R-458MN WH Progressive Series : I love this thing.

This is an excellent guitar and a steal at this price range. I have used it primarily for recording high gain metal where it performs very well.

Although most suited for heavier material, I have found that it has surprisingly pleasant clean sounds, especially on the middle pickup position where it feels very smooth, and the plucky response of the maple fretboard is very inviting towards sweet melodic lines. It's great to have an instrument that is this versatile.

In terms of cons, I find that it takes a little more work to make the pickups interact properly with your amp for those well defined hi gain tones, it sounds good with a tube screamer but a bit too muddy. For best results, a graphic eq works best so you can properly shape the eq curve before hitting the amp. I would also recommend an eq because there's quite a bump in the 3k range that reveals a little too much pick attack when heavily distorted.

For the price, you won't be disappointed, and hey, it looks incredible!