SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series : Surprising quality for the price.

The bones of this guitar...ie, the wood, general construction and finish...are very, very good. Odd to have an LP style guitar made from what looks like maple. Pale wood. But it's a comfortable weight, resonates nicely and seems well made. I like how the headstock is spliced onto the neck at the 1st and 2nd frets...no weak spot at the nut if it gets dropped.

Neck profile is abit odd. Chunky and thick and not unlike some real 1950s guitars lve played. First reaction is 'eewww'... but then you find yourself enjoying playing it. The upper fret access is much better than the traditional LP neck/body join.

The frets needed leveling and polishing and the fretboard was dry and grubby. But after doing the work and setting it up with a fresh set of strings it's lovely to play.

Hardware is cheap and cheerful but works.

Pickups are non-descript P90s and a touch dull, but l changed the volume pots to 1meg ones...an experiment as l happened to have a pair...and they now sound really nice. Classic goldtop P90 sound.

Good value if you don't mind a bit of tinkering and tidying.