CST-24 Black Cherry Flame DLX : Fantastic Value

I recently decided to get back into the guitar after a 15 year hiatus and picked this up as a supposedly cheap and cheerful 're-entry' level instrument. I have been pleasantly surprised by the level of quality here though and my only regret is that this level of quality was not available when I first started playing!

The range of tones and sounds you can get out of this thing is superb, the coil split feature just puts this thing on another level in terms of its flexibility and I think I'll find it difficult to go back to a guitar without that feature.

So far the fixtures and fittings have not given me any trouble though I may replace the machine heads eventually but I am by no means in a rush to do so.

Looks wise the guitar looks fantastic in the flesh and the flamed top is just gorgeous. The cream coloured trimmings really compliment it and it just looks cool, so you really feel drawn to pick it up and play when you see it which is important I feel!

As far as negatives go, there are some minor finishing flaws to the cream binding on the body and a small, but deep scratch on the neck but nothing that bothers me too much. There is also a bit of excess glue on the fret board around some of that binding there but I expect this will come out easily enough when I get around to cleaning and treating it.

Overall, for the money? You can't really go too far wrong with this thing.