I purchased this guitar because it has some stand out features such as a roasted maple neck and fretboard, 12"-16" compound radius fretboard, locking tuners and graphite nut. The guitar plays very nicely out of the box and is staying in tune very well so far. The neck feels smooth to play and there are no major flaws with the frets. With the HSS pickup configuration and split coil I have got some great tones from clean, crunch, blues, rock and metal. The finish is gorgeous and the pickguard and binding really compliment the gloss top. When I asked my family (who are non-guitar players) how much they thought thought it was worth they both said £500+. This guitar is a joy to play and amazing value for money.