by the way strats in Finnish guitar shops cost much less than here.
I remember here one dude, he was trying to go working in "Red District" to get enough cash to buy an american made strat, dunno really wether he did it or not.
I also remember words of the guy in local guitar shop. I plugged a few guitars (Japanese strats) then he said: if u like it, why not to buy it? And I said: well but I don't have enough money, and he said to take it from women, 'cos they earn now much more than men.