Cheers Waz. Yes shame about the Swannies but an entertaining game none the less. The Squire came up well and certainly a good platform for upgrades. Comparable to my Flender Strats and certainly equals in sound/playability. One strange thing with this particular guitar (for me anyhow as I'm used to vintage spec strats) is it's 10 inch radius fret board. First I've come across. The Indonesian factory back in 2006 must have been taking different specs from different types of Strats and muddled them all together into one.