SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series : Great guitar at a great price.

Firstly the looks. It looks great! The gold top, IMHO, is fantastic, as is the fretboard - which looks very much like Ebony (it isn't), but oozes class. The headstock design also isn't bad (I did polish that "HB" lettering off the truss rod cover though).

Everything on the guitar is functional, tuners, nut, bridge and potentiometers, are all adequate - no need to change anything really - except..... the switch is pretty naff and the jack isn't really up to the job, so they were swapped out.

Setup is good however there was an issue with scratchy frets, so a quick polish with the Dremel (didn't even need to take the strings off) and that was also sorted.

Sound. It sounds and plays great, very comfortable neck profile, no fret sprout, just a dream to play one those little issues were addressed. I also own a JTV-59 Variax, which has a selectable "imitation" of an original 1952 LP Goldtop, so of course an A-B test was made, and surprisingly the HB P90's do a damn good job at reproducing the original sound of the original LP Single Cut guitar. A damn good job!

Highly recommended. More bang for your money I don't think is possible. If you are looking for something with a P90 single coil sound, at this price the SC-450 is a no-brainer.