Is this a good deal? Fender trade.

Hi everyone,

I recently changed my guitar and I was wondering whether you think it was a good trade or not.

I had a 1992 US Fender Floyd Rose Classic HSS in excellent condition, no dings, some small scratches here and there. It had a Dimarzio Paf Pro humbucker and 2 standard single coils.

I swapped it with a 2008 US Fender Deluxe Stratocaster (SSS) with Alder body and Maple neck, practically new, no problems whatsoever.

I didn't pay or receive anything.

What do you think?

 

Nope I wish I had some photos. But this is the exact model and color

http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Fender-American-Deluxe-Stratocaster-Maple-Neck-3-Color-Sunburst.html

 

Thanks for your input...

These SCN pickups, they sound so good! The only problem is, I screwed up the tone by changing the pickup height a little bit. They are overly sensitive to height. Maybe I should take the guitar to a tech and get them adjusted. They sound much better when they are very close to the strings.

I was following the suggestions by Bill Lawrence. Putting a dime between the high E string and the bridge pickup polepiece and adjust until the dime touches the string while playing the highest fret. Do the same with 2 dimes for the bass side etc etc. I was thinking a dime is too little a distance, I was wrong, actually it sounds even better when I raise it a little higher.

Also, the middle pickup set fairly high compared to neck pickup gives better quack.

I'm a complete noob in pickup height setting. Does anyone know how to do this properly? Maybe I can save money by not going to a guitar tech

Does anyone have experience with SCN pickups?

Thanks

 

anyone?

 

He wanted a guitar with rosewood neck and I guess he cared more about the collectable floyd rose fender than anything.

On the other hand I was looking for a high-end yet simple Fender and that translates to deluxe and I wanted a maple neck.