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Yes, could go CS but why pay for someone to damage your guitar before you buy it and pay double price minimum?
cannot wait to try one and smell one... 7.5 radius... I’ll see how that goes with the vt frets... neck shape on the ‘61 Strat... hopefully a good handful with plenty of shoulder just like my older Fender Crafted in Japan ‘62 reissue Chandlerised back in the 90s.
Been a while since I’ve looked forward to a release more than this... I’m expecting wiring disappointment with the lefties tho.. any money they use normal log pots wired to work counterclockwise ie. reverse taper and stick on righty knobs so it all looks weird... the crap we have to put up with from Fender !!
Guitarist magazine has reviews of the 51 tele and 61 Strat this month
Tele was a good weight, Strat heavier than I’d like at 3.65kg.
No details on what “nitro” finishes mean
https://youtu.be/eMAH5eoLxF0
Re the demos themselves, I can't help feel Neville isn't the most exciting player to make you want to go out and spend money. He speaks very well in terms of his descriptions but he just sounds so unenthused! (sorry Nev!)
I'll now sit back and await the 10 pages of drivel with folks arguing over minutiae based on YT audio (with post-prod before upload), headstock shapes, neck profiles and colour choices. And how "wrong" these guitars all are... how they were cheaper/better years ago and why won't Fender listen to what "everyone" really wants. (Which tbh, is actually to get out more imho).
I did think it was amusing when Neville spent the pre-amble talking about how vintage correct these are and how Fender have used all their new knowledge to match the old guitars. He then says the finish type could be urethane, nitro, nitro over poly but that’s irrelevant!
I wasn’t there of course and could not possibly comment further.
Seems that all of the shops and reviewers are ready to go, with some jumping the gun.