This is a very high quality guitar! The sounds you can achieve and the playability are unmatched (in my opinion), at this price point. The Rockfield pick-ups are extremely warm and smooth. However, put a little OD/Dist in the mix, and you've got tight, "articulate" sounds. The only issues you may encounter are the knobs being a little "weak" and the cutout for the upper frets is pretty shallow. However, the Ebony fretboard still allows you to fly! Korean made PRS and Schecter better watch out for these.

I prefer the double cut, hum bucker, fixed bridge setup. I've owned an Ibanez SZ, PRS SE, dozens of RGs, and a schecter C-1. This guitar is best in its comfort and quality, aside from the lower cut being way too shallow, this axe feels right. I've always liked string thru the body over wrap around, but this guitar pulls it off. The grover tuners are a plus and the coil tap covers all bases. The output is a little weak though. I'll probably end up throwing EMGs in it anyways, I always do. I would rate this little shredder better than a C-1 and the SZ. Not really comparable to a PRS because of the neck 'style'. I suggest the walnut or natural finish, beautiful.

I've owned my MK Valor Custom - which is really just a Schecter C-1 with a 5mm thinner body and without the abalone binding inlays - for about 5 months, now, and can't imagine finding or playing anything better for the money. But that doesn't mean it's perfect; not by a long shot. PROS: the two tapped Rockfield pickups are amazingly warm and expressive, and the finish on the neck and abalone & m-o-p inlays in the ebony fretboard are superb! No matter how much you sweat or bend across them, they don't hold you back, and the heel-less neck joint's pure poetry in your hand! The body and fret finishes are on par with a CS Gibson or PRS, as well. CONS: the lower horn's body carve is cut _way_ too shallowly for a body of this depth, leading to wrist cramps and slowed arpeggios when fretting above the 16th. The Tone Pros bridge, while offering more adjustment range than a Gibby AOM, needs to have its second threading-hole enlarged, because it's otherwise nearly impossible to change strings on it, and the pickups, while tonally warm and versatile, are neither height-adjustable nor strong enough in the output department. I boosted the 2nd problem by removing and shimming both of them with dual 1mm plies of mahogany veneerwood, but the output's still a far cry from what I need, so I'll have to switch them out, at some point. Still, this is a fine instrument, and an excellent buy for the money, overall.

I have only had this guitar for a few days but there are some things I have already come to like and dislike about it. Let me tell you the guitar is beautiful in every way. The clean sound is incredible. I never use to play on the neck pickup on my jackson because it was terrible. but now I am almost always on the neck pickup. Being able to switch it to single coils gives many many tone variations. The only bad thing is that the volume drops a little when changing to single coil. This guitar is NOT made for heavy music with alot of distortion. The pickups are directly mounted to the guitar so you cannot change the pickup height. This makes it very hard to get a good distortion since the pickups are soo far from the strings. and I mean a good distortion as in if you want all your notes heard clearly while in drop C. I have to turn my distortion up to 10 on my metal master pedal and it doesnt even get close to the distortion I get on my jackson with the metal master on 5. Other then this the guitar is wonderful. GREAT clean sounds out of this. The frets seem a little small to me and bending is akward. The bridge is sort of wierd looking but thats just me. If I can find a way to change the pcikup height I would say this might be a perfect guitar for me.

three big probelms with this guitar are fret buzz witch is easy fix. Second it might be me but stringing this thing is hard to do to the bridge becasue it is a warp around. Third it really hard to hit those sweet soloing high like the 22 fret becasue some dumby did not make the design cut deep enough(look at the pics and u shall see). Over all it is great little guitar it will surpise u. As some guy said it a poor man's paul reed smith. it well sound good with what ever u play.