Congrats on your ticket!
I had a VX-7R and FT-60R at one time. The FT-60R was redundant in my use, so a newly licensed friend needed a radio and ended up with it.
The FT-60R is an excellent combination of both ham and commercial qualities and is a fantastic radio if you only have one. There's a good reason why it's been in Yaesu's line for more than a decade and several models have come and gone in it's lifetime. There's just not much that is wrong or can be improved. Actually the single thing I didn't like was the flap over the power and speaker/mic jacks. It was just never quite right if you used the jacks and it would be better it was easily removable/installable.
You'll like the VX-6R, though, it's also a great radio. But it's a little more prone to intermod, a little finicky to operate. Nothing major, though, and really is a toss-up in the end.
