That's some spectacular playing man. Nice job. That is a gorgeous Strat. Nice color and man that's a wonderful sound.

That reminds me of a mexican roadhouse strat I bought second hand that had no fret wear and was spotless. It had a 12" radius,USA noiseless pickups(not sure if they were generation 4) and the colour was called "mystic ice blue" or something similar.It was a high quality guitar but I never properly bonded with it-i realise now because the neck pickup was crap, it didn't have enough treble, and it also didnt really sound very good on any pickup,but I liked it so much that bought another one brand new that was white with a maple fretboard instead of pau ferro as a backup. But strangely enough, the blue was a 2016 model, and the white was a 2017 model, supposedly the same specs, but the neck on the white was noticeably thicker and it sounded much better. Still muted and crap on the neck pickup, but the bridge pickup was amazing. springy, juicy tone, ideal for my funk style of playing.(i dont use positions 2 or 4). Anyway, that's my guitar nerd story! I should have kept the white one and got a decent neck pickup for it

Wow! Absolute stunner! HNGD - Congrats 😀👌

Beautiful guitar. Looks like the scratch you are referring to is a neck pocket "stress crack" in the nitrocellulose. Almost all strats have that over time. Enjoy!

I had a Squier telecaster and modded it. I sold it. I wish i didn't because it had that tele tone. Now, i cant find it. Looking for that strat now. Unfortunately, they're too expensive. I can make a better guitar for way less now. I have a MIJ Squier stratocaster contemporary bullet 1. Much the same for me. Vintage is the way.

You can’t go wrong with Japanese strats I have an 89 it’s so nice

Telecaster ! sometimes a huge surprise what actually you like the most, what I stumbled upon after trying a few teles was actually a Squire Classic Vibes 50´s and in Butterscotch of course ;) , I just fell in love with it after sitting and playing, neck just fit my hand like a glove, and pickups I was surprised.. not sure if mine are org but it has a great sound, check it out ;) perhaps you´ll be as surprised as I was. Did some neckwork, smoothed some frets and all the rest, and I could not be happier....