Mine came with Wilkeson (korea) tuners, I had a set of grovers handy so I went ahead and switched em. No biggie. I ordered a case as well, and thankfully, the guitar was placed in the case for shipping, awesome. Epiphone continues to supply us with top notch craftsmamship, I would love to have a beer with the builders over there. And the top is stunning. Assembly was off a bit, sloppy bridge and pickup (neck) positions, again, no biggie I am used to setting these up upon arrival. One thing I notice upon pulling her out, is how flat and straight the neck is already, and it sounded really good all the way up. I did my work, polished the frets, oiled the board, added the Grovers, adjusted the bridge height, and tuned up a set if my hybrid slinkys. Ok so that is all I had done, she was ready ti be fine tuned to perfect intonation, as I said, she already was sounding real good all the way up, and then it happened, I went to check and somehow, someway, some chance of planet alignment and all good karma coming forth, without a Nashville inspection or set up, this guitar arrived to me, took my quick set up, and gave me pitch, each string was already intonated, how this is even possible is beyond me, I cam only say this, for this to happen, I'm this manner is a unexplainable occurrence that can at the very least assure you, these guitars are built right. Get one now do not wait. Shipping- great that they placed it in the case, however with no 'directions sticker the carrier brought mine… read more upside down, was very nervous at what I might find once I saw that, thankfully all is well. Tuners- wilkeson is not grover, all my epis have come with grover unexpected change, luckily I had a set as the wilkeson did not feel good.Assembly- I get that these are on a rather quick line, but a bridge that's 10+mm in difference from high to low is just lazy, same with pickup. However, the fact that it came , took my changes, and was intonation miraculously, Exceeds any and all expectations, I love this guitar, I love epiphone, and I love zZounds. Get on those shipping labels though fragile and this end up are a pleasure to see on our packages.

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