I will dispense with the superlatives and address the important items:1. Nice tone unplugged; the exact subdued, muted attack and soft-fast decay I was hoping for, effected by the solid (carved? pressed?) spruce top with no extra holes to disrupt the natural vibrational pattern.2. Nice tone plugged in(to a Quilter AvCub using the blackface channel). Bass and mid at 12:00, and rolled treble off to 9:00, with the guitar volume at around half/5 and the tone at a full open 10; master volume full on, gain just enough to get the volume desired. Great tone, though I am still experimenting to get it _just_ right...3. Beautiful finish except for one small Blem which zZounds credited me to offset. Nice, simple, elegant design, with tasteful binding and inlays.4. The tone pot, as I have read, is a 500k _LINEAR_ What the hey Guild? Anyway adjusting the tone is a futile undertaking with binary results: full open or full closed. Full closed occurs in a thin arc just before the stop is hit, within ±⅛ inch, and is in the 'muddy' category. My only real complaint, which I will rectify myself by replacing it with a 250k log pot, and expirimentation with cap values.5. Nut/0 fret width is a bit narrower than I prefer, but still imminently playable; I just have to finger more carefully to avoid finger-string buzz.6. My pickup height seems to produce an even output across all strings without any adjustment on my part: perhaps I got lucky or have gone completely deaf finally...7. Neck bow is perfect… read more from the factory with not even a hint of twist sighting down the fretboard. Impressive.8. Bridge was quite high from the factory, but adjusted down to a comfortable string height with no fret buzz or bottoming anywhere.9. Guitar came with two bridges: a 'highly' compensated version installed, and a more 'typically' compensated unit in with the tool kit baggie. 9a. Intonation with the 'highly' compensated bridge adjusted out almost dead-on for all strings; close enough I'm not gonna complain.10. Case is rugged, adequate, but with not much attention paid to finish and appearance. The tolex sticks up where it should be glued down, and the case generally looks thrown together by the graveyard shift. Inside is plush, of course, and the guitar is adequately protected. Almost unheard of for a new guitar to come with a case these days...I researched and bought this guitar intending for it to become my main jazz battle-axe, usurping my Epiphone Broadway (which I still love and play regularly). It has the exact tonal characteristics and profile I was hoping for; plays nice; sounds pretty; priced reasonably (I'll never be able to afford a Benedetto or such...).Good score, sweetened by zZounds' unimpeachably stellar customer service

Musical Background:
Guitpicker since 1978

Musical Style:
Jazz plus the whole enchilada with extra hot sauce read less