Basically excellent even near mint condition, only listing as very good due to a small ding on lower bout of body. This strat really won the neck lottery, beautiful dark fretboard on a quartersawn maple neck which means the neck is very strong and less susceptible to changes in atmosphere (see last photos for quartersawn neck end grain). Everything else plays and sounds fantastic, awesome fat alnico pickups, an excellent example of a solid Fender strat!