OK, to be fair, the Strats I've seen are worse than the Teles, and I've handled dozens of them in the Phoenix area.
ALL the Mexico imports use the import bridges which are a different spacing than the USA Strats and Teles.
My theory is that they are using the old 50's neck and body profiles but goofed on compensating for the import bridge.
Are the saddles on the bridge off center? Is the whole bridge pushed to one side of the toolpath on the CNC layout and NOT centered?
I don't know, haven't disassembled one and measured the drill holes.
Hopefully this was just on the first couple of runs and they've sorted it out since.
We do usually get first run stuff quickly here, Fender HQ is in Scottsdale.
Anyways, my point is, it's not a Custom Shop or a real Nocaster or anything.
It's Mexico Tele. They are hit and miss. I've got an awesome Mexico Deluxe Players Strat.
To make it truly legendary, it needs what ALL Mexico Strats/Teles need.
Throw away the cruddy import bridge, caps, pups, other assorted hardware.
Put in some BK's and a proper bridge.
This would fix any alignment problems.
On the ones I've played, some worse than others, on about 17-18 and up, the high E string comes down right on the edge of the finished fret end and has a pronounced tendency to fall right off the fret board.
Here are some random large images from stores etc, that I just quickly posted from a general image search.
The weird thing is I've not seen this on the other Mexico models, just the Road Worns.
OK!!! NOW....
Here's a nice USA picture that someone posted and I copied to my photobucket.
It's got the USA bridge on it, the vintage-y radius and fret wire.
BUT - look at the string spacing and how the strings align at the top.
Just enough on the bass side, just like the Road Worns.... HOWEVER -
The important thing is that there is tons of room on the treble side for vibrato etc, and there's no way you're going to accidentally pull off the neck!
