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Even though CBS bought Fender in 1965 things didn't change overnight. After CBS bought Fender they started making real changes to the guitars, the quality and the finishes starting in mid-68. I'd say up through '71 folks are pretty much agreed on Strats still being nearly as good as pre-CBS. It's in '72 when the 3 bolt neck came out that people started objecting to the changes.
Like any guitar it's really on a case by case basis, there are good ones and bad ones and you just have to be careful.
I owned a '79 Hardtail that was a delightful guitar. But I've played other that were pure junk.
And the prices on all of the CBS Strats are going up all the time. And anything pre-1970... in other words any Strat made in the '60s decade are climbing steadily into some big money -- CBS or not.
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