SC-550 II Silver Burst : Great value for money.

This is an *excellent* guitar for the money. No visual flaws at all. As usual, all guitars need a setup out of the box, and this was no exception. Lowered the action a bit, set up my preferred string gauge, intonate, tune. Play! In particular, the pickups on this one are *very* good. I normally switch to EMGs, but this one I kept as is. The neck is very comfy (I like'em rather slim), and no fret sprout at all. The only small thing I might want is a coil split - but this can easily be done switching a tone pot with a switching one. I did switch out the tuners, but only because of my only complaint on this one - the slimy green tuner buttons... :D In short - if you like silver burst Les Pauls, and think Gibson are ripping you off - go for it!