Raven RX-620

Made in 2003 I would assume... Made in Korean, better than most Korean made guitars. This guitar has 24 frets, and a gorgeous quilted top. However, the quilt looks cheaply done up close. It has a volume with push-pull coil tap and tone control with a five-way pickup selector. HsH configuration of G&B pickups. The electronics are passive... Solid basswood body. Hard maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. The finish, as stated is a quilted top. Strat body style...Gold Floyd rose tremolo. Grover style gold tuners. Most of the hardware is only of okay quality. Neck is wide and thin, similar but inferior to a jackson neck. Comes with allen wrenches.

This is NOT a metal guitar. Since I play mostly metal, I was disappointed with the sound at first, but I've warmed up to it a lot. I play through and Marshall vs 100 and a laney hcr-50r. The neck humbucker is nothing special, but has a nice warm tone that is good for classic rock. The bridge pickup has a bright, well articulated sound with decent harmonics. The bridge pickup sounds great for all types of music except pure metal, when distorted. Still, If I had the money right now, I would replace the bridge pickup with a gibson or duncan pickup...
The single coil sounds very muddy when distorted.. I will never use the single coil distorted EVER. The only thing that keeps me from scrapping the single coil is it's clean sound. The Humbuckers sound cheesy and harsh when used clean unless combined with the single coil, then they sound great. The neck/single coil pickup selection sounds absolutely gorgeous clean, One of my favorite sounds out of any guitar I own. Very wide range of sound. If the single coil didn't sound so fuzzy when distorted I would have given this a 9. Overall, good for rock, ...maybe jazz and blues too, given the awesome range of tones..

The guitar was very well set up at the factory. The pickups seemed to be adjusted perfectly. Everything was in good order. The action is fairly good, beats most guitars, but just can't compare with Jacksons. A $150 dollar jackson has better action than 99% of the guitars out there for under $500 or under, and that includes this guitar.

The basswood body feels very solid, and the guitar seems to be of tolerable quality.

Don't think I got a warrenty.

I haven't been playing for many years, but I've owned over 10 guitars now and I know a LOT about everthing to do with guitars in general. I know much more technically about guitars then I should for my time playing. That's what happens when you hang out with guitar techs.
Anyway, I've owned 4 Jacksons and 2 gibsons, so I know what a good guitar is should be. This raven is a nice overall guitar for the price, however, I would really recommend a Jackson over anything if you're buying a guitar for under 500. One odd thing, the tremolo seems to be the shoddiest floyd I've ever seen, with some plastic parts!!! This is horrible In my opinion. Also, doesn't hold tune as well as I'd like. I would definitely sell this guitar and buy another jackson to replace it if not for the gorgeous clean sound of this guitar...really outstanding. I may take the pickups out and put them in a cheap jackson...lol...If this guitar were stolen I wouldn't buy another...unless I could get it cheaper, however, I am happy to have bought it. This would make a great guitar for a beginner, but don't pay over 300 for it... it's just not worth it. Unless, of course, you buy guitars only based on looks, cause this thing looks like a million bucks. All things considered....With a little tweaking and upgrading, this could be made into a kickass beginner or intermediate guitar with a few upgrades, (bridge pickup, tuners.) I'm giving this guitar a higher overall rating then the parts merit because I'm glad to see that a company is producing quality guitars with features not available on most guitars of this price range and because this guitar is, overall, greater than the sum of its parts in that it is a well balanced and fun guitar. It also gets points for killing epiphones and ibanez's of similar price.

not sure when, but it was made in america, I think. 24 frets. lamenated. 1 vol. 1 tone, w/ push pull thingy, 5 way selector. pickup is H S H. locking tuners, w/ floyd rose tremolo, vine inlay, plays really really, nice. I just used it in a show the 12th, and played perfectly. It has a really crisp sound, and no other guitar ive played can match it.

