I've owned the guitar for quite some time, the sound of the pickups is excellent, shooting and daring. But the quality of the neck, frets, switch toggle, and the execution of the paint on the metal parts of the guitar is terrible. On the fretboard, you can see, albeit a little, but a crooked white edging, and on the white inserts between the frets, you can see something like yellow or black dirt that cannot be erased (a very common problem with custom Les Paul from epiphone). Other than that, it's a great guitar, has the original Gibson spirit, and the pickups sound good.