Why is it so?

Why is it so... Fender?

So, why is it so that Fender use their best sounding Strat pickups in their entry-level made-in-Mexico Standard Stratocaster? I have been looking around at Fender Stratocastsr's and all their variants and of the seventy six I've tried, that I may be able to afford, my findings seem to always go back to the Mexi Std. There isn't much wrong with this out of the box other than a badly cut nut but that's not uncommon for most Fender's these days. What ever happened to QC as we knew it?

The table turns for Dan.

Yes, we know you're excited Dan.

Hairy Dan comes up trumps in Shanghai for what was looking like an all red showing for the Ferrari's. After what was a shaky week end for the Red Bull ace, poor practice times, being out qualified by team mate Max, come race day things just got better as the laps went down.

The A B C of F1

Australia, Bahrain and today it's China. Here we are in red China and it's an all red front row with Seb going off pole for the a hat trick with Kimi alongside. Valerie Bottas out qualified Blingy so that will be interesting to see if he lets Hamilton past. Then Max out qualified Hairy Dan and there is no love lost between those two either. It will be a spectacular start.

The controversial 'caster.

The Silver Sky.

So when is a Stratocaster not a Stratocaster you might ask? Well, when it has birdies up the neck and a three-tuners-aside head stock. It's shock horror for the guitar world aficionado's when serial endorsee and groovy guy and not a bad player John Mayer and Pauls Reid Smith tooled up The Silver Sky. That is The Silver Sky with a The.

Cam Waters wins speedway title.

Supercar driver Cam Waters bags himself a national speedway title taking out the Octane Alley Speedway Sedans Australia National Modified Sedan Title and quite a lengthy title too. It's obvious that Cam loves his dirt track racing from what he had to say after the race. You're certainly not going to get that grass-roots feel about your racing in Supercars. Good one Cam.

No rain in Bahrain.

But it was raining cats and dogs for the Red Bulls. Hairy Dan popped a cork in his power unit putting him out early only to be followed closely by Verstappen when he tried to take Blingy out and came off second best. From all reports it was an 'exciting' race and I just can't wait to see the highlights. Congrats to Seb on his second race win, two from two. Great for Ferrari and commise's to Kimi's pit crew member who apparently received a broken leg during the Iceman's pit stop. What ever happened to the five-over-the-wall NASCAR style pit stops where pit crew are real action men?

Lowndes wins.

A well raced race for Lowndesy.

The all new ZB Holden bodywork seems to be paying off for the Holden's, winning seven of the eight races so far in the tin-top series. Craig Lowndes, or Lowndsey as we all know him, is the latest winner taking out Sunday's race in Tasmania on the weekend.