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The 83 Elite Strat (and Tele) were definitely not Fender's finest hour either. Although, I *love* the knobs. I used to have a set on my Strat and they were the best I've ever had for grip for violining etc (Andy Latimer agrees!) - but I sold them when the prices of them went mental about 10 years back. I don't remember the neck profiles particularly (thin, weren't they?) but I never really "got" the push switch thing.
My feedback thread is here.
I might be wrong but I can't ever remember playing a good 25th Anniv - But I have played some decent 70's Strats and many that we would now call 'players grade' with appropriate mods
I have to completely disagree on "The Strat" I've got one and though it does indeed weigh about 50 tons and have a weird shaped headstock it's one of the best playing and sounding Strats I've ever heard.
My other 2 guitars are a PRS DGT and a Gretsch 6119 and the Fender gets the most play time of the 3.
I had a modern US Standard, but sold it because The Strat was a better guitar in every way.
I must admit I have completely changed the electronics as the clicky rotary switch thing was a bit pointless, but even with the original pickups it was a great sounding guitar.
Mine is quite like this though I've got chrome hardware and regular knobs on it:
https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/pre-loved-fender-1981-the-strat-lake-placid-blue-electric-guitar
The pickups didn't look right, so we opened it up and discovered that it had been chiseled out for three humbuckers and an MXR pedal circuit in the area below the pickups. Basically it *was* semi-acoustic .
It had three of those red-fibreboard Japanese Strat copy pickups in it, out of a Grant or something - but remarkably, it still really did sound pretty good.
I have a very nice '71 D12-35, but likewise I've played many mid-70s ones that were average at best.
Rickenbacker did remain very consistent throughout the 70s - but there's the slight Catch-22 that you have to like them in the first place...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The 2 knob version was the first time a Strat was given another additional word in its title (is this a pro-noun ?) - ie Standard, Elite, Deluxe etc - Prior to this they were just Strats