Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? I think this guitar is made very well and will hold up well over time. I believe I can count on this gig after gig. Reliability How has it stood up over time? so far so good (3 months) Overall Your general opinion of this product. I really love this guitar, beautiful and functional, and a great price! Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? this is a very nice feeling neck, admittedly, I had to smooth out some jagged edges to the frets, but after that it was amazing, Bigsby works great! Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? very versatile tone. Smooth jazz tones or twangy rockabilly right up to straight out classic rocker. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? beautiful Sunset Orange finish... looks just like a Setzer Gretsch. Action How was the action out of the box? pretty descent out of the box, a little neck and bridge adjust and it was sweet!

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? buy a Gretch for this price Reliability How has it stood up over time? typical chineese Overall Your general opinion of this product. chineese import Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? typical but nothing "special" Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? Inferior for the money there are a hundred better choices Finish How did the stain or paint job look? thick slapped on Action How was the action out of the box? high

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? High quality guitar Reliability How has it stood up over time? The output shorted out within two months Overall Your general opinion of this product. Overall, a knockout guitar with very flexible tones. It'll do rockabilly, pop, blues, & jazz very well Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? Got used to the neck very fast. Had to cut the string slots on the nut as they were WAY too high. The controls do just what they're meant to do. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? Full range of great tones for pop, blues, rockabilly & jazz. I'm guessing not so much for metal. Does dandy for reggae, too Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The finish is spectacular. Total eye candy. Action How was the action out of the box? Neck needed no adjustment but I had to cut the nut grooves much deeper.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? has the quality of a custom shop guitar,that most would be proud to own and play Reliability How has it stood up over time? time will tell...have owned less than 6-months seems to be a quality build... Overall Your general opinion of this product. 40-years of playing gibsons,and fender electric guitars. martin,gibson,guild,taylor,ovation acoustic guitars.and many others, always searching for those perfect tones...with this one guitar epiphone has brought joy to my ears and fingers,and WALLET... Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? very smooth and playable neck..being a hardcore acoustic player i tend to play with a lot of pasion causing most electric guitars to give a unbalanced sound..NOT THIS BABY,it can trully sing with about anything you can through at it..... Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? GOOSE BUMPS..i have played it through my vox,and fender tube amps.my peavey soildstate and various pedals all of wich giving a differant tone value go very well with the pickup variation,true hollow body construction and spruse top..you wont be disapointed Finish How did the stain or paint job look? again... you see that custom shop quality. a joy to look at.. Action How was the action out of the box? empressive concidering it was just shipped across the country.. last year i purchaced a amr dlx fender stratocaster right off the rack,and it needed adjustments befor i could enjoy playing it.and it was twice the $$$

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? I have Gibsons and Fenders but I continue to be amazed how the great the quality of the high end Epiphones have become. The top of the line Epi's have to apologize to no one. Reliability How has it stood up over time? Do not know I have just had about a month. Seems very well built. Overall Your general opinion of this product. This is a fantatstic guitar that is well made and is simply fun to play! Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? The nect is just right and is very quick. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? As I said the tone is smooth as silk or punchy or heavy. Whatever you want. The electronics provide tons of options and the Swingbuckers sing. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? Perfect and the flame back is awesome. Action How was the action out of the box? It was good but I had it adjusted and now it is perfect. I like a medium action. By the way make sure you use strings with a wound "G" string. The nut comes setup that way.