First I would like to thank Zounds for quick service I live in Pa. the guitar shipped from NJ and was to me the next morning, also the 4 payments makes it affordable to us working musicians, this is the second guitar I purchased from Zounds in the last 6 months. Now for the review,I received the guitar and the action was a little high after a day of letting the guitar settle in I adjusted the neck, the truss rod was very loose, if you ever set up a guitar you always start by adjusting the neck before anything else, then maybe adjust the bridge if need be. After tightening the truss rod the action came down that the guitar plays like butter, there is the obligatory fret buzz when playing the guitar unplugged but when plugged in it's not even noticeable. The neck now has nice relief, the fretboard is nice,the fret wires however could have been finished off a bit better.The body is finished nice,the arch top is beautiful,the controls,2 volume,1 tone and a three way toggle are easy to get at and use.The flame maple top is nice and the finnish is flawless, the only finnish error is on the headstock the red on one side bleeds through the white binding a bit but hardly noticeable. The pickups are better than expected, I personally see no reason to have to change them out. The neck pickup is a warm,creamy clean, that I love a lot. The bridge pickup is the hot treble lead pickup. Let me tell you this guitar does everything tone wise that my Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus does. Finally… read more the tuners are obviously cheaper but they do the job, the keep the guitar in tune. In summary this is the first guitar since 1987 that I will be playing out over 100 times a year that does not say Fender or Gibson on it. It really is that good. I last purchased a Fender Start with a humbucker and this guitar way outdoes that one. The Dragons Blood color is awesome.

Musical Background:
Playing over 30 years. I play over 100 shows every year a real professional

Musical Style:
Blues, R&B,Soul Classic Rock read less