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Like you they never really impressed me when I tried one,
The Tele models sound like Teles, the Strat models sound like Strats and so on.
With enough gain, deejay and even, ask guitars do sound the same so that sounds pretty authentic.
The base guitar was OK if you remembered that half the money went on the electrics so it was never going to be on a par with a same price guitar that just had a couple of magnets wrapped with wire...
To me the most useful purpose for them is being able to use more unusual 'guitars' at a gig without having to carry multiple extra instruments - eg resonator, 12-string etc.
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Build quality and playability was very good & I liked the ability to set different tunings. It's 'own' pick-ups were surprisingly good too. However, modelling tones were unconvincing and I found the controls really awkward not least because you have to refer to a complex list to see which/where each guitar model is and what the pick-up selector does. Fine in a studio but a nightmare at a gig unless you set your favourites for easier switching. It does take some getting used to but ultimately it just wasn't for me.
I ended up buying (not from the store) a pre-owned but near mint 611VFM which gives me some nice Humbucker, p90 tones & combinations.
If they'd combined that with the full GT effects engine and used a less ridiculous cable...
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