Guitar with gig bag, cloth, picks and strap was a good combo. But if you need smooth finish overall strat fender, i would suggest you to choose fender affinity series. The head machine isn't stable for band practices. The fret finishes was not smooth and doesn't look good for long periods, which is a big thumb down from me. If you have good amps specially for electric guitar, it will sound amazing else it's a staock pickup and nothing surprise here. Upgrading the pickup will cost the same amount or more as the guitar itself, so i would be very happy if Fender would produce a pick-up(value for money) halve the price for the squier sonic both strat and tele series. Expecting better finish in the future. Read more