JagInTheBag wrote:Shes a beauty! Welcome to the club. I have a Jaguar and an S-500. The S-500 gets all the love!
Thanks for the welcome, JiTB!
Last December I had reached 40... guitars in my studio
But that was a a kind of a wake up call and I started selling. I'm not a collector, so I just was buying the guitars that could interest me. And also a bit a quest for *my* perfect axe. I had a Squier Stratocaster Classic Vibe (top of Squier range) and sold it because of the bridge. The guitar was great in everything but the bridge was really not up to par with the rest of the specs. So I sold her and kind of regret it ever since, because I always liked Strats even though they may not be very suitable for my music, jazz.
Sorry for this long into... the thing is that with 40 guitars I had to learn a few things about them to avoid bankrupcy. Just changing strings in the whole roster was daunting. I have a few USA made Teles and LPs, and a few wonderful Ibanez's and The Loar's.
But since this G&L arrived I don't want to play any other. I mentioned the Squier because in a sense it was related to this S-500... the Squier CV represents the best of the non-USA made instruments by Fender.
My S-500 I believe it's make in Korea? (will have to double check) So it's also a non-USA model from a respectable brand. But my old (lovely) Squier and this G&L are in different leagues. Don't need to tell you which one wins, by large
This one also beats by the trade-in, a Mex FSR Jaguar, and it's up to par at the very least) with my American Special Telecaster.
My new non-USA G&L is a sweet and sure feels like a "real" instrument. I'll have to learn and investigate and ultimately buy a USA-made G&L Strat pretty soon