Me either! I do wipe and clean the fretboard when I see "fingerprints" where my fingers have rubbed the wood clean making the dirt on the fingerboard more noticeable. You can tell a rhythm guitarist from a lead player by the fingerprints. I have an old guitar or two that show exactly where...
Don't let one "bad apple" spoil your love for American Fender guitars...when the apple is "bad" enough so you won't bite into it, make wine...or pie...Twang!
I have a 100 watt Fender Mustang III...great amp ...choose from many settings of model variations...tube sound...built-in echo, reverb, vibrato...I find #87 best for blues/rock/country with clean sound if you play easy and a little distortion if you "whip it good, real good"...TWANG!!
Mocha Strats pictued in this thread are fine instruments. They sizzle through a 100 Watt rig.
My first experience came from a Musicman 410 when overtones and harmonics were sustained with control. Whip it good !!
I would try setting your bass, mid and treble with the amp volume at 5 and your guitar volume less than half and tone controls all clockwise as a starting point.
Adjust the middle tone on the amp to less than full and hear what happens from there.
Twang !
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There's a difference between hex core and round core, solid nickle, tension differences depending on neck length and more...the best strings for me ...Stringjoy.com
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There is a difference in feel, sustain...
Good lesson!
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