I bought this around 2 months ago as a back up for my MiJ Tokai Les Paul. I was expecting an average guitar, but I now use it as ,much as the Tokai - it really is nearly as good! It is not quite a USA LP Custom, (the top carve is much less, for example) but it looks great, has an ebony board (BIG improvement on the old range) It has CTS pots and the quick change pick up connections. The pick ups are good, but I expect Seymour Duncans would be better. It plays really well, looks good, sounds good. What else do you want?