Arrived (eventually, more anon) in perfect condition, flawless finish, comfortable body and neck.
I lowered the action, half expecting, to have to deal with high or uneven frets, but no, they were all really good and even.
They felt a little "gritty" initially, and I did think of polishing them, but after a bit of playing they were fine.
The fretboard was also quite dry, but I conditioned and its nice now.
I did encounter a "warbling" clashing kind of resonance sound from the G string when played at certain points which disappeared when I lowered the pickups a bit.
And the pickups sound very good to my ears, a good range. Bridge is good, basic enough, simple to set intonation and action, unlike some.
One thing I noticed is that the back cover doesn't give much access at all for restringing, there's very little space to see where you're threading the string through.
As others have mentioned, it looks a little different at home than in the pictures, but not necessarily in a bad way.
This guitar compares VERY well in every way to my MIM Strat. Yes, the pots are probably cheaper etc, but they work and should for a long time yet.
On the delivery, this aspect was disappointing. It sat for almost two weeks with the delivery company and it took quite a bit of emailing etc with Thomann before anything was done about it, having initially been told (contrary to the visibile tracking information showing that the item was still in Germany) that the delay was the fault of the postal service in Ireland...
-That's not the quality of iservice Thomann is known for, but I guess things can happen from time to time...
Anyway, all is good now and I'm happy, be because this is a great instrument, particularly for just €199
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