Yea it's an old guitar and I'm well overdue to get a new one. Problem is, I'd rather blow cash on studio speakers and studio stuff if my guitar is at least still playable. Next one I get won't be a strat though, something with a thinner neck, not a maple one either, more frets and without the single-coil pickup or the two lone pickup selections that you have on a strat that dosen't produce a huge hum.