yo, that old **** is the best you can find. the sound is so clean it rivals any nowaday made fender strat. I've never heard of melodier guitars though. they sure where weird looking things. i know what you're talking about the pickup selector that slides back and forth and big single coil pickups with big boxlike metal casing(i think those are cool). look on ebay at teisco or kingston guitar for more instruments like that. They're usually very cheap but they sound great.

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