aawwwwriiiigghhtt BNS!!
Korean 66! Schwinnng!
good looking guitar. I agree with you on the VCC assessment, and removed it for that reason. The buckers sound better without, IMO, and I split and get a nice single coil sound. Tele? Strat? well, no. But a nice single coil sound, FAR more convincing than the VCC was, again, IMO. In the environment I play in, I'll often lay back and do a funk/rhythm progression, and a split neck sounds fantastic. But I now use the tone knobs ALL THE TIME. And guitar volume knobs, as that also GREATLY affects tone.
As to the BFTS, well you and I have a very similar stable, I've got a '88 HB-35(without) and a '03 WI67 (with), same scale length, and I can't tell. There are significant differences in the guitars anyway, but for tuning, I can't say I notice a difference. Maybe I'm just not attuned to it. he he.
nice score. enjoy!