Over the past few years, I have taken a keen interest in budget equipment and guitars and have had very good results when using such kit. As well as Fender, Gibson, Gretsch & Burns, I have amassed a large collection of more modestly priced guitars which have in all honesty made a mighty impression upon me, as I keep saying there's never been a better time to be a guitarist.
Amongst my collection I have excellent guitars from G&L (the Tribute series) , Alan Entwistle (Rapier 33 & Revelation) SX Strat which cost me £80 on eBay and is excellent along with Vintage instruments from John Hornby Skews in Leeds, along with Trevor Wilkinson.
The Vintage copy of the Peter Green Les Paul (Lemon Drop) and their 'Paradise' (Slash Tribute) sound amazing and compare very well against a real Gibson Les Paul Standard in every way. I also have The Vintage SG, which too compares favourably with it's Gibson master. I have acoustic models, the Gordon Giltrap and Paul Brett 12 string, each superior to my £3000+ Martin in sound and playability, which in fairness shouldn't be anywhere close at the price.
So to the my point, has anyone here tried the Vintage Stratocaster ? It's the only one I have yet to try as I have a V52 Telecaster which sounds and plays as good as my Fenders', but I struggle with that Vintage headstock, which to me spoils it as it's ugly in comparison to other manufacturers efforts. I know it's like that because of copyright, even Leo Fender who invented and designed the original, wasn't allowed to use it on his G&L, resulting in their current effort which I also don't like much.
I have noticed that there's enough wood on those Vintage headstocks to re-cut them to my liking and I may try that, but what I'm asking is, has anyone here got, or had the Vintage V6 Stratocaster style guitar and had pleasing results with it for our music ?