JacksonMIA
Lemur-buckerologist
I've been GASing for a true strat for several months now, and it finally reached the breaking point. Picked up this baby on Evil-Bay.
It's a 97 (if I'm reading the S/N correctly :smack
Jimmie Vaughan strat. The guy I bought it from had installed the pearloid guard and aged/cream accouterments. He sent all the original pieces, too, so I can return it to stock if I ever want to. It looks surprisingly white in those pictures. I'll snap a few more pics, hopefully, later this week after I give it a good cleaning and full setup (though it was actually set up mostly how I like it and was pretty close to in tune when I pulled it out of the box).
The thing plays great. It's one of the most comfortable strat necks I've ever played (and I've tried several of the higher end Fenders in the past couple of weeks, including a couple of other signature models). I really like the matte finish on the neck if it's going to be finished at all. Medium jumbo frets are my friend, especially on such a round fingerboard. Surprisingly, it didn't take any adjusting to it, even being used to my Jackson. It's nothing like the Jackson, but it's just so natural feeling your fingers are right at home.
The bridge is amazing. I don't really have a lot to compare it to, tonally, but it sounds very good. It was set up well, but it's got to be the best feeling vintage style bridge I've used.
Tonally, it's great. The pickups aren't really what I was looking for, but so far I really like them. I'm going to at least give them til the end of the year before I decide about swapping them out. They'll probably go in another strat if I do, though. Very balanced pups. And I LOVE the tone controls.
For those who don't know, it's wired Master Volume/Neck Tone/Bridge Tone. This leaves the middle pup on full, and you can back off the tone on the neck or bridge pups and get some really cool 2 and 4 position tones.
The guitar is an incredible value. Even at new prices, they're probably the best bang for your buck I've come across as far as vintage style strats.
I need to give a big thanks to Christian (the guy who invented fire) for talking me into it. We spent several hours on the phone and through PMs helping me decide what I needed. Dude knows his stuff.
Thanks, man!
It's a 97 (if I'm reading the S/N correctly :smack
Jimmie Vaughan strat. The guy I bought it from had installed the pearloid guard and aged/cream accouterments. He sent all the original pieces, too, so I can return it to stock if I ever want to. It looks surprisingly white in those pictures. I'll snap a few more pics, hopefully, later this week after I give it a good cleaning and full setup (though it was actually set up mostly how I like it and was pretty close to in tune when I pulled it out of the box).The thing plays great. It's one of the most comfortable strat necks I've ever played (and I've tried several of the higher end Fenders in the past couple of weeks, including a couple of other signature models). I really like the matte finish on the neck if it's going to be finished at all. Medium jumbo frets are my friend, especially on such a round fingerboard. Surprisingly, it didn't take any adjusting to it, even being used to my Jackson. It's nothing like the Jackson, but it's just so natural feeling your fingers are right at home.
The bridge is amazing. I don't really have a lot to compare it to, tonally, but it sounds very good. It was set up well, but it's got to be the best feeling vintage style bridge I've used.
Tonally, it's great. The pickups aren't really what I was looking for, but so far I really like them. I'm going to at least give them til the end of the year before I decide about swapping them out. They'll probably go in another strat if I do, though. Very balanced pups. And I LOVE the tone controls.
For those who don't know, it's wired Master Volume/Neck Tone/Bridge Tone. This leaves the middle pup on full, and you can back off the tone on the neck or bridge pups and get some really cool 2 and 4 position tones.
The guitar is an incredible value. Even at new prices, they're probably the best bang for your buck I've come across as far as vintage style strats.
I need to give a big thanks to Christian (the guy who invented fire) for talking me into it. We spent several hours on the phone and through PMs helping me decide what I needed. Dude knows his stuff.
Thanks, man!
