Owned one for a few months now, starting to really love it. Every time I play it I seem to find a better/cooler way of playing it, I have played Gibsons and Fender Strats and it does produce a very similar quality sound but then you really push it and it makes its own sound I think more gritty/earthier. And the best part I picked mine up for £50.00, total madness this is worth £500.00 in comparison to the others. To finish mine is 20 years old with total original stock gear and it is still as good as new