SC-450Plus LD Vintage Series : B Stock value

Bought this guitar as I didn't have one with humbuckers and the Covid-19 thing had me bored. The overall finish was nice. I had several hours on the setup, because I enjoy the do it yourself path to satisfaction and I'm just learning how to do the setups. Neck relief was good out of the box, box was a little damaged, screws on some of the covers were a little iffy on being aligned correctly when installed possibly due to a little overagressive routing on the control cavities. The tunamatic saddles had to be reversed on the top three strings to get intonation to come in as they were ringing flat when fretted versus the harmonic and all the adjustment used up. The nut was cut nicely and the 1st string height was good. I didn't find any slots sticking when tuning.

After I got it off the bench and plugged it in, it sounded great and all controls functioned properly. When I change strings I'll dress the frets, which are very playable as is, but could use some fine polishing to clean up the note bending scratches in a couple of spots. I didn't notice any fret sprout, which is good. Overall I'm very pleased with this purchase and I'm learning to set up a guitar good enough to where its a joy to play versus a chore when they are not. So for me this is a win win endeavor.

I would recommend this as a visually appealing and nice sounding addition to anyone's collection, especially if you're on a limited budget. People say you get what you pay for. I think in this case you get more.