Fender Mike McCready Strat 3TSB

After 1.5 months owning this guitar I' getting more and more impressed. As a telecaster player with fat necks it took me some time to adapt to Strat philosophy of plaing, but now after several weeks I can't put this one out of my hands. I love PJ and M.McCready's music and this guitar nails the Mad Season and Pearl Jam's sound. The pickups are amazing and the treble bleed delivers exactly the same feeling as you can hear from the records of bands mentioned above. The guitar needed bit of setup as the truss rod was not tightened enough for our European climate and string height needed bit of adjustments. But that's a standard thing to deal with. The neck is thin and I realized I like it a lot, very comfortable and easy to play. My specific guitar is also amazingly light, only 3.15 Kg (6.10 lbs). It is expensive, but totally worth the money. PS: I'd pay the price again even thouth this is MIM and for less you can have MIA Strat. Don't be fooled, this one is Above.

Love the look of this guitar and was excited but when it arrived it was a huge, disappointment!

Tbe relicing isn’t too bad, the pickups sound quite good. That’s it, the action on this particular guitar was unplayable, frets not finished off properly or polished. The strings felt dirty n rusty. For £1500 it’s not acceptable. If you want a great strat save up and get the American Ultra 2 that is a great guitar and thomann have some great deals on it. (Don’t believe the YouTube videos this guitar Mc creamy just isn’t worth it!)

2 or 3 years ago I fell out with Thomann when they let me down big time. But I needed the Mccready for a project and Thomann could deliver on time so I reluctantly ordered it.
The guitar arrived pretty quickly taking 4 days from the order being placed to me receiving it. I tested it as soon as it arrived as I’d seen a few YouTube vids that said don’t buy this model blind - which I did of course having no choice living in the middle of nowhere.
Well I’ll tell you what…..the one sent to me is absolutely Brilliant. It was in tune when it arrived. the finish looks pretty good to me….i wouldn’t really know it was machine reliced if i didn’t already know. but then again it’s the first reliced guitar I’ve ever bought. suffice to say I’m happy with the finish.
The frets, electronics, neck, body and general build of the guitar is perfect. Really perfect. It seems to come with 10s and, having a weak left hand, I’ll probably fit 9’s to it soon.
As I said, I’d had my own problems with Thomann in the past but to be fair to them the service and product they provided me couldn’t be bettered. thanks.

Je viens de craquer pour Strat Mike Mc Cready alors que je connais à peine Pearl Jam, mais son look m’a immédiatement séduit pour un prix attractif.
Alors déjà elle est super bien réussie côté finition, on aime ou pas les relics mais c’est assez réaliste. Un ami à moi à une série L de 64, on a comparé et c’est vraiment très très proche. Manche fin de type 60’C ou 63C, les micros sont très chauds / ronds, frets fines vintages. Le case est bien aussi.
Donc Mexicaine certes, mais franchement on s’en moque car à ce niveau il n’y pas de différence majeure avec une US et on est pas au prix des Custom Shop non plus.
Elle est 100% fidèle aux photos, RAS. Facile à jouer si aime les Strats, le son est bien chaud, bien plus en comparaison d’une Strat US classique.

Voici qq bémols quand même : l’action est un peu haute, il va falloir la revoir mais ça c’est facile à faire avec ensuite un petit réglage d’intonation ( voir des tutos YT). La touche accroche un poil, le bois typé « rosewood » y est sûrement pour qq chose, mais c’est acceptable, faudra peut être un peu d’huile. Là c'est une différence assez nette avec une ST64L.

Dommage que les chromes soient flambants neufs, ça colle mal avec l’esprit vieilli de la guitare idem pour le case.
Bref une très belle guitare si on aime le concept du relic, un prix justifié même si Mexicaine, elle sonne très très bien ! Très content de cette Strat, c’est ma 4ème 😊.