The normal procedure would have been me having to send the guitar to the distributor's workshop, but I can't wait that much time, so I had to negotiate really hard, and finally they'll send the piece and they'll swap it here, at the shop where I bought it. They count as qualified enough not to void my warranty. After all it's just a selector, it's not rocket science to change it. It's been a while since I opened the back plate, but I seem to remember that the cables were soldered to the connector, not plugged.

Thank you too gerlin,

You are from US I am from Greece, in another continent! but no matter how we have different habbits, cultures as consumers we have the same concerns!

I am really interested in the idea of Variax but I also have in mind that I spent 1100€ for a Fernades Retro Rocket Elite (with sustainer) and the quality of the instrument was amazing not like my JS1000 Ibanez but awesome...Never had a problem with it...And this guitar was not built in Japan but in China,  the quality control was there though.

Was the neck swap much work?  Does a Strat syle neck just bolt on the 69 (and then adjust as needed)?

Yes, basically.  The scale length, width at the bottom and pocket size are identical.  Mighty-Mite necks come without mounting holes drilled, so you either have to do it yourself or wimp out like I did and pay a tech to do it.  I had to fuss a bit with the neck set angle. Ended up building a tapered shim by layering 2" wide masking tape (saw this on the internet) and cutting it to shape with an X-acto knife.  After a few rounds of truss-rod adjustment, I'm delighted with the results.  I really tried to like the original neck, but it was just too narrow at the nut for my fingers and the frets were like railroad ties compared to my other instruments ('68 Les Paul, PRS Custom 24 and US Strat).  This stuff is subjective, of course, and your mileage may well vary.

The only other mod I made was to install a Super-Vee MagLok on the tremolo system.  I'm super fussy about tuning and there's not a floating tremolo in existence that holds pitch well enough to suit me.  The Mag-Lok gives you a positive point of return for the mechanism without preventing you from pulling the pitch up.  If you don't touch the bar, it acts like a Tremo-No and prevents movement on string bends.  With even a light touch on the bar, it "breaks loose" from the magnetic hold and lets you dive to your heart's content.  Again, maybe not for everyone, but I think it's a terrific gadget and I'm planning to put one on the PRS and the Strat.

That's not the normal action of the frets, though. I actually had noticed a few guitars at my local Guitar Center where the frets were pretty bad, and I let Rich Renkin, the guy who was the product manager at the time, know about it. A few weeks later, that store had gotten some new ones in, and those frets were fine.

Honestly, the fact that guitars with obvious issues are getting displayed is at least partly the fault of the dealer. A dealer should do things like check the setup and playability of a guitar before they put it on display. There are some guitars that just need sent back to the factory. This happens with all manufacturers. I used to work at smaller store, and we had to send guitars back every now and then (Fender and Ibanez were the top selling guitars in that store), and we never really had huge orders.

I didn't check the serial number....But the fact.that we are.in such a game.seeking for serial.number

And dates of production...makes.it clear....Line6 is not a.serious company....

What means that now they are more focused in.qc...Mercy!