Something Strat-ish

m chops

m chops

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Good evening all.  It's been I while since I last stopped by.  Life has a way of getting in the way.

If I were so stupid as to want to buy a guitar ( I have only one left that I don't play) and wanted something Strat style, what should I be looking for?

  • light weight
  • fret ends that won't rip my fingers apart
  • stays relatively in tune and has reasonable intonation
  • >$500

Bonus points for something trans-green like a Daytona, emerald green, or surf green.  I prefer the looks of a rosewood to maple but aesthetics don't much matter.

Suggestions?

Thanks.

 
Go to Andertons website.  They do a good job of reviewing Squires. They are a good starting point in your price point.  Also these have been getting discounted in the last couple months.  Chicago Music Exchange often has the same Fender Special Run versions as Andertons. CME will also discount but videos aren’t as good as Andertons

 
  I bought a new Fret King FKV6GW (aka Corona Custom) from Reverb for $525 plus shipping & tax for around $600 total about 2 months ago. Great playing guitar with hard rock maple neck/rosewood fingerboard with 10" radius, medium frets, 3 piece alder body, with Wilkinson EZ-Lock tuners/WV6 six screw bridge/ H/S/P-90 pickups. The push/push bottom tone control is a coil tap for the bridge humbucker and the push/push middle tone control combines the neck P-90 & bridge humbucker together. You can get about 9 different sound combinations from the pickups & electronics. I installed Dunlop strap locks on the guitar and had my friend intonate & lower the action with .009 -.042 light gauge strings. The guitar stays in tune about 90% when I dive bomb, no wrenches to deal with, and it plays like butter! 

Fret King FK6VGW serial # SM 02321.jpg

 
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Never thought I'd buy a Fender guitar.

Never thought I'd buy a guitar from Guitar Center.  

But never say never:Strat.jpg

 
And I've gotten to the point where I can*almost* play a barre chord or a cowboy chord cleanly.  It might come back.

 
Thank you all.

I was digging though the basement last night and found a chord primer.  Started at page 1.  A tiny bit of muscle memory spouted.  There is some hope.  Especially if I mess with it each day.

 
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