petercreasey wrote:stephen wrote:Seems to be quite a nice looking guitar. Unfortunately, would appear to have one of those overly-thick, bevelled, single-ply scratchplates that have already been adversely commented on in the guitar press, which is a shame, but not expensive to replace. Pity that for some obscure reason, Fender have decided to go for non-50's spec., with regards to the spacing of the 12th fret position dots. Then again, not the end of the world, just a little foible of mine. I hate that narrow spacing!
Stephen.
Oh Please!!! it's a 'reasonably priced' Strat not a collector's item
Getting things 'right' in the context that I commented on, doesn't really cost money and take something into "collector's item" territory. I very much doubt that a 50's spec. thinner, un-bevelled scratchplate would be any more expensive than that rather odd, overly thick one that Fender have been using on several Squier models recently. As I stated in my earlier thread, the UK guitar press have made similar comments.............
Regarding the placement of the 12th fret position markers, Squier do produce necks with the 50's spec. spacing, so why not use them if you're going to call this a 50's Classic guitar? Little things I know, but from a design point of view, just as easy to get right as to get wrong.
Stephen.