http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Notz Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:35:19 GMT Reviews by Notz http://www.viewpoints.com/Fender-Vg-Stratocaster-review-4933 Saw the demo vid, played one at the music store, liked it well enough to buy, but after a week I returned it. For me, it’s just a novelty guitar for sitting around @ home playing. There is a tiny bit of absolute silence when switching between active settings; cannot tolerate this. A slight electric pop sound also occurs. The active strat sound sux (imo). Sounds like the tone knob turned down, or rather like a slightly compressed (fake) sound. Switching back &amp; forth between non-active strat &amp; active strat while sustaining any cord reveals this. Since one of the active guitar modes are required to use the multi-tuning/12 string mode knob, it’s downhill from there if you want a real strat sound too<br/><br/>The Tele sound is much more accurate than the humbucking, which only slightly leans towards a humbucker. Roland should’ve taken notes on how PRS effectively does Fender/Gibson sounds w/o a battery. Also, the non-active strat sound from the pickups aren’t as “strat sounding” as other regular...... Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:35:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Fender-Vg-Stratocaster-review-4933 Notz 3