Oula les premières reviews ne sont pas toutes franchement tres élogieuses, mais bon il y en a quand même je vous rassure.
En ce qui concerne le très peu élogieux c'est par ici
http://www.fenderforum.com/for(...)et=20
Voici quelques extraits:
-"The first thing I noticed was the neck looked too new. I expected the neck to look a little dirty from the wear and missing finish. This one looked good from a distance but up close the bare wood looked new."
-"BTW, the neck was almost exactly the same shape and size as the EC signature strat. They had one sitting next to Blackie for comparison."
-"The other thing I hated was the pickguard, pup covers, and knobs were brand new."
-"I just played a couple at 2 different GCs
the guitars are not exact in every detail...one did not even match the picture next to it. Clearly missing some relicing." Ca fait peur ça....
"However, the Todd Krause one I played was awesome
love the neck, love the pickups, great vibe." Y a pas que du négatif non plus.
Et les pires passages pour la fin... A propos d'une Chris Flemming
"To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement, my disappointment quickly turned into disgust of Fender for daring to do such a mediocre job on such a highly expensive instrument, had I bought that one sight unseen I would feel ripped off and be selling it right away... and making some profit at the same time, but let's get back on track."
"As I get close I start getting worried at the wear on the neck, it looked so blatantly fake and nothing like the pictures of the prototype proudly advertised on Fender's and GC's websites that the comparison is disturbing."
" Here is the first problem, when you look at the pictures of the prototype on Fender's website you notice lots of gouges and marks from simulated belt wear through the wood at the back of the guitar, absolutely **none** of that had been reproduced on the replica I held. The prototype on the ads has that extra wear that looks so convincing, the one I played didn't, too rushed of a job? Certainly, but is that to be expected or even acceptable at 20k a piece and will all the marketing hype around it?"
"While the body wear pattern is overall accurate it simply looks as if they masked the body, painted it, removed the masking tape or whatever process they use, add a few extra details, steelwhool the bodyand they are done. With this approach the separation between the bare wood and finished areas has not transition"
"Teambuilt version for not much more than what a Rory G costs, but if we are talking about the type of work I saw yesterday then yest, they certainly can do it in the 2-3K range then."
"The headstock cigarette burn on the one I played looked like crap, just pure black burn marks which was very different from the headstock shown on the proto. The wear of the inertia block was of the same caliber as the body and neck, it looked cut clean with no rust."
"Other than these 'details', the guitar played fairly well, the neck shape is closer to the thicker V neck of an Eric Johnson Strats than the production Clapton Strats, it was comfortable and easy to play, the frets were vintage size, well polished. The pickups sounded nice. The guitar was not terribly light, just average, I'd say at least 8 lbs."
