If you like your Fenders then a Mexican Strat is around 400 I have one and it ' s awesome . Still leaves around half of your money for a decent amp . Otherwise the new Fender Duo Sonics are around the same price and the new Jazzmaster HH is around 500 . All solid guitars if the reviews are anything to go by . <| sep |> It hasn ' t been for decades . <| sep |> Nobody uses that anymore . I believe the new hotness is something called Tout . <| sep |> Yeah I just looked it up , that is when they moved and also when they changed their logo . <| sep |> The rankings are highly effected by physicality and faceoff ability , McDavid lacks both . <| sep |> I ' ve come to realize that a pump isn ' t just how you look but how you feel . You can feel your muscles bulging . 46 months your pump was as big as you are now normally .