CST-24T Black Flame : Excellent guitar. Just buy it !

I am a professional guitarist and guitar teacher. This is an excellent guitar every bit as good as a PRS. I bought this guitar because I prefer the sound of the Roswell bridge pickup over the PRS, and because the split coil sounds are more usable, plus of course the price!

The guitar came perfectly set up and in tune. The tremolo was hard tailed, but I prefer the trem to be able to go a half step up, so I slackened off the screws. This was made easier by some slits cut into the back plate. I also tightened the tremolo arm slightly. This is done using the small allen key supplied - the screw can be found by pushing down the tremelo and its on the right hand side. The supplied tuners were perfectly ok, although I swapped them for some locking tuners as I use the trem a fair bit. Vanson make a set that are a perfect fit, even the screw holes line up. Stability is very good. The nut is graphite and correctly cut. Frets were perfectly flat and checked with a fret rocker. This is an excellent guitar and I'll be using it live!