The guitar itself is pretty awesome. The pickups are at par with stock epi or ibanez pickups. I have 12 guitars ranging from epiphone, ltd, fender, squier, and 3 prize possession PRS's. I did lower the action a little bit and set the intonation. The intonation was set but with the adjustment I had to reset it. I got this guitar for about 90 bucks. I would say I would have paid up to 200 for it. So if you can get it for under 200 buy it. The only issue I had with it was the pickgaurd was cracked. Not a huge deal because the only reason I bought this guitar was to modify and make my own. I'm going to cut my own out of a neon piece of plastic. Even though the pickups are decent enough I'm going to put a set of high output Duncan's in it. The neck is Nice but not amazing. If it weren't for the picture I would have given 5 stars for the price to playablity ratio. Tuners are the biggest down fall but I plan on switching them out.Neck is smooth. Fret ends are well done. Pickups are nice and hot. I set the action very low with no buzz. You WILL need strap locks for this guitar.