So i was looking for something new to play with next to my explorer and les paul. Rejuvinate the guitar hobby...
Strats were never my thing, because of the volume button location and my bad playing technique. So I wanted a cheap one to mod.
I bought this one and compared it to some others (fazley, yamaha, J&D, ibanez). The sound was just amazing, as is the playability and finish. I like the color. I kept the guitar, i did modify out 1 tone with a new pickguard and now i really like the guitar. I changed for 250k potmeters as i was busy anyhow, not sure yet as the sound with 500k was also fenominal.
I had a strat 15 years back (250 euro fender squier i think) which i even gave away free later because of the lack of quality (and didnt risk to mod it). Again, if your HB ST20 is as fine as mine, you really have a nice guitar.