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This guitar is a great value for the price that zZounds is currently charging. I'm not a Green Day or BJA fan, but the guitar is too much of a value to pass up.My only real complaint is the H90 pickup--it's way too hot and muffled sounding. I appreciate the hum-reducing qualities, but it's a one-trick pony and the trick isn't for me. I want something more vintage sounding. This pickup is all distortion, all the time. Turning the volume down on the guitar doesn't clean it up much. The tone is thick and pretty inarticulate. I'd rather have a cleaner pickup and rely on my tube amps to bring the dirt.Having said that, I'm impressed with the rest of the guitar. The color is TV Yellow--kind of dijon mustard color, rather than a banana yellow. The finish is thinly applied nitro, and the grain is visible through the finish. Nitro is well applied--no issues with quality. Nice.The fingerboard is a highly figured grenadillo. Lighter than rosewood, lighter than baked maple, but I like it. The machine heads are high quality Tonepros Kluson with the better gearing and more stable tuning. Seems like Gibson is using these now which is a welcome improvement over the more traditional Kluson machines that had to be replaced by default.I was surprised how close the intonation is for an non-adjustable wrap-around bridge. It's really good. This is a possible candidate for swapping out for an aluminum bridge, but not something that has to be done for playability.I think Gibson have done a good job with this guitar. Just wish they offered it with an unbranded pickguard and a more vintage sounding hum-reducing pickup. There are a few after-market options for pickups....

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