I love it to pieces, it's been my go to now every night and it still keeps making me smile. I cranked the gain up a touch last night and couldn't get over sound. I know what your saying about the lacquer thou, after 30-40 minutes playing I noticed the lacquer gets tougher to slide around on along the neck, it's very rare thou I get longer than half hour to play so it's not a major concern for me. Ha, I dropped mine off earlier for a setup and asked for 12s, for the same reasons really, it only seems to suit the rockabilly bends up on the top 3 strings.
I do really really enjoy it thou. Such a different sound and feel to my Tele to make it valid. I think I'm gonna mod it a touch, go for some real hot 60s style boutique pickups, BB King varitone wiring mod and done better pots, I'd like this to be a real tone machine but with that real bluesy sound.