I wish that the body was either alder or mahogany but it will do just fine. Guitars do not play themselves, you have to do the rest.

Sound
I ordered this guitar from ZZSounds on Tuesday and received it on Thursday! It was very well packaged. The first thing I did was inspect it, tighten the neck joint and then I took the Diadaro strings off because they were too stiff and the wrong gauge for me. I installed some Ernie Ball super slinkies 9-42, then I adjusted the intonation and the string height. Then I polished the frets and conditioned the finger board and it sounds really good.

Features
Even though it has a Paulownia body, it still sounds very good. The pickups seem to be powerful enough and they sound good. I did not even have to widen the nut slots which causes tuning problems. Other than that the only other thing that I would probably do is install a high quality high output pickup in the bridge position. Everything else is great!

Ease of Use
The neck on this guitar is really nice. It reminds me of the necks on my Charvelle guitar's, nice jumbo frets and flat radius fingerboard. This guitar is incredibly nice for the price. I sold my new squire fat strat special edition. This guitar has more of a Charvelle feel and play ability, much better than squires.

Quality
This guitar is made very well. The styling is awesome. The finish is great… read more and there's nothing really there to break unless you hit it with something It's a great guitar if you can deal with it's light weight.

Value
Definitely.

Manufacturer Support
Never had to call for support.

The Wow Factor
Yes, this is a real hot custom exotic looking guitar.

Musical Background:
Practicing Musician

Musical Style:
Rock, Metal, Blues, Country read less