But if you simply want to play and are willing to fix this up, you have a good guitar here. Stock, it's not at all amazing or horrible. It is the middle of the road in my opinion, there are ones better and worse, that's why it gets 5's. These can be dodgy guitars as well, some aren't built quite so well, but for $99 you get something worth fixing up. Make it work for you. I tried to be as honest as I could with you here. I didn't compare it with a Fender I compared it with other copies. Hope I was some help.

i used to own an sx awhile back that was a pretty good knockoff. this one isn't. i took it apart and the pickups have wood screws without any springs holding the pickup heighth in place. the wiring was super thin and cheap and the pots were tiny. quality has slipped on these "handmade" guitars.

pretty noisy and bright sounding, but not as much power as a squier, or mim fender.

action was too low, and it buzzed terribly, neck tension was way off, intonation wasn't even close. the strings are too thin for my tastes, and this has to add to the horrible sound and the fret buzz.

i would rather have a squier, any day. even a chinese squier is better than this thing that could even come out of the same factory as squier's china operation... cutting corners all around doesn't make for a well rounded product... these f#$@ing guitars are trash.

Its a 3-tone sunburst strat style guitar. 21 fret neck. three single coil pickups. Sx brand tuners.polyurethane finish. it is a very basic strat copy. Electronics are absolutely horrible. the fretboard is not finished. you can hear your string bends over your playing. this is in no way better or equal to an american strat. anyone that tells you different has never played one. However, the body itself is an exact replica of a strat body. For $99, this would make a good project guitar.

I play the blues, rock, and a little punk. As i mentioned before, this guitar's electronics must be replaced for any hope of a good sound. Previous reviewers say the output is a little hotter than a strat's but these pickups are very weak and of low quality. it is especially noisy (even for a single coil).

as with most cheaper guitars, the quality is a coin toss. some are good, some arent. mine had minimal physical defects (small dark streak on the back) so i kept it. THE BODY IS THE ONLY THING WORTH THE PRICE!! i cant stress that enough. if you want to buy a first guitar for your son or daughter,niece,nephew, or whoever, dont buy this one. buy a squier instead. Its sad to say even the parts in this guitar are almost completely useless. the tuning pegs dont even turn straight in the tuners. and the pickups and pickup covers are glued together as one unit. Selector switch is very rough. and not a noticable difference in pickup position

This is a hot rod guitar if i've ever seen one. until you buy all new parts, i dont suggest playing live with it at all. not even as a backup. the finish is good and doesnt show scratches. PROJECT GUITAR!!! this body can be made into a SRV number 1.

rondomusic.net is the biggest dealer of SX guitars that i know of. they have an excellent customer support program. if you dont like the finish, send it back. Because that is all you really have is the body.they'll give you a new one. this rating is for rondomusic.net, not for SX itself--i have never worked with SX

There is nothing special about this guitar. Five years ago, just as squier was 20 years ago, SX was an excellent import brand. the electronics were amazing and the finish was flawless. the headstock was a exact copy of fender's and the neck was fully finished. If you could pick one up from 1999 (just to be safe) then do it. if you buy one brand new, all you're getting is a body.

CheaP, CHEAP ElEcTrOnIcS makes for poor sound quality. SH@TTY, WEAK Ceramic pickups that don't compare to alnico pickups in the cheapest Squier Strat. this thing has pots the size of dimes, wire thinner than imaginable, lousy pickups, cheap switch... super jumbo frets suck what tone could be there. What this Chinese RIPOFF Features is a physical resemblance to a Real STraToCaSTeR. Buy a Squier, instead.

i refer you to the rating i am giving it. nuff said...

not as good as korean starter strats. rough fretwire. the neck is fat, and good for big hands, but you would need to refret it and i would just as soon buy a neck from warmoth.

don't even think about gigging with these chinese poseurs...

can you speak cantonese?

if it were stolen, i would be glad that my apartment isn't as cluttered. i have been playing guitar for 20 years... rock, country... American music. Don't buy a CHEAP, CHINESE Piece of CR@P and think you will even practice using it. Buy a Squier, or hit the pawn shops... but, DON'T BUY An SX guitar, EVER...

Vintage Stratocaster clone. Shape, weight, scale, and feel is very much like Fender. Made in China. 21 jumbo frets, rosewood fingerboard. Claims to use all the right hardwoods throughout, but how do I know? Neck is slightly thicker than standard Fender. Tuners and everything made to resemble vintage, feel cheaper but work OK. Tremolo bridge looks the same, but is a big problem as described below. Plastic nut. The white pickguard has that subtle green tint like the vintage strat -- a nice touch.

Pickups are slightly hotter output & noisier than Fender's '57/'62 reissue pickup. (I compared both through exactly the same amp settings.) You can get a respectable SRV tone out of this if you turn down the middle pup tone and select the 2nd and/or 4th pickup switch position which cuts out all the noise and brings up that signature out-of-phase sound. Sounds similar to a strat, though not exactly. Still, any blind hearing test would say it's a strat before any other type of guitar. Tremolo doesn't stay in tune.

Needs setup, and a pro setup will certainly make this a playable guitar. Out of the store, intonation was OK, but action was too high by a mile. Frets are too rough! Frets next to the body looked unfinished, and two of them still need to be smoothed down out of the way. This is causing a totally dead spot on the B string at the 19th fret. Rosewood fretboard is as dry as the Sahara desert and drags. Needs protective oil. Once you finish sort of _building_ the guitar, it's very nice. Comes out of the factory rather roughly unfinished. Get a pro to even out the frets, oil the board, change the nut, adjust the action and intonation, etc., and you've got yourself a guitar. As mentioned above, the tremolo unit sucks. I'm in the process of changing mine out now. Put a Wilkinson tremolo or somesuch in it, and you've got yourself a strat.

I play aggressively for 5 hours at a stretch: It works, though the metal parts and the electronics are a grade cheaper and may need replacing in the long run. Stays in tune with lots of string bending -- just don't touch that tremolo bar.

1 year warranty from a local shop in Taipei. Original manufacturer is lost in the mists of global shipping. Besides, the guitar is so inexpensive that the shipping costs more than the guitar, so you're not going to ship it back overseas!

Playing off and on for 25 years. Also have a lawsuit strat copy from 1976 made by Ibanez -- now with customized pickups. The Ibanez is (was) better for a clean strat, as in Mark Knopfler. Also have a Burny Les Paul copy. The SX doesn't sound as great as those -- yet. But for the price, it's a very good start if you plan to replace parts with your own choices. I'm setting this up with heavy strings (11's) tuned down to E-flat. A Wilkinson tremolo bridge, vintage model. Kluson tuners. Eventually will change the pickups too, although they are surprisingly hot enough for now. As a project strat, the price is great. After installing all the customized parts and grinding down the frets, I'll have a guitar to rival any Fender at less than half the price.