I'd prefer a much more sturdy switch considering how much it will be used. Not only do I find this to be in a more awkward place (to the point that when it is in the bridge position, it hard to use the upper control knob without knocking it), the toggle itself feels a bit feeble and wobbly. This is my first usability gripe as the Strat uses a blade style swtich that is mounted along side the tone and volume controls making it easy to flick them without repositioning your hand too much. You select the two with the use of a chrome toggle switch in a slightly odd position compared to a Strat. I would prefer if the covers where white to match the scratch plate myself, as Fender do so they stand out a little. They can be played individually or together, but there is no coil tap switch on the humbucker which might have been a nice addition. The bridge pickup is a humbucker and the neck pickup is a single coil. You have two pickups in this, not three, presumably down to the lack of space. The pickups are set into a pearly pick guard which works well with the top colour. Moving on the the electrics, this is very Stratocaster-eque too, though with differences. Whether those departures are for better of worse of course, we shall see. I need to be careful in this review in comparing this one to the Strat, partly because they it's NOT, but also because it is not meant to be an authentic shrunk down version, and has some obvious departures. It's patently clear when you look at them that they are something of a 'homage' to a couple of very famous electric guitars (this, the Pathfinder taking a nod from the Fender Stratocaster and the stablemate the Centurion based on the Gibson Les Paul) but. Recently they launched their new 'Rock Series' line which are a couple of tenor scale, solid body, steel strung ukuleles. Flight, the Slovenian brand have, up to now only dealt with acoustic or electro acoustic instruments. And in the last few weeks i've seen much talk online about just how eye-catching these are. Not only has the quality and variety been seriously good across the board, but we've had a good dose of the unusual and eye-catching too. I've said in a few review videos that 2020 has been a heck of a year for ukulele buyers.
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