Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Fit and Finish are excellent Reliability How has it stood up over time? Started right up everytime. General Your general opinion of this product. suffers only from the standard trem block, otherwise a good value. Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? After having the frets dressed plays as well as any of my 4 american made strats. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? pickups ok alnico pickups would be better. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? Nice tough polyester finish, wish it was paisley on both sides Action How was the action out of the box? very playable