i play hardcore christian, and its fine for that. im using a peavey bandit 112 about 10 years old, and a korg/ digitech effectsboard. I guesss its noisy, if im trying to figure somthing out, ruch and full sound, its got about 7 different sounds. the push pull tone knob helps it make a couple different sounds. love, dislike the jumbo frets, but w/e. its great. nothing else can match, not even a gibson les paul,o r sg.

yes. yes. nope. yes. yes. uhh. never know what can happpen to string.

dunno.

about 1 year and a half. nope. i would cry my heart out if it got stolen. and I would sue the place it got stolen from and buy another one, or a b.c rich warlock platinum series w/ widow headstock, floyd rose locking tremolo, and 24 mini, if at all possible, frets. or a headless guitar. but I love this one.

Made in 2001 maybe? Paid about $319, I think. Korean made. Solid but light basswood quilt and back, arched top and back: 26 frets?; fade to transparent red from dark blue on edges; 5-way switch with cut-thru-the-mix coil tap push/pull switch, one volume/one tone for pots; 1 single-coil pickup sandwiched between two coverless humbuckers;Ibanez RG series shape body with fast enough for shredding neck with vine inlays. Gold finish genuine Floyd Rose, not an aftermarket clone tremolo. blue; Gotoh style tuners, clones that work fine; very long, true, flat, nice finish on jumbo frets neck; kind of like Ibanez "Wizard" neck, muy fast! thin and comfortable for my taste...Love the neck! Free gig bag. Allen wrenches; generic 1/4-inch cheapy cord; pitiful strings stolen off of hospital emergency room suture supply inventories. No, they're that good. Maybe they got them off of fishing line leaders or orthodontist surplus.

Suits my style: pretty much variety; songwriter who attempts folk-rock/melodic/grunge/ska/renaissance/torch jazz/funky delta blues; kind of like Jethro Tull meets the Chili Peppers, but refused to play any rap or pop-funk. 38 watt Fender bronco or Dan Electro 15 watt easy to overdrive reissue bass amp (a la Fender Bassman amps used for regular electric guitars) sometimes miked through 250 watt powered mixer, if I feel like shaking the log cabin; played through Boss VF-1 rack mount effects processor (same brain as the Boss GT-6 but is primarily for studio) with one expression pedal; sometimes wah out on Dan Electro Dan-O-Wah (the little pedal that looks like an old Packard car or Dusenburg) or Snarling Dogs Super Bawl Whino-o-wah (looks like a surfer's foot); or old Neil Young type distortion tube stomp box called "Overlord". Can make any sound you want, including violins (with my ebow) and trumpets with my VF-1; trying to imitate bagpipes with my VF-1 and harmonist settings, but not doing so well on that yet...but the humbuckers aren't as warm and clean nor as gritty sand in your beer grungy as my awe-inspiring USA made De Armond Gold Tones on my grunge guitar. True enough, they're high-end Korea, in fact, the humbuckers were surprisingly hot and versatile but somewhat soul-less. Kind of like Korean cars..., dependable, functional, but they don't export anything like a Boss Shelby Cobra Mustang...yet. On a 10-point scale, I'd put the humbuckers on this guitar at six and the single coil pickup at four...I had to really raise the middle pickup to match the volume of the humbuckers when in the middle three positions. No surprise there...I don't play single coils for heat or fatness. Love the inlays on the neck, but wish they would have charged another $100 and put real mother of pearl in there. Love the coil tap, but the electrics used in it don't give a big increase in volume with the stock pickups, but then again, the stock pickups are not as responsive as high-end USA-made humbuckers, but the USA makers better wake up. This guitar is worth about $1200 to $2500 with some Seymour Duncans, Gold Tone De Armonds, Rio Grande BBQs, Fralins, etc. name your favorite pickups...pickups are personal taste to a large degree, I guess. You can gig with it right out of the box, so far as overall sound goes. Any deliciousness that the pickups lack should be able to be made up for with a good signal processor, until you can afford your personal favorites.

