CST-24T Black Flame : Great cheap guitar

Pros:

-Sound is pretty awesome for the price. Nice hot-sounding rock guitar with useful features at this price.

-Love the slim neck and fast action (without any fret buzz) that it came set up with.

Cons:

-The flame top was far more subtle than the photos on the website. I suspect there's a wide range that comes off the line, and perhaps other colours would show it better, but I was hoping for more.

-One of the tuners is slightly askew, and one of the others is EXTREMELY tight. I have to Hulk out just to make a quarter turn. I've ordered some replacement locking tuners from elsewhere, so I'm up for the $50 it cost me for the replacement tuners at this stage.

-Forget about staying in tune if you're using the trem arm. I blocked it for now until I decide whether to upgrade the nut (in case that fixes the issue).

Other than the issues highlighted above, the setup was great out of the box (making it all the way to Sydney). Needed tuning, then it was ready to sing!