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Saw some dimples and observed some low frets in a Pacifica 112V I picked up second-hand, so decided to give it a full fret level. I just do it for myself, using cheap tools (about $70 worth), but it makes the guitars I've done it on play like butter, so it's an hour (or two, if I'm careful, for a nicer guitar) of my time well spent.

The finished result is amazing. Easy to play, an easily achieved low action. Of course, this is hard to photograph, so just putting a photo of the guitar. This is my second-favourite 112V colour!

I cleaned the rusty screws on it already (it lived near the beach). Only other task is to wait for the trem bar to arrive and it'll be good to go.

If you're confident doing setups (neck relief/action), I really encourage you to do this as a next step. If I can, you can. Don't let the internet bully you into paying a luthier $500 or whatever unless you're a professional musician or your instruments are rarities (or you have lots of money and little time, of course!). I've had guitars that I'd have kept if I knew how to do this, because I'm sure I'd have connected with them better if I had set them up.

So many other contenders, but I have to resume locking myself in my office until someone feeds me baby food.

Not actually a contest, because the real winner is me! Both these guitars are stunning and wonderful to play. But the Yamaha Pacifica's colour is branded "ash pink", whereas the CV Strat's colour is called "white blonde". To my eye — and I'm often wrong on this, but my other half actually agrees with me, in this case — that Squier is pink.

The colour "white blonde" itself looks different on different Fender/Squier guitars. It's a translucent white paint finish that can be accented by the colour of the wood underneath. But in the case of the Squier CV strat, the ones I've seen all look distinctly pink.

And yes, even other branded colours (like "shell pink") look different on different Squiers and Fenders of different origins and years. Some are more peachy, some more vibrant, some lighter and some darker.

Anwyay, this is just for anyone looking for a pink guitar (I've had four and currently have three) but not willing to pay the pink premium — white blonde may be the way to go. Even better, you get some visuals of a wood grain. Also, it's a rare pink guitar with a maple neck, which looks (and feels) fantastic.

Nothing else needs to be said about the CV Strat, other than to me it's perfect the way it is and I see no need to upgrade anything other than myself, a continuous work in progress.

I just love it when Tracy's in "Artistic Director" mode and thus wears glasses. These are some of the scenes but I'm sure there are others... I don't have DotCom to get me raw data.

Edit: I'm going to go find every one of the images from people's quotes below. Good thing I'm phoning it in to work today.

Just a little joke for the Chinese speakers... always enjoyed it.

It’s one-armed mermaid that’s part unicorn with Bigfoot.