Ok, I played one today albeit in black which wasn't to my eye as appealing as the one in the pic. Hooked it up to an AC15 it met my expectations and probably more. The neck pickup had an almost glass like transparency on the clean amp setting, playing just into a crunch setting sounded great on every pickup selection, the sustain from the neck when the amp was driven was pretty awesome up to around 12th fret and quite handy there after, not quite like an LP in the higher registers but certainly superb and maybe better than LP lower down. Obviously it takes more than half an hour to acquaint one's self with an instrument but first impressions pretty much sold me this model. ido, I downloaded the PDF from Fender and scanned the wiring diagram, it would be easy enough to split the humbucker, perhaps I'll fit a push/pull replacing one of the tone pots to enable that option. I don't want to alter how it looks in any way and as I probably won't live long enough for it to become a seriously sought after item, swapping a pot and adding a couple of wires is not an issue, I'd keep any displaced parts and not chop wires about. Ray, I'll certainly offer some feedback if I get one, I've had a mad start to the year in many ways, hence my lack of participation here and most other places beyond work. Things are getting back to normal slowly so hopefully some time to catch up everywhere.
Many thanks
Tim