ST-62MN SB Vintage Series : True phisically fat strat.

I ordered this guitar for my bro. He starting to learn an electric guitar.

Instrument makes a good impression. Very beautiful sunburst and glossy vintage honey finish on the neck. Edges of the frets are hidden and do not scratch hands. The guitar sounds very good, if all works ok (see note 4). ;)

There are several important notes.

1. Neck and body seems a bit larger than classic strat. In fact this is true phisically fat ST-guitar! ;)

2. Kluson-style tuners works well and keep tuning stable. And wow, shafts are splitted. But holes in shafts are not deep enough and looks too wide. There may be problems when installing thin strings. 1st and 2nd strings may fall out.

3. Jack was not tightened well - I had to tighten it.

4. At the first plug in, the sound was frankly bad and the same in different switch positions - there was a short circuit in the electronics. I fixed it in a couple of minutes, but it took me to take off the pickguard. And now guitar sounds like a classic strat.

5. D'Addario strings... Ok, but why they are rusty? Immediately changed them to Harley Benton Value set.

6. Frets require polishing. They are very rough. Strings are sounds like something scraping on the bends.

7. Pickguard screws are larger than holes and some are screwed not perpendicular. It's traditional feature for cheap guitar's. ;)

Exactly it's very good choice for beginners and very good emergency device for owner of high-priced guitar. Especially when minor bugs are fixed.