WestCreek RACER Solid Body Electric Guitar, Double Cut guitar, Rounded End Frets, Bone nut, Rosewood Fingerboard, Mahogany Body (Black GT)

This is a really fun beginner friendly or project guitar. The body is a wavy SG type and it functions just as solidly as a regular SG. The neck is great and very playable, wonderful for smaller hands. Guitar holds a tuning well, can be easily change From standard to D with very little fuss. It's pretty. Very little fret buzz and intonates well. The electronics are solid, it comes with a three-way switch and no line hum. The stock pickups are lovely, they aren't too hot or soft.You are good to go out of the box. But, there's room to upgrade the tuning pegs, the pots, dials, pickups and so on. This is a very respectable instrument. It would be great as most anyone's first guitar.It is a wonderful practice or project guitar. You will have a difficult time beating it for the price.It is light and fun to play.

Did I get lucky again or just get a great model shipped to me. I have no idea but if this is typical West Creek guitars I will be buying more of them.1) Looks-4.5 stars, The guitar is sleek and gorgeous. High gloss body with chrome hardware and binding on the neck, matching color headstock. Only deducting a half a star because the neck pocket was not finished sanding before color and clear applied and the "bondo" used to make the joint from neck to body has some flaws that could have been sanded out first. Frets are ball end and smooth as glass. Impressed with them.2) Sound-5 stars. This thing growls like the much more expensive American made model it is loosely copying. Seriously if sound was patented for musical instruments like it is for Harleys, These guys would be in trouble. I will NOT be changing out the pickups on this. I thought that I would when I bought it but not any more. Neck pickup is microphonic but rolling back the volume and staying away from the front of the amp cures any issues and does little to nothing to affect the sound.3) Setup-4 stars. Nothing out of the box is perfect, even a setup guitar might not be set up how the individual player likes it. Being said, Intonation was so close that I could adjust my finger pressure and keep it in tune up the neck. The nut could use a very slight touch up but only a few thousandths, they are very close. I will mess with it after I change strings to my liking. Still using the stock ones and they play fine. E and A strings will slightly buzz at higher frets. Something I will address after I put a new set of strings on.4) Electronics- 4 stars. Only issues I have are the microphonic neck pickup and the 3 way switch clicks through the amp if you change positions too hard in the heat of playing. If you leave it in one position not a problem.I have not pulled the back cover off yet to see what it was built with, I am having too much fun playing it. I almost don't want to because I don't want to be disappointed even though I am very happy with the sound and quality for now

- Tuners > Half moon style knobs, turn smooth and tight (no slipping/play)- Nut > Have not removed the strings to find out if it is bone, however, it seems to be cut correct for all strings- Fretboard > It has a shine to it. Rosewood or not, it looks good and feels smooth- Inlays > I like the design and they look great (better in person than in picture)- Frets > Per some review videos out there, I did find 2 short frets. However they are at the upper end of the neck and do not affect playability. Fret ends are rounded and the frets WERE POLISHED. I did not find any high frets- Neck > Straight. Access > I can reach to the 22nd fret easy. However, per the design, if you have larger hands, you might hit that bottom horn.- Neck > 24.75 scale and per Westcreek > Modern C profile- Pickguard > 2 piece (small piece above the pickup and the larger section below the pickups).- Switch and Knobs > Switch is solid, not loose no play. Knobs turn nice and smooth- Guitar strap hooks > Not sure if these are a locking style, definitely not cone shaped- Pickups > Sound good and look to be centered just right- Bridge and Tailpiece > Bridge came with screws pointing towards pickups. I think this is a Nashville style bridge and not the ABR style. However, it does not matter which way mine is sitting, either way and the intonation is spot on.- Pots > Have no markings (that I can see). However, they are close to the size of a quarter (definitely larger than a dime or nickel)- Cavity's > I don't have the tool to test yet, but they appear to have shielding paint- Fit and Finish > Wow this is beautiful. This is what I can tell you about the Fit/Finish, I found a smudge on the back I was able to wipe off with a towel.- Personal preference > Solid color(s) and an option with no Pickguard (or send a template, screws and the pickguard separately)