SC-450Plus LD Vintage Series : Excellent guitar. Amazing value. Pity about the colour.

This is a really good LP style guitar. I would have given it 5 stars except the finish isn't close to one in the picture. The dark part of the burst is virtually undetectable so it really just looks like a single colour, yellow top. This has taken some of the joy out of getting the guitar but I will get used to it in time. Overall the guitar is very close to a late 80s Gibson LP a friend of mine owns. Similar weight, neck profile. etc.

Pros: Very well built. Flawless finish. Has an actual thick cap rather than a thin veneer. Holds tuning well. Played very well out of the box - intonation almost spot on, no fret buzz, nice medium/low action. Fret work is excellent. Nut is well cut. Pots are smooth and no crackles. Neck heel design is a revelation (see below).

Cons: The colour (see above). The 3way switch and bridge look cheap but work fine. The knobs are very light weight and difficult to grab when using the coil split.

I normally play double cut guitars (super strats and PRS style) and this is my second try with an LP style guitar. My previous guitar was mid/high end Ltd that I never got comfortable with. It was a very nice guitar but the neck heel made upper fret access too difficult. The heel on this guitar is a massive improvement over the Ltd and far better than the Gibson design.

A very good guitar at any price and amazing for the price charged. Highly recommended - maybe just see if you can get a picture of the guitar you order to check the finish matches the pictures.