i had a '13 San Dimas...it was a "good" guitar, but nothing good enough to make me keep it. the neck was the real prize; beautiful maple that felt and played great. i had to pull the original Trembucker. i swapped it for a evh franky pup. that made it much better to my ears. the real negative, for me, was the floating bridge. it was my first such bridge and i wasn't a fan. but it also lacked a bit of resonance and sustain. i don't know if the routing of the bridge has something to do with that or not. i also don't know if the routing, and subsequent pick guard would help/hurt on the SoCal mods. i also had the blueburst which, beautiful guitar, but has the veneer top and what is probably a lot of clear coat to hold it all together?? imo, that has something to do with resonance/sustain as well. all those things factored...it lacked just a little something.
i do love a start/super-strat guitar, and one day will probably end up with another...but it will def be non-floating trem, and USA model, maybe a Japanese model, and it will not have a veneer... ETA... yes, agree on the ChubTone guitars. i'd def consider one of those as well.