CST-24T Ocean Flame : Good news, and the bad news.

This guitar is beautiful. The neck is great. The Wilkinson tuners and tremolo work function well. If you don't like a neck with a high gloss finish, this might not work for you. Myself, I like it.

Now, for the bad news.

First off, the volume pot didn't work. Turns out the low side connection on the pot was not soldered to ground. Problem fixed.

The guitar just sounded muddy to me. It lacked clarity and brightness. I tried all of the regular tricks, such as playing with pickup height and the value of the tone pot, to no avail. I finally replaced the pickups with some g.m. 59ers, and now the guitar sounds great.

Also, the volume pot is a cheap, dime-sized pot. That I will be replacing. Now, this will probably be my favorite guitar.