I use this guitar for personal recording, practice, and to play live with band. The sound is very smooth when clean and crank up a bit of distortion and it makes a killer shredder guitar.

When I recieved the Item. The string height was VERY high for any guitar player to play comfortably. It had paint chips at the back. I expected it to be playable out of the box (as it should be) specially from a company like D'Angelico. Dont even think of buying as your first guitar.

I tested in guitar center and I just followed in love! So nice to play, have a different sound than the usual, but in the good way! Its so unique! I'm enjoying every moment that I'm playing with.

This is nothing but overpriced D'Angelico garbage. D'Angelico should be flogged for peddling this crap. Returned it. Mine looked like it wasn't completely finished before it left the factory. Very rough around the F hole and issues with the finish. Doesn't stay in tune with the break angle on the D and G strings when using the trem. Worse than my Gibson Les Paul. The headstock design is not a good match for the body of this guitar and they didn't color match it. If you want a guitar like this, get the Guild Surfliner Deluxe and you can thank me later. No I would not recommend this guitar to anyone.

This is a great guitar. It fits very comfortable, well balanced and easy to play. It sounds great. I prefer heavier gage strings, so I can't wait to put heavier strings and check out the action. Can't say too much else because I'm still getting used to it.

I got one of these in May and I've spent some time with it before I wrote this review. This is a fabulous guitar. The Premier series is more budget friendly and this was so good I just had to get a version of it from the Deluxe series. This has an incredible neck to body area. It's as smooth as you can find in any guitar at any price. The tuners are Grovers, which are about as good as it gets and the special stair step knobs look and feel great. The pickups have a lot of combinations from chimey telecaster sounds to classic humbucker in the bridge. The fit and finish is pretty nice, but if you look into the hollow section, it's in need of a tiny bit of clean up, but by no means is that a problem. The neck is excellent and the fretwork is ok, and if you're really particular, you could smooth some of the edges with the special Stew-Mac rounded bottom fret file. I have to admit, the style is very different than most anything else. But after living with it for a few months months I found it really cool and refreshing. These are great guitars, and that's why I had to see what the Deluxe version was about. That's an excellent guitar btw, and just a little bit better in every aspect. The red color with this pickup combo is a GC/MF exclusive. It's not hard to see why these fly under the radar, but the idea of a "Thinline" Strat is a great idea. They have the Fender Rarities Stratocaster, and the Eric Johnson Thinline, and those cost multiple times more than this one or the Deluxe version. The Deluxe version comes with a case, and I'm a huge believer in getting a case for every guitar. This one is a little too wide for the standard Fender Strat cases, but it fits perfectly in the abs molded Musicians Gear rectangular case. People say they are a RoadRunner without the badge or some similar brand, but it fits perfectly in it and they do go on sale from time to time. Overall, this is a very unique guitar and I think everyone should have one! As far as the neck is and how it plays, it is an extremely athletic feeling guitar. It's a very comfortable instrument with a very nice shape and a nice weight.