Fender AM Original 50 Strat MN WB LH

I bought a few strats as well as made some myself.
I also own a collection of various guitars, heritage, anderson, prs, jacking, music man, steinberger, ibanez etc.

I wanted to go back to basics and this new american original caught my eye. had all the right specs, a chunky neck, 9.5" radius, ash body, vintage hardware.

This guitar plays and sounds awesome. It really convinces that real strat vibe under attack, yet its not harsh at all. I am a bit of a distortion guy but i find myself playing cleaner on this guitar as it sounds so good.

For that classic strat thing, Fender sure got close with this one.

I do have a few minor objections:
the tuners dont seem to be as stable to keep the tuning as my callaham vintage tuners.
finally, when is Fender going to learn to wire the pots correctly for lefties.. hard to believe they have not figured this out yet! They are wired the same as on right hand guitars, and as a result since the pots are mounted upside down as compared to a righty, the tone controls act more like a on/off switch. all they need to do is wire to the opposite lugs.