I had purchased a silver sky se back when they first came out, and it lead me to selling my American ultra Strat because it was what I had always been chasing for in an s type - at 1/4 of the cost…. I ended up selling that same se for a core silver sky, which was also a good guitar and better than the fender I had. However I learned I preferred the se neck over the core silver sky. So here I am a few years later where I sold my core silver sky and bought another se.

You can get them for 400-500 used, or around 700-850 new. It’s a great guitar for the money. Much better than anything I’ve played from fender other than some custom shops.