TE-90QM Trans Red : Borderline value-for-money

The guitar generally feels and sounds mediocre for its money. It has a quite comfortable low action and a general soft fretboard feel. The intonation was pretty much ok just right out of the box. Some tuner keys have a little bit of slack, but it's not an issue. The P90 pickups are satisfactory - provided that you are ok with the humming at high gain situations. The "f" holes are completely ornamental and don't add anything to the tone and feeling of the instrument.

Now the not-so-pleasant remarks: there's a general feeling that this instrument was assembled in a sloppy and uncaring way. The tuner keys have smudges on their back surface, the neck has some dents, some frets are dull and oxidized, and the controls are poorly assembled into the body. But the most annoying thing is the setting of the frets: I don't care if this is a "value-for-money" or "low-end" instrument or whatever - it's unacceptable to sell guitars with rough and sharp fret edges, forcing me to repair them the moment I get the instrument out of the box... For me it was the first - and likely the last - time I bought a guitar online, without playing the instrument beforehand.

Bottom line: the price is attractive and one could gamble ordering such an instrument online - but don't expect to be blown away by either the feeling or the sound...