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The Fender factory often puts in shims, it's just a necessity with a
bolt on neck. Strat players should expect higher action anyway -
it's the nature of the guitar particularly the ones with a vintage
radius on the fretboard. I find that my strat plays better with a
bit of relief ( bow )on the neck, this can be murder on your hands
especially with heavy strings, but it's made me develop lot's of
strength in my hands as a result, and the notes don't choke out on
bends. Despite it's drawbacks, I think the Stratocaster is a kick ass
axe. They are very difficult ( almost impossible! ) to set up right,
and require constant maintenance, but once you learn how to do it
correctly, look out! By the way, the reissue 57/62 pick ups are
great. They reverse engineered them from an original pick up and did
a spectacular job, my strat absolutely screams since I put them in.
Viktor
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> Fender has some pretty useful info on how to set up your guitar at
their
> customer service website:
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> Good luck,
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> BN
