I bought one of these.
It’s not perfect, but it checks the boxes of:
[✔️] Nice curves /Not Heavy
[✔️] No knobs/switches in the strum path
[✔️] Sounds good
[✔️] Actually 24.75” scale
[✔️] 12” radius (or smaller)
[✔️] Epi LP Special* w/ Strat body
ISSUES:
1) Tuning keys seem shoddier than similar ones on my Vintage Modified Jag. (Look the same, don’t feel the same.)
2) When the “Series” is activated by pulling the push/pull of the volume knob, it appears to cut the bridge pickup.
-No difference between the neck pickup & middle toggle position.
-MUTE/Kill when toggled to bridge.
3) The toggle switch feels kind of cheap. It really wants to go back to the middle rather than stay at in 1st or 3rd position, but it will stay there when you put it there.
4) * Appears to be nearly double the price of an Epi LP Special.
https://www.fender.com/en-US/squier-electric-guitars/stratocaster/limited-edition-paranormal-strat-o-sonic/0377035527.html