hi- i have a 97 cij strat, 63 reissue-
its my favourite guitar all around, the neck feels great- its as good as any strat ive played- beats my 68 strat hands down
i got it brand new and unplayed- still wrapped in shipping plastic wrap in late 97, have been throwing it around for 10 years and it still plays as good as it ever did.
the pickups were fine, but i threw other pickups in it- the originals are still good enough to use elsewhere tho-
the wiring is good- i left it alone with the exception of cutting the tone controls out, but i do that to all my stuff, im sure it was fine if your into that
what blew me away was the quality of the thing- the frets where excellently dressed, everything was tight and perfect- it was even intonated lol- ive seen brand new american strats that needed work out of the box....
if i could i would buy many more of these