2005 Fender Stratocaster (Standard)
Built on Sept 22, 2005
(Metallic) Blue Agave Finish
Maple Neck / Maple Fretboard
21 frets, hand-filed with rolled edges
Stock pickups replaced with Fender Hot Noiseless Pickups
5 way selector switch

This guitar was bought new for $200 with a trade-in of my Ibanez RX-40

This is my workhorse guitar. It's not particularly collectible, nor is it valuable or likely to appreciate, like many of my other guitars. This is the guitar I bring when Im going out to jam with a friend or am going to play in an environment that might not be suitable for a valuable vintage guitar (i.e. croweded smoke-filled bars). Nevertheless, this guitar sounds and plays fantastic and, despite its heavy use, it is showing very little wear.

This guitar can barely be called a "Standard" Stratocaster anymore since it has been heavily modified. Since buying this guitar I have made the following modifications:

• Schaller strap locks installed
• Hand filed and rolled frets
• Fender Hot Noiselss pickups
• Fender Aged White Pearloid pickguard and backplate
• Fender Aged White knobs
• Guitar was completely rewired with better quality wiring
• Wiring modification to control the bridge pickup's tone