my friend currently has a Squire strat, and he is looking a getting a fender so we looked at MIM and AIM strats, yes there was a bigger difference but still not wroth the price jump i thought, and if you spend a little extra money and time to sheild the MIM there would be even less difference.

as i said my friend has a Squire Strat and after playing these fenders, compaired to even the MIM it sounded and played like a big stinky pile of poop.