I finally got a chance to play one of these tonight in a local music shop. I played the 60's version which is very similar in appearance to my '62 JV Strat (Japanese Vintage, not Jimmie Vaughn). First impressions where that the guitar was a nice looking Strat. I had just ear tuned it and played a few notes on it when a Gent asked me what I thought of it it. We had a good 10 minute conversation, he was in earlier with his son and was looking to by him a guitar for him upcoming birthday. We spoke briefly over the differences between the 50's and 60's version and such. His son liked the burst and rosewood neck on the 60's model . I told him I hadn't played the model yet, but liked what I saw, and liked what I'd read about them. The Trem was set on the body, not floating and it didn't have the bar attached, so no testing there. He asked if I thought I should consider the current guitar/amp packages, and told him I thought that this was a much better guitar to purchase. I won't say if he walked out of the store with a spanking brand new 60's Vibe Strat in case his son reads the Fret.net, but he better be good... because the store has a 30 day money back guarantee!
I still haven't seen the Tele
Gearlist:
Electric: Ibanez 'AS103', Fender Dlx Nash Pwr Tele, Fender Squier '62 JV Strat, Squier '51, Squier 60's Classic Vibe Strat, Epi Elite LP Studio, Hagstrom Swede Acoustic: Larrivee LV-03RE, A&L AMI, Yamaha FG340-T Bass: Yamaha BB 450 Amps: Roland JC-120, JC-50, Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Champ XD Pedals: Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Danelectro Cool Cat Drive, Transparent Overdrive, Digitech Digiverb, Bad Monkey, Ibanez TS-9, Boss AC-2, CE-5, CS-2, DD-3, DF-2, DS-1, FV-100, GE-7, OC-2, PSM-5, SD-1, TU-2, DVM~BYOC 'Lush Puppy' Chorus