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Fender Stratocaster

!!! This guitar was STOLEN from my house on JULY 20, 2009 !!! If anyone comes across this serial number, please report to your local police. My burglary report was filed at San Jose Police Department in California.

Make: Fender
Year: 2001
Model: Standard Stratocaster
Serial Number: MZ0229873
Made in Mexico
Type: 6-string electric guitar
  • Alder body
  • Maple neck
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 3 single coil Strat pickups (neck and middle swapped)
  • 1 volume, 2 tone controls
  • 5-position blade
  • 1 custom toggle switch
  • Scale: 648mm
  • Nut width: 42mm
This is a standard (Mexican) Strat with customizations in electronics. Many people make a big deal about American Strat, but the sound, feel and construction of this particular Mexican guitar is excellent. It may not have a good resale value, but so what. Its music value is great, at least to me.

I traded my old Epiphone Casino for this strat from a guitarist of the Retro Rockets. He made some modifications and had this guitar professionally setup. The neck and middle pickups are swapped, and a custom toggle switch is installed to turn on the bridge pickup as well as the tone control to the bridge. This wiring allows two unique humbacking modes (neck+middle, neck+middle+bridge) and a unique two single-coil mode (middle+bridge). The string actions are setup such that strings are allowed maximum vibration without compromising finger actions. The setup produces great acoustic quality.

I love this guitar.

Satoru Isaka
sisaka@visiondelmar.com