Open Box Mitchell MD200 double cutaway electric guitar Level 2 White 190839181886

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High frets, low output neck pickup, not worth it

I really wanted to like this guitar because of the earlier positive reviews, looks and design. I HAVE a Mitchell acoustic/electric that plays well and is finished nicely. When GC put the MD200 on sale for Memorial Day, I went to the store to give it a spin. YIKES! The fret finishing was horrible on three different ones I tried. All had two or three frets that were obviously higher than the rest (just looking at the neck) and the results showed in playing. Massive buzzing and string rattle in spite of the action already being set high. It would take a full fret dress to get this thing playable. Moving on to the electronics, the bridge pickup is decent but the "hot rail" pickup at the neck position is pathetic. Virtually no output on the lower strings and what output there was overall was thin. To be fair, the P/U looked like it was set too low but who knows if it's adjustable vertically. Hard to tell with the tiny phillips head screws. Another one I tried had no output from the full neck pickup period so a wire had either come loose or the p/u was shorted. On to the finish. There were several places on the white model I tried where they get the spray coat on evenly. At the jack, you could see raw wood and same around the neck pickup cavity. Overall, both black and white look good from a few feet away but up close not so much. When I handed the (new from box) white one back to the sales dude and showed him what was wrong with the fretwork, he was incredulous. Showed it to the assistant manager. Both agreed it was one of the worst fresh out of box guitars they'd seen. I think Mitchell is a Guitar Center house brand so I'm surprised at how they could let such poorly finished guitars into their stores. You need to step up the QC guys.