"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."
― William Shakespeare
And so it arrived today ― my custom black Stratocaster from Fender's Mod Shop! It's actually Fender's Satin Black color, which is essentially matte. Solid Rosewood "C" neck, Generation 4 Noiseless Pickups, Classicgear Tuners, and 2-point Deluxe Synchronized Tremolo. After taking some photographs, I tuned it up and played it for a bit ... a very nice sounding guitar.
The engraved logo was a surprisingly nice touch ― I wasn't expecting that.
I gave'r a rip through the amp for a bit and will probably make some minor adjustments to string and pickup height, but it sounds fantastic and has super-smooth action.
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