I bought a JS-500-RC about two years ago here at Amazon, after the price fell under $200. The guitar has assorted pros and cons.One big pro is playability. If I were blind and deaf I'm not sure I could distinguish this guitar from a real 335, except in these respects: its neck is thicker and flatter than current-model 335s. (The Johnson's fretboard has a 16-inch radius. I've read that its neck imitates the thicker neck of a 1959 Gibson, though I believe all 335s have 12-inch-radius boards.) In sum: the guitar plays great. I've put Thomastik strings on it, straightened the neck (it was within spec out of the box, but I like a super-straight neck), and adjusted the action way low. No sharp fret ends. No uneven frets. A cheap nut, but the nut-action is fine. The Jinho tuners (Grover-clones) work well. It feels and plays great.The guitar is less good to hear. Without an amp, there are rattles coming from the cheap pot-metal bridge. Amped, the pickups are... meh. I don't much care about this, since I'm using it entirely for practice. So I haven't tried to form a serious opinion about the pickups. I'm trying to get a jazz tone from them. Maybe you'll like them, given different sonic aims.The big con is visual: this is simply not a well made instrument. No kerfing. F-holes not properly sanded. Binding throughout done by either an adult in a huge hurry or a smallish child. Finish somewhat goopily applied on the neck (feels a bit rough but doesn't impede playing). Two fret-ends visually marred (in a way you can't feel). Tailpiece uneven. The cheapest ill-cut pickguard I've ever seen. A weird white blotch (stray paint from the F-hole chaos?) at the bottom of the fretboard, next to the pickup. I was appalled when I unboxed it -- though greatly relieved after I spent an hour setting it up and played it.Is this what all $400 335-clones are like? I own a $500 Ibanez 175-clone that is impeccable by comparison. My Johnson and my Ibanez play equally well -- in fact, the Johnson might play a bit better. But the Ibanez is a much much better looking instrument (despite being ten years older -- it was $500 new in 2004). I don't regret purchasing the Johnson, given what I paid, but I can't recommend it at full price.P.S., a few weeks later: I just measured the neck. It is .845-in. thick (i.e. deep) at the first fret and .925-in. thick at the 12th fret. So it is not as thick as a 1959 ES-335 (which is .900/1.000), but it is thicker than the Gibson "Slim Taper" neck on most of their current 335s (which is .800/.875). More comparisons: my 2005 Ibanez AF-85 is .815/.880 (measuring the latter at the 10th fret, since the 12th is too close to the body), my 2014 Fender Custom Shop Nocaster is .935/1.10, and my 2014 Fender MIM "Classic Series 50s" Telecaster is .885/.950.