Thanks for this.. I just got one of these on a sick deal, and it’s probably gonna wind up my goto! Those RetroBlast pickups are pretty fn amazing. Bridge is 11K and Neck is 6.5K. Mine has Bigsby but tuning stability is rock solid. Thing was in tune when UPS dropped it off 😮. I’m learning the Bass contour doesn’t necessarily lower the volume, it just rolls off the thickness if ya will… it helps keep ya fat sound from getting too flubby with high gain, and at lower volumes you can back it way off to get Tele/Gretsch sounds. Really versitile guitar and very comfortable from nice strat like contours and being so nicely balanced.