CST-24HB Tortoise Flame : My New Main Guitar

Disclaimer: I was sent this guitar to review

Holy cow is this guitar amazing! I've had it for over a year now and since receiving it, it has become my go-to guitar. It sounds absolutely incredible and plays amazing. The crazy thing is that it played amazing right out of the box and I haven't touched it for a setup yet after over a year of having it. That being said, I recently noticed that the intonation is a little off and have finally decided to do a proper setup and really make sure everything is good to go. The coil tap feature is fantastic!

I docked a star in the features section for three reasons. First, I wish the bridge had the ability to adjust the intonation for each string. Second, I wish that it used a push-push knob for the coil split instead of a push-pull. Third, I know that most semi-hollow body guitars don't do this, but I wish there was a back panel or something that could let you more easily access the electronics. Going through the f-hole is very daunting to me. Honestly, if I only had one of these nitpicks, I wouldn't remove a star, but with all three I think it's fair.

I almost removed a star for the sound because the neck pickup does sound a little muddy, but it sounds beautiful when coil split and I haven't taken the time to adjust the pickup height so I figured that would be unfair.