This was a guitar project and being an 80s Glam metal fan, always wanted a Kramer or a Charvel and found this guitar. I was skeptical at first at the price but was pleasantly surprised. The guitar had a great neck (Better to some higher priced guitars), finished wonderfully and its a no frills guitar. The guitar out of the box with just few adjustments was amazing and since this was going to be my own Frankenstein, did upgrade the pick up to JB's, POTs to CTS (you need to change the pots as the stock is just useless) and tuners to Planet waves auto trim locking tuners, phew it just became one of my fav guitar to play and have been playing it non-stop. It has started to inspire me a lot along with my Gibson LP. Go for it but also be open to upgrades, not that it needs but it can do world of good especially the POTs.