Set up on pickups were way out for my tastes, but the next guy may have loved 'em. Excellent quilting and workmanship on everything, including the inset Floyd Rose tremelo; intonation is perfect; no fret buzz and I experimented with the bridge and made the thing basically fretless (like 10th of inch clearance on the 1st three strings with still no buzzing frets just to see how well it was made...the neck is one of the best I've ever played, and I've played many, including three-thousand dollar Les Pauls, but don't compare this neck to a Les Paul...it's more of a speed metal neck, I'd say. Intonation was excellent though I didn't put a digital tuner on every fret. Been playing 21 years, and used to play electric violin, so I'm a pretty reliable ear, though not perfect pitch. Take the little nylon "Coil Tap" tag off as soon as you get it. It will scratch the finish from spinning with the knob. Beautiful woodwork and love the gold hardware; except the synthetic pearl inlays, but for the money; I give it more than a 10 for the value. It's not perfect, but this ain't heaven. For humans making guitars, they've wasted every other guitar maker that I've found for the money...and I own about eight guitars or so, and have owned Gibsons and Fenders. I gave away my '63 Gibson and my '80s Japanese Fender to musicians in Russia who helped me on studio projects. I'm glad I had to pay them with these or I would have never shopped for and found Raven. I have bought three different Ravens so far and they're the best value I know of, and I've been shopping on the web about a year or two for all kinds of gear.

Seems like they've been made with major durability for a guitar. I mean, you treat guitars like sugar-coated ladies, if you do what's right. I like locking strap buttons made by Dunlop, but these seem okay, compared to everybody else's standard equipment. Pretty unwise to not have a backup, but if I could only bring one guitar to a live show, I'd choose this one as easily as any other decently-made guitar. Finish is new synthetic clear goo that seems like it could go through a space shuttle re-entry and burn up long after the guitar was already in ash land. I don't see any problem with reliability/durability, so long as we all remember that guitars aren't cannonballs. For your basic Korean guitar, it's probably as solid as our sometimes fat, and sometimes lazy American union mafia pawns can make. Moreover, they probably have a better attitude making Ravens. Excuse the bitterness...I had the mafia (er, I mean the unions) beat up my friends and try to kill us (you missed me, jerks) before in the name of free market capitalism and helping the American worker...as I understand it, USA made guitars are primarily union, some guy at Fender Arizona told me over the phone that their lutiers were union...hence (at least in part) the helpful high US prices -- though USA lutiers don't make enough from what he claimed their wages were. You can bet some crime bosses somewhere are scraping dues off the top, and adding to the sticker price of U.S. goods )read: pitifully poor musicians and economy-of-scale poor U.S. lutiers, buying namebrand axes that are better made, but not by much, and not as good for the value received. And yes, I'm born in USA and love it. That's why I hate unions which constipate markets both horizontally and vertically. They trick their dues-paying puppets with patriot rhetoric while using them as oligarchic grunt-level mercenaries and manipulators who stir up pre-GED testosterone machismo for a few dollars an hour to risk one's life fighting scabs in the name of "pride" and "freedom." Wake up. The nature of deception is to not know that you're deceived. I hope you don't put the big USA guitar makers out of business by not keeping pace. Anyway, I digress...are Ravens made by Korean union bosses who scare their workers? Who know$$$$$$$$$

Had a weak bridge pickup on a different Raven. The Raven rep cut me a check for $60 bucks for another and I bought some Gold Tones from Musician's Friend for $39 each. No problems. No hassels. Life time warranty on things that don't wear out in your lifetime, like the wood. Does not include strings or normal wear items, or abuse. The warranty is fine, but is no substitute for Tender Loving Care bubba. Customer service over the phone was A+. I had maybe 50 questions before I bought my first Raven, not wanting to get scammed. After it came in the mail and I saw and played it, I told friends, etc. And thinking they were having a special sale, bought two other kinds of Ravens. We've bought about five Ravens around here so far. Raven reps were as kind as they could be and still make money. For guitar-buying, it was the next best thing to Neimann Marcus in service, on a Walmart budget.

