Finally the '62 Shoreline Gold Precision moved in with me.
First impressions:
It's quite well made. The neck is superb: look and finish are perfect, the rolled fingerboard edges make it feel very comfortable.The feel of the neck is much more authentic than the feel of the body. The body finish looks nice, the colour is spot on, but it doesn't feel like an old Fender. Compared to my beloved 1965 Precision, the Limelight is a little heavier (didn't weigh it yet) and the neck profile is thicker, more like a 50's than a 60's neck profile. Chunky, but still comfortable to play.
The tone is massive. Fundamental low end, punch and sustain. It doesn't have the 1965's bouquet of overtones (I guess there [i]is[/i] a difference between a new instrument and one that's been played for 50 years). But still the Limelight is not that far below the 1965 Fender. It's just that its tone is more based on the lows, whereas the 1965's tone is based on the vivid mids and overtones. They both sound great in their own ways.
And since this is the gear porn section, I promise to take a couple of nice pictures this afternoon and post them here.