I haven't played the pinecaster but will probably get a new CV Custom tele in burst; however, I was in a music store just recently and they were selling a CV sixties strat for 279 in antique burst and it was an awesome strat. It sounded great and looked great and played great. Plugged it into a Fender Super Champ XD and put them both thru their paces. They both shined.

I would get a sixties CV strat in a second if I wanted one or felt like it, on he spot, if it sounded really super good.

I have been wanting to play a pinecaster for a long time. The stores around here that have had them say that they are very nice guitars for the price, but they don't stock a lot of them. Probably because they like to sell the much more expensive ones like the new American Specials that they have so many of in stock.