CST-24T Ocean Flame : Overall well finished, good guitar

I was very excited to get this guitar.

I'm mainly a bass player but play guitar on the side for recording and home use.

This is the first time i ordered a guitar without playing it before.

My expectations were kinda shaped by the youtube research i did before (which is overall very positive).

Mine took about a week to get delivered in Holland.

Pros:

It was absolutely playable right out of the box.

Although action was set quite high, it was in tune.

Paintjob is flawless, frets are very nicely finished and the fretboard looks realy nice too... no glue traces, spots, cracks or anything like that.

Small detail: mine is 'made in China' as opposed to 'Vietnam' like most recent reviews

Tuners feel solid. No problem tuning and the guitar stays in tune, even after bending strings.

The Roswell pickups sound great and with the split coil option u get an extra set of different tones... clearly audible without loadz of distortion.

The versatility was actually my main reason i chose this guitar.

Electronics work as they should and the controls feel solid as well.

Cons:

A bit of a downer was the actual flame on the top. On my CST it is kinda subtle, hardly visble when not in direct daylight.

Definitely not as eye-catching like i've seen in most videos and pictures.

Also, the tremolo was setup very tight. It really needs to be pushed down hard which makes it hard to make a fluid bend. I guess this can be fixed by adjusting the trem.

Furthermore, after bending with the tremolo, the guitar tends to get out of tune a bit. This is probably due to the nut.

Apart from the downsides as mentioned above it's a great guitar for the price.

So far it's definetely on par with the VM Squier and Ibanez guitars and basses i've played

It sounds great, and It absolutely looks and feels way more expensive then it is.

So far it is so fun to play, i have given way to little love to my basses these past days.