I got it awhile back and I a Paul I like this one way better. Get this guitar.

Nice thin neck, rosewood fretboard, overall has a great feel! Real nice for any 70s melodic rock like Boston, or Thin Lizzy, to my ear it has great tone. Clean sounds were best, I think the bridge pickup is a bit weak for heavier metal, the Seymour Duncan pickups in my Warlock are far superior as far as that goes...

Having played Gibson Les Pauls' , I would say the Les Pauls' have a much 'fatter' distortion.

Good value for the money, but changing the pickups recommended.

This guitar looks amazing, and the best part is it feels like a feather on my shoulders after playing my les paul. The neck is slim and has more space between the strings than usual but I like that anyway. All the fret bars are smooth, and the guitar plays very fast and easy. The pickups are nice, but ovbiously not as good as emg's or seymours. There was only a couple scratches below the pickups when it came in, I've seen worse with new guitars. The strings do buzz a little bit, but I should be able to fix that by putting on heavier strings. Tuners were a little stiff, but the guitar does stay it tune quite well. It's not the most comfortable guitar sitting down, but like I said, its very light weight so you can play it all day standing up. Overall, a good quality guitar for a small price.

I'm not sure what people are thinking when they say it's better than a Gibson Les Paul because it's NO WHERE near a Gibson. The guitar's distortion is weak, the awkward positioning of the output jack makes it hard to play sitting down, and the it doesn't have the best sound clean either. You get what you pay for.

I got this badboy for my birthday as my first guitar, and I can say that it is amazing. I got the Sunfire color, and the pics that they have for it do it NO justice! It feels light and comfy to play standing up, but can be a bit awkward sitting down until you find the best way for you to hold it. pickup wise, I can make it cry, sing, scream, whatever I need. Buy it! you will never regret it.