Sadly, I have to change my opinion after closer investigation of the guitar. There are many things in finish that are visible, some scratches from factory (sanded finish near the nut that looks awful), it was set up properly, although pretty high string action. What was the worst (besides some finish issues) was loose locking nut. When moving whammy bar the whole locking nut moves forward and backward, this is unacceptable in guitar of that price. I was expecting more from ESP, especially that I had many LTD guitars and none of them had similar issues... That's a shame, because guitar is absolutely killing in terms of sound and playability. I ended up with filling warranty issue to Thomann