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This guitar looks like a 100 dollar guitar youd get in a build it kit, but once you touch it you'll understand. The pickups are something you gotta hear to believe and the spacing makes string skipping a real breeze. surprisingly its not terrible for finger picking, but far from the best. Most of the time you'd never see me use push/pull pots used in most guitars, I think it just never sounds right. But honestly this DYN-9 switching system (or whatever it's called) it's phenominal. It's an amazing feature and I end up actually using this all the time. The guitar stays in tune thanks to its roasted maple neck graphtec nut and locking tuners. bridge is very nice it's deffinately better then what you'd feel on say a stray, they've smoothed it out and once set up properly will never lose tune even under some serious dive bombage. The guitars set up out of the box was meh, I'm sure your milage will vary but when you get something from indonesia I suppose its to be expected even at this price point. Then again I've also bought gibsons set up worse from factory so. Fret leveling and crowning were spot on no buzz unless I rock out. The neck is something special though, either it's oiled really well or the shape is unique but it plays really smooth, it's not thin like a wizard though. It feels like it goes from a C shape to a D shaped neck as you move down, awesome. I'd recommend this to anyone as long as you can look past it's pretty cheap look. It doesn't play cheap at all.

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So I bought a used inexpensive Epiphone Les Paul as my first guitar to learn on.I told myself I wouldn't get a nice guitar until my skills justified it. I got to the point where my ear and hands could tell the difference in quality on neck feel, fresh, pickups etc. I bought a Fender player Strat and wasn't to fond of the feel or sound. So I tried the Fender Performer and loved the sound but miss the Humbuckers in my Les Paul. This guitar here is so versatile and the fit and finish was steps above the American made Strat even though this was built in Indonesia. I still am going to buy the American performer Strat and also get a Gibson Les Paul (just because I want the originals) but I could only afford one guitar and this truly does a good job getting you a word of different tones without sacrificing quality. Pickups sound great, handles distortion well and the cleans are pearly and round. Not quite Strat but that's ok because I lean towards warmer tones anyway. The neck is a great shape and feels good for chords and solo work and upper fret access is much better than my Les Paul. You won't regret this purchase!

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Guitar came tuned down a half step , but perfectly in tune .. had fret buzz and the graph tech nut was really high , lots of fret buzz for really high action .. fret edges were sharp felt like a 200$ squire .. Very disappointed in the quality of the premium guitar .

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