D-120CE VS : Unbelievable quality for the money

Pros:

The guitar came in perfect aesthetic condition.

The action was 2mm at the 6th E string and 1.5mm at the 1st e string at the 12 fret, perfectly playable out of the box without buzzing unless you pick/strum very hard.

The intonation is perfect, I didn't have to fix or file anything.

The machine heads are amazing for the price, the guitar easily stays in tune.

The electronics work well, you even get a free 9v battery supplied.

I would certainly record with this guitar, it has a very nice balanced sound. I doubt anyone would be able to tell you're playing a cheap guitar from a recording made with this.

Cons:

I had to file the string slots on the nut to get a bit better action there, an easy fix.

The frets need to be polished and some of the frets are not leveled, but even in this condition the guitar is very playable.

After I polish and level the frets perfectly the guitar will play even better.

Overall:

I can't understand how they managed to make such a good acoustic for so little money. You'd have to spend many times more money to get anything better. Acoustics from Epiphone/Fender/Ibanez from a similar price range are not better at all.