DC-580 CH Vintage Series : Great guitar with a few flaws

I had this guitar shipped half way across the world so of course there would be some guitar set up required. I did not dock quality stars for that.

The sound of the pickups are okay. It's not the loudest or clearest pickups. They are very mid heavy, it's like your amp is behind a closed door in another room. It's warm but not clear sounding.

The guitar cavities for the electronics and pickups are not shielded but that's okay as it's a very quiet guitar. It doesn't appear to pick up any hum.

Overall, very nice guitar! Low action (after setup due to world wide shipping and different humidity/temperature conditions), nice finish (with the exception of some areas where it appears the finish was thinly applied or perhaps missed), all the frets reachable including the 24th frets and it seems to have very good tuning stability!

I am comparing this guitar to a Epiphone SG Muse which is about 3 times the price. The Epiphone has nicer sounding pickups and cosmetics(no paint flaws). Surprisingly, the action is about the same height between the two. The DC-580 has a flatter fretboard so it makes playing the fast stuff a bit easier. I would buy this guitar again, a different set of electronics, a small practice amp and still have more money in my pocket then if I got another muse.