Feature:
VCC controls are unique to Washburn and sell it. The hardware is good and looks smooth. Nice tuners with low 18:1 ratio. Standard bridge and tailpiece.
Quality:
Quality at a very nice price. It's not a 'cheap' guitar. It's a very nice guitar in every respect at a low price.
Value:
This is easy.... it is worth easily about $700 and sells for $420 new. Get the sunburst, you'll like it better.
Desirability:
It looks great, feels EXCELLENT, plays remarkably well and factory setup is better than good. Cosmetics and design is well done. Versatile and feel fine and sounds fine stock. Feiten system is standard...no other builder offers that! Suggest better pots and try a new/better capacitor value to tame the 'darkness' when rolled back.
Sound:
VCC controls blend half a humbucker to both coils. The neck pickup is good alone and jazz/LP sound. Bridge alone is the better of the two with 80% of the full humbucker selected. Middle position is best with the bridge dominating. It's not magical, but it is very good for a $420 guitar new. Better sound and certainly more versatile than Epiphones and most Gibsons ... at any price. Feiten system does keep it in tune all over the neck.
Ease of Use:
This is a very good player... smooth, fast, good neck profile, excellent frets are polished and ends rounded over like a good guitar should have! Korean workmanship beats Gibson and Fender generally in guitars build quality and attention to detail (paint colors, gloss, neck joint, etc.)
Support:
By reputation, Washburn holds up
Overall:
It's a great value, plays really well, looks very good and is a cracy good value. You will love it quickly if you are about quality and sound and neck/fret 'feel' and action.
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