First of all, a great guitar with an excellent setup right out of the box, just fine tuned it to my personal taste. Good fretwork with no rough edges, frets a bit rough, you could wait for them to wear off or just polish them.
Finish near perfect, just 2 spots on the neck joint. The satin finish, especially on the neck, is great and very comfortable to play. Btw what a beautiful neck! The amaranth fretboard is rather greyish, looks and feels good.
The locking tuners could be one of the parts to be upgraded, they do their job, the guitar is very stable, but they are not really smooth. Not a big complaint though.
The pickups are the only real issue I have with the guitar. They sound muddy and noisy, an awful combination for an 8 string. The next issue, try to find a replacement (in the case of this guitar, you need the 9-string variant, or you'll need to do some wood work), EMG 909, Fishman Fluence 9, Lundgreen 9 are some of the options, but none of those are available in Europe, here a great thank you to the Thomann guitar department, a custom order, some great advice and I got the EMG 909x PU’s with a very competitive price and only after 2 months instead of the 6 months expected when ordered.
Highlights: That neck is just fantastic, great QC for the price
Lowlights: The pickups
