CST-24HB Charcoal Flame : Fantastic value for money.

I bought this as a way back into the electric guitar and it has surpassed all expectations. I use it mainly for blues/rock and it has a pretty versatile sound. It arrived well packaged and pretty quickly too. Upon opening I was very impressed, The finish is good, its not outstanding but much better than I've had in other guitars that were more expensive. The action needed a little tweaking to get it where I like but was playable out of the box. The binding around the edge of the f holes is a little messy and the inside of the f holes is poorly painted but doesn't make much difference. I'd maybe have preferred no paint at all. The neck is of a nice shape and plays well, I'm no shredder but have no issues with runs up and down at speed. Pickups are wilkinson and are nice. If i were to replace anything it would probably be the tuners for a locking set, these do the job but aren't overly precise and do tend to fall out of tune quite quickly. It came strung with D'addarios which makes a nice change. Overall its a good guitar with very few issues out of the box that stands up well under scrutiny. Compared to cheap guitars when I started playing its a totally different beast. Its cheap, looks good, sounds good. What more could you want! I think the updated version also comes with coil split pickups.