CST-24T Ocean Flame : Best Value Guitar Out There

I've been playing guitar for over ten years now, and have owned everything from American Standard Strat on down to the worst budget guitar you can imagine. I bought this just to see what all the youtube buzz was about

Pros

The color looks great. The pickups are decent. Tuners actually work (not always a given at this price). Has a great feeling neck, but that is a personal opinion. Absolutely amazed they can pull it off at this price.

Cons

The setup was poor, nut not cut properly, a couple of high frets causing some buzz, action was high. However, i've seen these same problems in guitars at double this price point. In fact, I don't mind paying 50 bucks more to get a good setup from my tech, and everyone should expect that with a budget guitar.

The roswell pickups do not sound very different from each other. I'm prolly gonna throw some Duncans I have lying around in there so this doesn't bother me, but it may be a problem for some people.

Lastly, I wouldn't try take this to a gig with the stock output jack. Spend the five bucks for a switchcraft.

Overall, I wish "beginner" guitars were this good when I started playing.