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Well, folks, I have finally joined the club and bought a USA Strat! A new EJ strat showed up at my door today courtesy of Musician’s Friend. The fit and finish are perfect and I am very impressed. I was worried about the neck size as I had read it was very large. While it is a baseball bat I believe the 12” radius offsets any difficulties one would have playing a larger neck. It is much more comfortable than my classic ‘70s strat with a U-shape neck and I believe this is due to radius differences. Although I play .09s and with a floating trem, I found the factory setup felt like butter and I played a couple of hours with no fatigue. The hallmark of a good guitar.

With that said, after playing the EJ strat for a while, my opinion of my 2019 ‘50s classic strat is higher now. I purchased the classic right before the line was rebranded to vintera. As the EJ is based on a ‘57 strat I have to say the classic has nailed the contours and pickups. The key difference being finish and neck size.

I am very impressed with this guitar and I am glad to finally own a US strat.

Cheers!

 

Thank you, it really is. There’s something about a black strat!

 

I gotta say, I cannot wait for the stickiness to come off the neck.

 

That stinks, so it never smoothed out for you then?

After cruising guitar forums for years and seeing some of the compulsions players have I would not doubt someone has thought that. Haha

Thanks.

 

Yeah I think putting in some hours should do the trick. My final choices were this guitar and a AVRI57 I hopped on this one because of its 12” neck radius. But I’m sure an AVRI is in my future.