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Excellent, but...
I bought this as a mod platform because I liked the specs. For this it is excellent. The fret work needed some attention, several high frets which I levelled although straight out of the box the neck and feet work is excellent, but I am aiming for perfection with this project! The body is lovely and the paintwork is flawless. The nut is well cut too which is surprising, I was going to fit a tusq nut but this one is very adequate for now. Now the bad points, the pickups sound awful, I don't know what others are thinking when they say they sound great, they don't at all. Others have said that the strings it comes with atlre the problem, however, when I came to try different strings, the tuner on the a string completely shredded it's gear with zero tension on the string. So yes the tuners are made from purest chinesium. I've since fitted gotoh vintage tuners (the holes needed enlarging slightly to take them). A gotoh bridge to replace the original, this probably didn't need doing as the one it comes with is pretty decent to be fair. I've replaced the wiring, pots, selector switch and jack socket, again not ultimately necessary but did it anyway and also fitted a set of tonerider generators which sound fantastic. Now it plays like a 1500 pound guitar. It's amazing! I wouldn't recommend this guitar to buy and own, but if you want a top spec neck and body to tinker with, it's the best I've come accross! It would be better if they charged £200 and gave it better components instead of keeping it cheap and using parts that are not fit for purpose!
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