As promised, here are some pictures and thoughts. Sorry about the picture quality, I'm not a pro at that. Any comments are welcomed....
I love the finish. It looks more green than turquoise to me, especially in lower light conditions. I would call it Eagles Green (although I'm not a Philly fan), or maybe Jaguars Teal Green. The gold pickguard and TRC really look good with this color, IMO. Both the green finish and the gold have metal flake, which I absolutely love:
I also really love the checkered binding.
The full-width inlays are cool, too:
I was surprised at how easy it was to tune. I was expecting worse.... I followed the directions in the manual and used a good tuner, and it was no problem.
Another surprise was discovered by accident. I tried it out with my guitarists 50watt tube combo, and he had left it on the lead channel. This guitar has amazing balls! I know it's not typical to use distortion with a 12, but it was fun. More importantly, it does sound sweet with a clean tone, too! With the toaster pickups and all the possible combinations of tone/volume/blend, there are infinite tones in this guitar.
Another thing I like is the bridge cover; it makes a nice reference point for my pick hand:
Here's a good shot of the binding, on the Cresting Wave:
Here's a photo for Peter; that is our cat, Hasmina, checking the Ric out:
I love this guitar. It's a keeper!!
