SC-550 II FTF : Good value but not without issues

For the price this is a good to very good guitar. However I found that the one I bought had issues. String height is set very high even for me and I like to get my fingers under the strings to make bends. It's pretty much at the top of the bridge saddle pegs. I tried to lower this action but then found out I was getting a lot of fret buzz which was unplayable. So I am left with a pretty slow neck all in all. This is slightly frustrating as I was expecting better.

However you can't argue with the finish and the hardware nor the sound. These are all very good. The guitar is heavy and well made. It is a very heavy guitar coming from a background in strat style guitars. Unfortunately I probably won't use it as much as I would have liked because of the string height issues. Neck relief did nothing to help in the matter and neither did going for a straighter neck which only made fret buzz worse.

Edited review to give it more stars because the pickups are excellent.