Jennifer sounds pretty cool got the Dakota Red 2014 love it

I found your comments on the neck really interesting. I have the Strat 2014 version in sonic blue too and the neck is the best neck I have EVER played - I love it. so really interesting how you found it.... my Strat has fat 50's and they are like custom shop pickups on an Am Std - these were and are great guitars for the money

I have the same guitar and it has also become my #1. I didn't mind the 'fat' neck (I play a lot of acoustic), but it took me ages to learn to dial in the set up on that compound radius neck. (How do you do your set up?) My tech had suggested running light top/heavy bottom and I did for a time. It still gave me problems. One day, I put normal 010-.052s on it and after very little bridge adjustment, it plays amazingly. And it sure is purty.