So ... was the first time skeptical ... for the price ,,, no name etc ... wanted my giatrrensammlung upgrade to the lack of sound me a SG ... i have to say: the thing is worth the money! the sound comes ran to the gibson, definitely ... that you can objectively compare ... hardware moderately hats so its pitfalls ... anywhere you have the price difference so remember .... (eg when first changing strings: the tails of strings were partly entangled in the web, was tricky), but to cope with the ... is well made, good sound, was never good at the factory ... nothing to complain about ... would play with the smooth part of n whole concert. ..sehr nice playable ... definitely offered a real alternative to other and also to Ner original Gibson when you have to look to the penny ^^