I'm looking at a 50's Cunetto Relic in Aztec Gold and I love how it plays. The sound is great without plugging in and in is a definate improvement soundwise plugged in to my Jimmy Vaughn strat which I love.
The only thing I'm worried about is the the low E string, I want it to be twangy and tight. It's not bad (not boomy or flat) just not perfect and twangy and I'm hopeing I'm not just settleling on the guitar because it looks so good.
So far I've concentrated on getting great sounding amps (60's Vox AC30, 73 Superlead etc) and effects (Captain Coconut, RMC3LE etc) because they make a bigger difference to my sound.
But now I want to sell 5 guitars to get one good strat to compliment my Les Paul.
How do you guys know when a strat is a really good one.