The guitar looked excellent. The bridge pickup is good, quite hot. The hardware is substandard.
I ordered this just for a bit of variety and it looked so nice.
Pros. Very nice looks, well built and finished, cheap. Nut cut nicely. Vol & tone felt smooth. Bridge pickup had a nice bite and sounded like a Tele.
Cons. All the hardware is budget. Tuners very stiff except the loose ones. Bridge a bit nasty. Vol and tone wobble about as though attached to a PCB not the metal plate. 3 way switch not good quality. The neck pickup a bit weak and very poor on the top string. The reason I returned it was because I couldn't sort the action. The guitar buzzes on the top 2 strings almost regardless of the action.
I was expecting to maybe upgrade the tuners, bridge, and electronics and still end up with a good guitar for sensible money. Having done the usual setup things - truss rod, bridge saddle height, and intonation I just couldn't get the top strings to stop buzzing, or the neck pickup to respond to the top string.
Biggest problem was the return. Apparently my email went missing so although I got the label and repacked the guitar. It took 2 attempts to find I needed to take the pack to a collection point. It was like chatting to resident of a different planet both times. An hour wasted and now I have to drive into town, pay for parking, lug the bloody thing in the snow.
Not a happy punter. I had lined up it's replacement in the thomann basket but after all the hassle I will buy elsewhere next time.
