http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Squire-Japanese-with-Alembic-pickups_W0QQitemZ7385857432QQcategoryZ47070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Like one of my techs at the hospital used to say...
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I was kind of scratching my head at this one too. Who knows. I once owned a mexican made jazz bass that played and felt better than any american standard I had tried. If I still owned it I could see dropping a set of alembic pickups in it.
- Jim
It went for a great price (mid $200's), even if your only goal was to rescue the electronics for use in another strat.