Dating a fender strat

Just picked up a New Mexican fender strat SSS today , in love with it, but I’m not too handy with guitars and tinkering with them (I’m nervous to work on this), I’m just curious, the strings feel a bit high and I was wondering if anyone could eyeball this and see if they appear too high. Also my B string is buzzing when it’s played open. Want this guitar to play to the best of its ability so any advice helps.

I've got 2 strats mexican and american elite. The mexican had an annoying ring past the nut that would go away when I pressed the string behind the nut. I fixed this issue with a second string tree 8 years ago no big deal.
My american elite I got about 8 months after the mexican. It had the same ringing as well but not as noticeable. I decided to upgrade the tuners on my mexican with locking tuners. I put the elite tuners on the mexican since it has 2 string trees the heights won't matter. Then I put the staggered locking tuners (fender) on my american elite which dont seem to much or lower at all. But the ring is still there when I play unplugged. Is my only option to add a second string tree?
I'd prefer not to put any extra holes in this guitar. Has anyone had this issue?

Hey everyone, just picked up a 60s road worn strat from marketplace for a good deal I think. I do have a few questions though. Upon inspection once I got home, the frets look flat almost. Is that a feature of the “road worn”-ness of the guitar? If not do you think these are able to be fixed by a luthier? Also I know they’re supposed to come with Tex mex pickups but I removed the pick guard and saw a custom shop sticker on the back of them. Did some research and I think they’re cs69 pickups. Idk how to tell. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Asked in fender but waiting for the post to be allowed

Title fixed. Been playing acoustic-only for the last 15 years and just finished building out my board as I come back to electric.
Signal chain is a Fender Strat -> board -> Roland JC 40
Absolutely zero dirt (aside from the rat switch on the Pulp). Just about getting my clean tones right to taste, and I haven't felt much of an inclination to use dirt lately. I'm surprised that 3/6 pedals are TC Electronic as I've never been drawn to them for any particular reason (nothing against them, just not a vast I-got-to-have-it draw) but I can't deny their utility and ability to just work.
Now that the basics are done, I'll probably expand into the flavouweird with a Pitch Fork +, Tensor, and Cloudburst next. I'm playing ambient stuff so this suits so far.
If I ever need dirt I have a Gibson Explorer plugged straight into a Marshall DSL 5C cranked up.
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Hey all, a couple of years ago, I really got into the band Greenday, and I started listening to all their old albums religiously. I also watched a lot of their live concerts, and I noticed that the frontman of the band, Billie Joe Armstrong, was playing a Sticker Bombed Fender Strat. Most of the stickers were basic stuff like Jokes, Pop, culture references, or other underground band logos of the time, but this exact sticker does not seem to have any real origin, and I have been looking everywhere to find its origin for the past 3 years. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this image and/or knows where it originates from. (I apologise for my horendous grammar in advance it's my second language)

Anyone know what this body is from. Obviously a Strat style but is it genuine SquieFender?

Bit of an update: a few weeks ago I posted this guitar that I got for a really good price at a pawn shop. Had to get some work done on it: refret, new nut, and new volume pot. My first PRS and learned a good bit about them in the time with this shop. While McCarty custom 22 started in production in 1994, I still can’t tell if this is a McCarty or not. Neck profile and body thickness say McCarty, but there are no McCarty markings on the back headstock or pickup cavities. Also, no truss rod cover. Almost all hardware is non original so this wouldn’t be much of a McCarty outside of the neck feel and body thickness anyways. The 85/15 pickups are insanely versatile (now that the wiring has been done and I can actually hear it), I really love the push/pull tones. The coil splits are making my beloved Made in Mexico Strat (with custom 50s pickups) sit around more. Honestly can’t say I’d put the tones of this guitar over my Les Paul. But I can tell you that the comfort and versatility make it awesome to practice with and explore my set up more. Whether you are a Gibson or Fender guy (insert your preference on classic styles from other brands here), I think a PRS deserves its own place in your collection. Can’t explain it but the preciseness of the pickups have got me dabbling in other genres and styles. I set it up with 9s and it practically plays itself, I still might go back to 10s or 11s for feel sake though. New bone nut seemed to give the guitar a bit more zing (the good kind) to its unplugged sound. Can’t tell you how it impacted the plugged in sound, if at all. All in all, I put about $1,550 in this guitar (buying it, to getting it refret, new nut, wiring redone). So stoked to revive this guitar, it was definitely played heavily (the back and sides are pretty dinged and scratched up). I’m a sucker for a pretty worn down guitar, so I’d consider this well “relic’d” without the price tag. Also, team moon inlays all the way. I thought I wanted the birds but the abalone and pearl (or whatever materials in the moon dots) are simply beautiful. Does anyone know what pickups were stock at the time? (Last picture was the guitar when I got home with it, first is how it is now)

Thoughts on pick guard and plastics combos for buttercream strat
Been wanting to update the look of my buttercream player strat. Depending on the light the buttercream comes off as either be a real nice, creamy vintage white almost or a bright banana yellow. Was hoping a different plastics combo could help dull the times it’s more banana yellow and just give it a better overall look.
I’m also partial to traditional fender color combos. The player strat comes with parchment pickguard and parchment plastics and I wanted to experiment with a mint pickguard and vintage white plastics. I’ve got it narrowed down to one of the combos using the vintage white plastics and was wondering what you guys thought. I also wanted to post for anyone else with a buttercream strat who has had similar thoughts, so they could get a reference without having to do the work.
The pictures in order are: 1.) stock-parchment on parchment 2.) mint pickguard with parchment plastics 3.) parchment pickguard with vintage white plastics 4.) mint pickguard with vintage white plastics

Thoughts on pick guard and plastics combos for buttercream strat
Been wanting to update the look of my buttercream player strat. Depending on the light the buttercream comes off as either be a real nice, creamy vintage white almost or a bright banana yellow. Was hoping a different plastics combo could help dull the times it’s more banana yellow and just give it a better overall look.
I’m also partial to traditional fender color combos. The player strat comes with parchment pickguard and parchment plastics and I wanted to experiment with a mint pickguard and vintage white plastics. I’ve got it narrowed down to one of the combos using the vintage white plastics and was wondering what you guys thought. I also wanted to post for anyone else with a buttercream strat who has had similar thoughts, so they could get a reference without having to do the work.
The pictures in order are: 1.) stock-parchment on parchment 2.) mint pickguard with parchment plastics 3.) parchment pickguard with vintage white plastics 4.) mint pickguard with vintage white plastics