Fiesta Red MJT Stratocaster

[HNB]

On a bit of a strat kick and got this for a good price.

IMG_20211102_152420 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20211102_144820 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Unicorn Warrior]

Love the way it looks with the mint

[BTL]

What's not to love? Of course, I always have to advocate for an aged white pearl pickguard, but that's what I always do.

[Scout]

You're on a roll

[Shadoweclipse13]

Oh yeah

[HNB]

Thanks! I like aged pearl, but I was going for a less buy look with the mint.

[stevejamsecono]

Welp, great. After this and looking at photos of Robert Poss's fiesta red SC-1s now I want one too.

[HNB]

Welp, great. After this and looking at photos of Robert Poss's fiesta red SC-1s now I want one too.

I wouldn't talk you out of it. It is a classy color. I have had almost every type of Fender in that color.

[HNB]

Did some pickguard wiring. Just missing the pickups.

IMG_20211103_141604 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

One weird thing is the tremolo block sits slightly proud of the body. I haven't had this with an MJT body before. It is like the body is slightly too slim? It won't impact function and I don't tend to use back plates anyways, but still odd. I emailed them to ask what is up.

IMG_20211103_115841 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[graceless]

One of my strats does the same thing. I think there's quite some variance in those bridge blocks

[HNB]

One of my strats does the same thing. I think there's quite some variance in those bridge blocks

Was it a Fender body or an aftermarket like mine?

[HNB]

Pickups came in and I got them all wired up and connected the guard. Looking nice!

IMG_20211104_121035 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20211104_124520 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

FYI Pickups are Hot Texas Blues sold by Stratosphere. The demos online sounded good. Sort of similar to Texas Specials or Tex Mex sets.

Description: Hot Texas Blues for Fender Stratocaster Single Coil Pickup Set- Staggered, Enamel-Coated Alnico 5- Cream Covers

Average Output: Neck 6.4K, Middle 6.4K (Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity), Bridge 7.2K

[graceless]

One of my strats does the same thing. I think there's quite some variance in those bridge blocks

Was it a Fender body or an aftermarket like mine?

I tried swapping a MIA bridge block with a MIM body. Not even close to the same size

[BTL]

That's really weird. I wonder if it was one of the out-of-spec Landon-era USACG bodies MJT got when they bought the remaining inventory.

Did you measure the thickness?