artifex_adrift's Fender Music Gear Setup

DISCLAIMER: As with all my strats, everything under the hood electronics-wise has been modded.

However as far as the guitar itself, this is by far my favorite stratocaster. I was on the fence in terms of going for another soft V-shape neck strat since I really enjoy playing my Fender Vintera 50s model. After reading up on all of the improvements of the American Professional II, I had to see what the fuss was about. The attention to detail and the additional features puts this thing way out in the forefront of Fender's modern implementation of this classic guitar. The staggered tuning posts, beveled neck and fret edges, 22nd fret (thanks to the over-hang fretboard), adjustable neck shim post, carved-out neck cavity and shaped bolt plate, and the surprisingly (for me) modern C-shape neck blow me away.

Sure, you can get a more affordable model, something that is a GREAT guitar like a Custom Shop series, but after 5 minutes of playing this thing I knew immediately where the extra money went. Stock, it has a pickup-coupling push-push switch on one tone knob, and a treble bleed in the volume knob. It sounds great with the V-Mod single coils, but I had other plans and dug in with some serious mods I have wanted to do for a while. I'm glad I picked this model, because now I can't put this guitar down.