kevinsan
Registered: 09/22/10
Posts: 1
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Greetings all ... Kevin here from the US, New Jersey specifically, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, PA.
I just received my new (used) Fret-King Green Label Corona SP 90 yesterday and am very pleased with it so far. I'd be much more pleased if the previous owner hadn't put a strap knob on the lower horn but that should be easily repairable since the guitar is nitro.
Here's a pic of my new beauty, she's a 2004 and, according to Dennis, was personally built by Trev:
Here's my take after a couple hours of play time:
1. Neck - beautiful! I love the feel of the '60s C radius and the Gotoh locking tuners are a nice touch. This feels better than any Corona-made F neck I have played. The only neck I've liked more was an MIJ '62 RI neck (MIJ Fenders rule).
2. Pickups - the neck and middle are SPANKY as hell but not overpowering. Very Texas Specials but cleaner and clearer. The P90 is ok, but I'm biased 'cause I have a '77 LP Special with original P90s and an SG with Wolfetone P90s. Don't get me wrong, the bridge pickup is about as good as you're gonna get out of an Alder-based guitar. I had a set of Vintage Vibe SP90s in one of my old strats (single coil sized P90s) and they cannot touch this.
3. Finish - nitro rules. I've built and finished several custom teles and strats in nitro and I just love the way it feels and wears. (see reranch.com/reranch). My "Laguna Blue" has actually yellowed a bit. Under the pickguard it looks like Sonic Blue and the exposed areas are almost seafoam green now.
4. VSV ... what can I say? The VSV is one damn nice system! I'm thinking of putting one on another one of my strats to replace the American Standard vintage tremolo.
Overall, this is a beautiful guitar and I got it USED!!!!! For the price I paid ($1200 USD) I would take this over a NEW Fender American at the same price any day of the week.
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Rob
Registered: 01/19/09
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