Basically it was sitting at my local music store where a friend of mine has worked since I was in HS, and he offered to cut me a deal on it. When I went to play it and the neck pickup was dead! We ended up agreeing on a great price that made it possible for me to afford and swapping in a Duncan Antiquity II in the neck! Fender CS said 90 days for a new neck pickup which I may drop in but I also quite like the Antiquity. The Bridge pup screams and is definitely wound hotter than vintage. everything else about it exactly how I would design an offset. I'm typically not into relics but the broken in neck really feels amazing, the specs list it as a '62 profile and the binding adds the perfect shoulder! I'll be sure to add my share of dings and scratches as well.
This is the first offset i've played where the strings don't jump out of the vintage allthread bridge, don't really see a need to swap it, I've never tried an RSD bridge so I don't feel i'm missing out either. I reached out to Mike Adams for advice on the setup when I was getting ready to buy this so thank you if you see this
Really stoked, feels like a dream still to own this one.
Not one to usually name guitars but since we got it after St. Patricks day my wife suggested Flannery which suits this great
