This is such a cool guitar. Made in Japan, and is definitely pretty high quality compared to your average Teisco or other import guitars. Everything functions properly. Tuners are a bit stiff. It definitely has some bumps and bruises, but nothing that is structurally damaging, or that would ruin your playing experience. The neck is finished in a porcelain colored enamel, which is probably one of the coolest feeling necks I've played on. It's a really chunky neck, feels like a baseball bat. I loved that it made me play differently on this instrument which I enjoyed. The pickups are insanely cool sounding and handled whatever I threw at them. They are sparkly and spanky, but warm up really nice with the tone wheel or rhythm/lead switch. Check out the video to see how she sounds.