Thanks for the setup, Strummy
2 years ago, my dealer got a batch of 3 each of these red, white and blue Legacy models; they were run like that to cut costs and put them in dealers' hands at great street price, about 25% lower than usual...because G&L's are most often custom-ordered by dealers one or 2 pieces at a time, unless G&L produces a preset special edition limited quantity run. At that time, he blew them out new at $799 each.
Aeolian knows his G&L's, too, and everything he said about the Legacy, especially about its 'PTB' (Passive Treble & Bass) tone control system -- which, with the G&L pickups, IMHO, set a Legacy a class above any Standard, conventionally factory-wired SSS USA Fender Strat would have been what I would have said if I wasn't stuck here on the Left Coast, always late to the USA parties...
I'll also go +1+ on the G&L dual-fulcrum trem system; I had a Comanche (now Rocket's...unless he flipped it) and that trem is just...well...it stays in tune...OK?
scgmhawk: if you jones for a really good strat, then you won't be disappointed with one of these.:
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