Fenders are good. I think american ones are overpriced. The japanese and korean ones are pathetic in their craftsmanship, and although the quality has dropped in recent years on the Mexican ones, the mexis and americans are high quality. it's a shame that the assembly line guitars like fenders arent more consistent in their good quality, but most are great. I love strats, and teles and jazzmasters and mustangs and duo sonics and jaguars and everything made by fender except for Squier guitars and those godawful solid state amps. you play strats mainly?