SC-450Plus VB Vintage Series : Not bad for the money

Keeping in mind that this guitar costs less than £150, it's not bad. The pickups are a little muddy sounding, and the coil tap barely makes a difference to the sound. The switch and pots all needed tightening on my copy when it arrived. The tuning pegs have that vintage look, but they are not accurate enough, so tuning can be pain. The neck is ok, although it has a flat radius that takes some getting used to. Also has a lot of finger noise from the fretboard, almost as if the neck is hollow. On the plus side, it's well finished, and a reasonable weight, although nothing like a real Les Paul. There's a lot of things that bug me about it, but considering it's half the price of even an Epiphone, it's really not too bad.

04/30/20 Update: So, since the purchase, I've discovered a few other issues with the guitar. First, the coil tap in the bridge pickup wasn't connected, so it was permanently in Humbucker mode. Easy fix, but annoying. Then both(!) strap pins fell out and had to be shimmed and glued in. Next, one of the bushings on the posts for the tailpiece fell out while I was restringing the guitar. The hole for it was far too big, so again it had to be shimmed. I'd still rate the overall quality as OKAY, but the quality control on these is AWFUL. You might get a good one, you might get a dog.