The good:
Pickups sound decent considering the price tag.
Whole guitar is gorgeous, neck looks insanely good, and feels great too.
Coil split is a welcome feature.
Graphite nut is a nice touch.
Stock strings were actually useable.
Stays in tune better than expected.
The meh:
Frets not rolled nicely, they are a tiny bit sharp - expected.
Tuners are okay, but the one for the low E was a bit loose.
3-ply pickguard is okay, but I would have preferred it all black. The white middle layer just doesn't fit this instrument in my opinion, but this is entirely subjective.
The bad:
Almost as heavy as my TE-52 despite being a Thinline. As said before me, the guitar is only chambered under the pickups and the F-hole. By the way, the F-hole's insides could have been sanded properly, it has bits sticking out - you can only really see it if you look inside, but still.
I had to take it the guitar to a luthier for a full setup, due to an insane amount of fret buzz. This has been partially solved, at least it doesn't buzz through my amp now, but the A string is still noisy. There are a couple of higher frets. The nut is perfect. Bridge needed some adjustment. Action is quite a lot higher that what I like but in order to get it lower the frets would need to be leveled and most probably a new bridge would be needed. For now I can't justify spending an extra 100-150 on a brand new guitar that cost me €219.
Summary:
I would not call this guitar a good deal. I bought my TE-52 for a lot cheaper and it plays way better to this day. Very disappointed initially. Now it grew on me, I like it more and it's truly a joy to look at.
I also have to say that I'm extremely satisfied with the customer service of Thomann, who straight up offered to start an RMA and replace my guitar. It was my own choice to keep it as is.
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