HB JA-60 OW : With a little work, it is now a very good guitar

For the price, I didn't expect the guitar to be perfect, and it's a good thing, because it was definitely not even close to perfect. First, the holes for the bridge and tail piece posts were too large, and the thimbles fell out of the holes when I removed the strings. I had to add a shim under the neck so there was some room to adjust the bridge down to lower the strings. I also found several tall frets that had to be dressed and polished in order to eliminate string buzz. Even if the guitar wasn't expensive, I believe you should be able to expect the frets to not need filing right out of the box. I replaced the inefficient tuners with some Fender Vintage tuners, and that made a big difference in the tuning of the guitar. The nut slots were not cut to the right depth to meet the recommended string height for 1st fret action. However, there was actually too much material above the strings, which impeded them from emitting the correct tone. With that being said, once I got everything solidified, I can't say enough about how it plays and sounds now. Fortunately, I have experience working on guitars, and it wasn't difficult for me to get it setup like it should be. But, if your don't have the tools, or experience for working on guitars, you should be prepared to pay someone to set it up correctly.