Gulp. Lots' of money for one piece of gear (at least it was wait-list price) but based on what I read/hear it's going to be awesome.
Longer than normal wait? You see... I'm in Canada... and I'm going on vacation in the USA July 6 - 19th. I'm having it shipped to a friend there to save a bit on shipping (about $120 difference) and to use my $800 exemption at Canada customs when I come back to save on HST when I declare at the border. (I'll save about $100 on the HST.. nothing major but worth it.) So... I have to wait until July 6 to see it.. but I won't have a guitar with me... then I'm on vacation until July 19th.. so I don't actually get to use it with a guitar until I get back! I guess I'll turn it on and look at the pretty lights and get used to the interface.
Time to devour the manuals.
I was really close to getting a used STD or Ultra locally (a STD + Mission SP-2 is available for $1100 locally) but all the talk about how awesome the firmware updates are going to be (like they were on Gen 1) convinced me to just pull the trigger on a II.
Will be enjoying it through a QSC K10 and/or headphones when I get it back to my house.
Longer than normal wait? You see... I'm in Canada... and I'm going on vacation in the USA July 6 - 19th. I'm having it shipped to a friend there to save a bit on shipping (about $120 difference) and to use my $800 exemption at Canada customs when I come back to save on HST when I declare at the border. (I'll save about $100 on the HST.. nothing major but worth it.) So... I have to wait until July 6 to see it.. but I won't have a guitar with me... then I'm on vacation until July 19th.. so I don't actually get to use it with a guitar until I get back! I guess I'll turn it on and look at the pretty lights and get used to the interface.
Time to devour the manuals.
I was really close to getting a used STD or Ultra locally (a STD + Mission SP-2 is available for $1100 locally) but all the talk about how awesome the firmware updates are going to be (like they were on Gen 1) convinced me to just pull the trigger on a II.
Will be enjoying it through a QSC K10 and/or headphones when I get it back to my house.