The guitar arrived flawless. Excellent fret job with no issues, no dead notes or anything...I have it tuned to Eb with 10-46 gauge strings and holds the tuning without problems while maintaining very low string action (1,2mm on the E string, 1mm e string 12 fret). The overall sound is awesome, really fat with great sustain but a bit bass-y, but that's purely subjective. The most impressive feature of the guitar is the body cutaways that makes the playability even better when comparing to a standard ''flat - top'' explorer