I've had one of these guitars since 1992. It came to me by way of a singer who gave up playing it after two weeks and he gave it to me. It was always kind of a project guitar whereas I would try out new electronic configurations prior to installing them on my more expensive guitars. In stock configuration, the frets were mildly uneven, so it would buss at a low action and the electronics were crap. The tremolo block fractured after about 25 years of service (pig iron block). It can use a MIM Strat replacement bridge so that was not to hard to rectify. In the last year, I invested in bringing it to a pro level as an artist repainted it. The mods I had done were: 1. Replaced the nut with a Tusq nut 2. Added an additional string tree for the g and d strings 3. Polish and level the frets 4. Sanded the finish on the back of the neck to bare wood 5. Replaced the tremolo block with a rolled steel block 6. Replaced the electronics with Fender vintage hot noiseless preloaded pickguard. That cost around $1500 to rework. If buying this off the shelf I would not pay more than $200 for it.