Question about Mexican Strats..

[DotNetTim]

Hey Strat guru's.. Do the Mexican strats, older one's at least or new one's have that swimming pool route under the pick guard? I'm just cuirous.. I've got a chance on a good deal on a white one with rosewood board which is what I'm wanting.. but I want to make sure it's not got that route.. I don't want to have to ask the guy to remove the pick guard though..hehe..

Tim

 

[some_dude]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

Why does the route matter?

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

Even if it is a swimming pool route, you really can't hear a tonal difference.

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

http://www.allthingsstrat.com/strattable.htm

read this: After approximately 1998, 1-humbucking (bridge), 2-single coil. Before that, they may have been "swimming pool" routed.


anway, if you wanna get a mexi, get the ones made after 2000, they are alder. the older ones are poplar.(or so the site says)

benji

 

[dd12939]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

I have one... a 2000, I think, that has HSS routing.

 

[some_dude]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

Mines a 99 and it's HSS too.

I wouldn't worry about the route to much though; in my opinion there's so many more important things that influence your guitars tone to a much greater degree than that one.

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

http://www.allthingsstrat.com/strattable.htm

read this: After approximately 1998, 1-humbucking (bridge), 2-single coil. Before that, they may have been "swimming pool" routed

benji

thats not really true,

i have a 1996 (fender's) 50th anniversary strat that is routed H/s/s/.

and it came stock with 3 singles.

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

thats not really true,

i have a 1996 (fender's) 50th anniversary strat that is routed H/s/s/.

and it came stock with 3 singles.

is your 96 50th ann. a mexi STANDARD? :smack:

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

is your 96 50th ann. a mexi STANDARD? :smack:

I dont remember. How would i tell? what are the differences between the standard and the deluxe? I remember that my parents payed around $500 at the time. I remember every where we went the were about that much, Gc and local places. Now there only $350 right?

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

I dont remember. How would i tell? what are the differences between the standard and the deluxe? I remember that my parents payed around $500 at the time. I remember every where we went the were about that much, Gc and local places. Now there only $350 right?

well, if you don't know the model of your guitar, you can't say that charts incorrect

the chart is comparing mim and mia STANDARDS

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

well, if you don't know the model of your guitar, you can't say that charts incorrect

the chart is comparing mim and mia STANDARDS

Huh... well in your first post you never said you were talking about standards.

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

My guitar must be a standard. I dont think there was deluxe MIM models at the time.

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

Huh... well in your first post you never said you were talking about standards.

um..i posted the chart that clearly stated it was referring to standard models.

did you even read the chart?

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

um..i posted the chart that clearly stated it was referring to standard models.

did you even read the chart?

no

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

no

well..

everyone who clicked the link would know that i was referring to the standards.

my point of the first post was that i was referring to standards comparisons.

here: click the link and at the top, it will say MIM standard, MIA standard

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

well..

everyone who clicked the link would know that i was referring to the standards.

my point of the first post was that i was referring to standards comparisons.

here: click the link and at the top, it will say MIM standard, MIA standard

ok cool... my point is that allthingsstrat.co is wrong.

 

[benji657]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

ok cool... my point is that allthingsstrat.co is wrong.

hey, but what's the 50th anni 96 strat you have? i dunno of any 50 anni :smack:

 

[Thames]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

Hmm.. strange I thought the 50th ann '96 Strat were all american...

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

i'll take some pics for you guys.

 

[wixomwhat]

Re: Question about Mexican Strats..

i posted some pics

http://wixomwhat.tripod.com/fun/id22.html

their pretty crappy so If you have a question about the pics, just ask and i'll explain them.