Amazing pawn shop buy - I got a 1989 custom shop strat with a maple shark fin neck

[eighthnotetone]

Today's takeaway: go to more pawnshops.

[eighthnotetone]

Do you have any pics of it before you cleaned it up?

[eighthnotetone]

6. The break angle is pretty steep at the neck body connection due to a pretty thick shim. Does it need to be that angled? My gut feeling is it's the factory shim, any reason I shouldn't change it out to lower the bridge and pickups?

Doing a little research and I'm not really sure why there is such a steep angle. You could take the shim out just to see what's going on, but you said that it plays great as is. Is there a reason to mess with it?

[CaptNasty]

I posted a bunch of pictures in the Jackson facebook groups for this guitar. I'll try to get them on my personal website to share here too...

I have tried to join that facebook group several times. Never get a response.

[pianoguyy]

6.

Doing a little research and I'm not really sure why there is such a steep angle. You could take the shim out just to see what's going on, but you said that it plays great as is. Is there a reason to mess with it?

As previously mentioned -
the trem is not recessed.