Lawd, I really really really tried to fight it.
I really was doin' well, too, but fuck.
It's like they knew making a gold top "EC-1000 flavor", with black hardware, locking tuners, non-active pickups (SD Custom 14 and APH-1N) and a hardcase would be what it took to sway me. Fuckers. I had an EC-1000 back from 2004 to 2013, stupidly traded on a Strat - although it taught me Strats ain't for me.
Rightin' a wrong?
Got a reallly nice discount, too.