This is one sweet axe. Ballsy pickups. Fast neck. Beautiful finish. Even came with the authentic black square case.
Having just learned SRVs "Cant stand the weather", its a real treat playing it on this baby.It has the exactly the tone I was looking for. And with the Kemper providing the amp/bcab profile thats similar to what he used is a real bonus.
Im glad my dissatisfaction with the Variaxs version of the Strat motivated me to get the real thing. The clarity and spank is just what I had hoped for.
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