This is my everyday guitar, probably forever. I can see maybe branching out to a single coil or a big hollow body or guitar synth or even a banjo or bass, but I really do think I'll need another guitar like this again.

Sound
I knew I'd love this guitar, but it has been fun to watch friends play it and really come to dig it too. You think SG and hum-bees and all crunch, and yeah, you can knock walls down, but with some decent effects you can get great wah and reverb out of the thing. Just a very easy to dial-in axe for just about any tone short of woody jazz stuff.

Features
The dual tone controls really help you shape what you want out of this thing. I guess there are better tuning pegs out there, but I've had no complaints with these and bend and flail the mess out of the thing. I think the screws holding the pickups in could be a little longer as I've worked them loose once or two in the past couple years, but again, bash the thing. Factory default set-up was fine for the light strings I use (thick strings are for single-coils, IMHO) although as I wear the frets down I'll have to adjust that.

Quality
The back of the body had one tiny 1/4" flaw in finish, other than that perfect.

Value
I got mine when it first came out, and it seems the price point has inched up about $50 which is still a bargain. I mean, I pick up axes costing twice as much and just recoil… read more in horror at the tone and feel.

Manufacturer Support
haven't needed any support

The Wow Factor
I've watched as this classic style has slowly come back to the fore in the just the last few months. Bottomline, you'll never look at this thing and be ashamed of it, unlike some of the "hot" and "cool" axes you bought over the years. (And you know you did.) Heck, you can put it on a stand in your living room, it looks that good.

Musical Style:
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