R-457MN WH Progressive Series : A good workhorse and project guitar

After using this guitar now for a few days, I can say that the overall bang for your buck that you get with this guitar is second to none. A quick setup after unpacking and you're good to go.

Fret buzz disappeared after breaking it in with a few days of hard playing.

Pickups are nothing to write home about, but definitely get the job done.

Only bit of quality that I see was sacrificed is perhaps the tuners.

As a workhorse, so far, very satisfactory. However, I purchased this guitar also as a project guitar, I plan to replace some of the hardware on it with some higher output pups, solderless electronics and better tuners, eventually some taller SS frets. Definitely a great starting point for the build of your dreams if you're into the looks, which I find pretty nice overall.

Wish it had a tone knob, but that's nothing some careful drilling can't fix.

I did not experience any problem with the finish that I saw mentioned in other reviews, things happen, and if you're looking for that level of QC, this probably ain't the price-point you want to go for.

Final words, again, for the price, this cannot be beat.