I have been playing this guitar for over a week now and I have to say that I am pretty happy with it. The guitar sounds pretty good, it has a very bright sound, probably due to the light wood, and sounds good under heavy distortion and overdrive. some of my gripes are: the string ferrels pop out very easy when changing strings, the tuning heads are garbage, and the pickups are way under powered, but what can you expect for a [...]. All in all though for a [...]this guitar rocks.