I was growing increasingly unhappy with my Fender Mexican Deluxe strat, the neck didn't feel right and it wasn't very comfortable to play. I have been interested in the Road Worn series since Fender brought them out at the beginning of the year so I took my old Mexican strat down to the store to try one out and maybe trade in for it.
Well the Road Worn strats do sound great and it really did feel worn in, but I thought the relicing was just really not authentic looking at all! The aged bridge, pots, the headstock and back of the neck were done well, but I thought the relicing on the body was done pretty poorly and made the guitar look kinda cheap. I'm not taking anything away from the sound of the guitar though because it did sound really great, I played a sunburst 50's one and it did have a really nice sound.
In the end I walked out with one of the new American Standard strats which actually worked out cheaper than the Road Worn strat would have been! The American strats do feel a lot nicer and overall is a better quality instrument to the Mexican made ones. The pickups are a little bit weak though, so I think I'm going to swap them out for some Irish Tours. It's a sunburst American Standard with a rosewood fingerboard, great for getting Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughn type tones, which is what I'm going for on this strat.
