An Incredible Guitar!

This guitar is truly a remarkable instrument and for me it represents the ultimate Fender. I LOVE the compound radius fingerboard. It is so easy to play. In addition, the workmanship is excellent and she sounds great too!

GO FOR IT

For being my first Stratocaster I must say I am not disappointed. I own the 3 Tone Sunburst Maple fretboard model and I love it! The S-1 switch is very fun to mess around with, offering you a lot of different tones in addition to the ones that normally come on strats. The Passing Lane switch is fun too, it actually made me jump the first time I turned it on its really loud thanks to that Atomic Humbucker. I've messed around with a couple of strats before and these N3 noiseless pickups in the neck and middle position are so quiet you'd think you weren't plugged in. The body is really light too and the compound radius is great for bending I honestly haven't played other strats with such ease. It stays in tune very well thanks to the LSR Roller Nut. If you want a quick string change you got it with the tuning machines on the headstock. All around great guitar!

Loaded with features

Besides being one of the most beautiful guitars I've seen, it is also one of the best sounding. The compound radius fretboard is just amazing. I didn't think it would make that big of a difference, but it does. It just feels awesome and it pretty much plays itself. It is kind of like a ouija board where you just put your fingers on it and it takes care of the rest!
The upgraded pickups sound unbelievably well. The roller nut should be installed on every strat. Locking tuners, upgraded bridge, etc. Well worth the few extra bucks. This thing stays in tune like you would not believe.
The S-1 switching provides all of the extra tone options and the separate "passing lane" switch puts this guitar over the top. Are you kidding me?!!! Sweet.
Totally going to sell my old Custom Shop Strat now that I have this. If you have not tried one yet, you must do yourself a favor and pick one of these up. And if you are going to get one, get it from Sweetwater. You get to see the exact guitar you are getting and you know that it has not been sitting on a shelf somewhere, being handled by any joker that walks in off the street. This is my second guitar from them and they go through the entire instrument before shipping it out. They even pre-stretch the strings and make sure it is setup perfectly.