This guitar has been out for a while but it's current price point VS the NOW much more expensive and less of a "great value" Classic Vibe and Vintage Modified series. I've personally owned many mutliple of each, as well as worked on and modified them. The only short-coming to report was scratchy frets and the usual crap set-up out of the box. Other than that, at $400 CAD, it's the new almost as good as an American for dirt cheap!