This started out as a 2005 Highway 1 Strat that I bought new for $500 (I had a coupon and it also came with a free iPod Shuffle).
It wasn't a bad guitar, but I felt it could be better. I replaced the pickups with Fralin Vintage Hots that I had on hand (put the originals in a guitar that my son and I built together), removed the Grease Tone circuit, replaced the Oak Grigsby switch with a much better feeling CRL, put an RS Superpot in it for the taper, replaced the bridge with a Callaham (sold the original), put a single layer pickguard on it, Gotoh Kluson style tuners, had USACG make me a 1-piece maple boat neck with a 7-1/4" to 9-1/2" compound radius with 6105 frets that I finished with reranch amber neck tint and spray polyurethane (I sold the original), and I eventually replaced the body with a swamp ash MJT in tobacco burst (I sold the original body, too). The body was one of their eBay specials that I bought cheap. It took me a couple of years to snag one that I liked.
It weighs about 7-1/2 pounds. There's not a lot of original Fender guitar left, but it sounds and plays great and is a great fit for me! Considering how inexpensive it was, I got good deals on parts, and I sold the originals, it didn't cost a lot.
My wife bought me the case for Christmas in the early '90s.