So I got to play a Fender Road Worn strat today, and I must say I was suprised at how well it played and sounded. The first test was through a blues deluxe and it was fantastic. It had some really nice overtones, and with a hint of reverb it was crystally clean. Then I went to the bogner alchemist, this guitar screams! it loves bluesy tones and handles high gain very well. It was setup very well right out of the box and the relicing was pretty damn cool too, not cheesy like the LTD GL-256. All in all to me this axe is a keeper At just under a grand