It's not quite the same as the last one... I had the LIII with a rosewood neck before. I really liked the open-grain feel. This maple neck is so smooth but the profile doesn't feel as 'V-ish' as the III... and I thought the II's were supposed to have more of a V shape?
Build quality is excellent and it sings unplugged... I need to set it up a bit better and plug 'er in. I'm interested to hear the EMG's vs the Transition HSS setup the last one had.