I'll supplement it with a FR model, my next electric is likely to be a Shecter C1 with the Floyd Rose. (Although I'm really liking the ESP/LTD guitars in the $700-$1000 price range)

Sound
The tones you get with SD JB/59 pups are amazing, Ive been playing through a pvy 5150BL and a Epiphone Valve Sr. both sound amazing with this guitar. This guitar has sustain for days, and great natural and artifical harmonics, somewhat better harmonics and much better sustain than my IbnzS470. The tone is better to me too, much better separation. (not dissing the 470 I love it too, it is a great guitar for the price and has good harmonics and sustain too just not as good as the C1, I guess it's not really a fair comparison since I have the sucky stock INF pups in the 470. I'm really thinking of selling my 470 and getting a C1-blackjack-FR)

Features
with the set-neck and through-body strings. 11-lbs. mahagony body, maple neck. TonePros Bridge makes adjusting action and setting intonation really easy. The locking tuners are awesome, so easy to change strings. If my next electric does not come with locking tuners, I will definitely upgrade to them. I love this feature. PuPs Seymour Duncan JB/59's decent for this price range, TapCoil for splitting the humbuckers to single-coil. 3way switch, bridge postion, dual, and neck postion. (Would rather have the output jack on top of the body like the ibnz470, it's on the… read more side/bottom for the C1)

Ease of Use
Super easy, no tremolo so setup is a breeze most players can probably do most of the setup themselves. It was setup perfectly right out of the box, it was even in tune!

Quality
This is definitely built with the working musician in mind, it's built like a tank. Almost all the customer reviews you read talk about how well the C1's are made and how tough they are.

Value
When I made this purchase the vaule was incredible. (The price on Shecter's has gone up a bit, a few hundred dollars in some cases, even at around $700-$900 it's still a good value. The new C1's under $600 now seem like they have the "Duncan Designed pups" and bolt on necks. You can still find some of the older style C1's out there for $600.00 or less.)

Manufacturer Support
I lost the back to one of my locking tuners, Shecter sent me a whole set of 6 with no questions asked really. They asked when and where I made the purchase but besides that they did not verify anything else except my address and stuff. Was a really easy process, except for having to wait for the mail, took about 5 days but that was not their fault.

The Wow Factor
I love the deep black paint and contoured top the Ace of Spades inlay at the 12th fret is cool too.

Musical Background:
Active Musician

Musical Style:
Punk, Metal, Rock, Acoustic Punk read less