It's a Chinese built guitar and is nicely finished. Mine was not very well set up from the factory and I took a punt when I bought it that it would set up okay, which it did. Be prepared for a bit of fiddling though, unless you are lucky enough to find one which is properly set up. The bridge is held in place by string presure only and changing strings, setting the action and intonating was a bit of a challenge, for me at least. Time consuming unless you know what you're doing, which I don't really.
I'm still getting used to it but I think the neck is a bit too light. Gives it a nice feel but it has a slight tendency to twist with a good thumb-over grip. I suspect the nut is a little tight too and should be cut a bit deeper. It is a bit touchy to tune well and to be honest, I've not owned it long enough to really pinpoint the problem. The pick ups seem pretty good to me, but again, I had to make some adjustments to get a decent balance between the three tone positions. I've not owned a guitar with Humbuckers before either so I'm still experimenting and since I'm comparing it to a Strat and a Tele, it seems pretty mellow to me.
Probably sounds like I'm not too happy with it but actually I do like it a lot and it gets better each time I play it. I'm probably being super critical but you do get only what you pay for and it is an economy priced guitar. If you want that style of guitar (and they do take a bit of getting used to if you're used to playing a solid body) I'd say they're pretty good for the money.
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