Tone report time so far....
It covers everything I throw at it. Playing through a hughes and kettner grandmesiter 36 with a 2 x12 cab.
The coil splits are prefect for a nice jazz melody. Very useable splits, I might add. Really nice mids in the mix and has some snap . Most likely from the maple cap.
Put it In dirty channel now. Think metallica tone, that's what she sounds like to me. Not too bright, not too dark...just a great mix in there. Very vintage metal tone. Beautiful sustain and great harmonics.
I played a few core line cu 24s in the past. Mostly with 59/09 and hfs....trying to compare is like apples to oranges really. Honestly I like the s2 more IMHO . Playability is amazing. . Roll offs in the tone and volume pots are really touchy like my dgt. Love that.