Sterling by Music Man Mariposa Electric Guitar Daphne Blue

I traded my Squire Vintage Vibe 50s Strat for a Mariposa by Sterling, and it has been the best decision ever. Also owned a Fender Strat HSS Standard MIM and sold that one as well after owning the Mariposa. This thing delivers in terms of build quality (as good as MIM Strat, way better than Squire Vintage Vibe) and playability (Nice roasted maple unpainted fingerboard and stain neck finish.) The Sterling Mariposa tremolo design is one step above both Squire and Fender's outdated 6-screw tremolo design, very easy to service and adjust. Humbukcler produces loud, hum-free tones, more rounded and mid-low heavy tones as opposed to the single coil on the Squire and Fender. You'll not be able to get the glassy tone of the single coil, so if that's what you want you'll want to look else where. There are no tone adjustments, just two volume knobs; it works perfectly and is still able to produce very distinctive sounds with the 3-way switch set to the middle position and volume is mixed. The locking tuners make the guitar stay in tune forever! I set out to find the perfect strat but ended up with a Mariposa by Sterling, and I'm a total believer. Try it and you'll not want to put it down while your strat style guitars are collecting dust on the stand.

This guitar is a joy to play. I love the off white color and the body style as well. Buy one! You won't regret it!

This guitar was not on my radar until I plugged it in and played it! I play guitar at church, all the modern stuff, I've been playing guitar for 28 years. The feel of the neck, the comfortable contoured body, and sound of the pickups, I can't put this thing down! Play through a Line 6 Pod Go direct to the sound system.

Great guitar, very comfortable neck, stable trem system and unique humbucker pickups. The bridge pickup sounds like most neck pups, the bridge pup is warm, almost dark but very musical.

Love this guitars style! Very unique with retro vibes from the cool body shape. May I be so bold to say, I think its cooler than the St Vincent. Pickups are actually clear and more articulate than the "muddy" sound of most import humbuckers, Nice! But changing the cheap pots to higher value CTS ones should really help open up the pickups even more! Also, I'm surprised that Musicman didn't add a slight cutaway on the back for your hand to access the higher frets more easily. Overall, this guitar is just a great instrument! Especially, if you want something that stands out visually.....