21 years? playing guitar; own Ovation electric mandolin, Ovation acoustic electric Celebrity Deluxe guitar; Yamaha FGB-1 bamboo acoustic guitar; Yamaha five-string RB-5? quilted bass guitar; Dan Electro Mod 7 Vintage Reissue seven-string guitar; Raven Rm2000 6-string double-cutaway clone of '61 Gibson Melody Maker and/or Ibanez Prestige Artist Series; two De Armond S-73 double cutaway grunge guitars one blonde, one transparent green (both Gibson SG clones made by Fender's now discontinued Korean arm); Epiphone Les Paul Junior soon to have Rio Grande Blues Dawg pickup on it. About 20 harmonicas; Yamaha DD50? drum machine; lots of Latin Percussion hand drums, timbalis, bongos, etc. Started off playing rock n' roll violin, then went to lead guitar, but now I'm a songwriter and so far, small-time, broke and failed cd producer, trying to make a melodic grunge band. Favorite features: everything but pickups and fake mother-of-pearl inlays, although craftsmanship on the inlays is flawless and very beautiful. Sold my RX-620 to a friend just for now, though I can still play it. He needed an axe, and I needed the money. I love this guitar. Jeremy loves his, too. There will be three in the neighborhood when I get my next $300 to spare. I compared it to $3000 specialty axes as well as Gibsons, Fenders, Ibanezes (Ibani?); I searched the web maybe a year and never found anything with this workmanship and features for the money; I tried Joe Satriani Ibanez and quilt-top Dean Evolution, and a few more from Musician's Friend; I sent 'em back or passed on them. The closest thing Ibanez has to the RX 620 is I think, the RG series? guitars, and they are almost identical, maybe the same Korean factory as Raven, and list price is $1000 or more and still don't have the inlays, only the quilts, and usually no gold hardware or coil tap. I haven't found anything with this value. If you have, tell Eric at Raven West so he can start carrying them, too, please.

I've had this guitar for about two weeks now, and I like it better with every passing day. This Korean made guitar is, for the price, a terrific value. It features 3 pickups (HSH configuration), a 5-way selector switch, one volume and one tone knob (the tone knob pulls out to split the coils), a Floyd Rose style locking bridge, a recessed input jack, a see thru blue quilt top finish and vine motif inlays down the length of the neck. The tuners are sealed Grover-type. It's lightweight, yet it has a very solid feel. The neck is exceptionally nice,....not too narrow or wide but flat and thin.
You also get a limited lifetime warranty.

I play mainly heavy metal style music and, for the most part, I'm happy with the sound the stock pickups deliver. I do think the bridge pickup is a bit tinny but, with some tweaking of EQ, I think I'll be able to get around it. I use a Line 6 POD v.2 through a Crate GFX65 and a Marshall cabinet. When I plug headphones into the POD, the Raven sounds great but through the amp, I get the tinniness mentioned above. I'm trying not to think about changing the pickup. A hint: Keep in mind, if you decide to alter the guitar in ANY way (switch out pickups, tuners, etc.) you will void the warranty.
The middle single coil sounds like most single coils: Wonderful when played clean, kinda muddy distorted, and a little noisy at times. The pull out coild splitter on the tone knob doesn't seem to do much but, I'll probably never use it anyway.
Overall, I'd say that, for having stock, no name pickups, the sound is pretty good.

Right out of the box, the RX620 played good and was setup fairly well. I did take some time to adjust the bridge, action and pickups. These are things that are personal so, I never a bash guitar for not being setup the way I like it to be. If I worked on it for hours or days, then that's a problem. That's not the case here. Now, it plays like butter. I especially like the design of the lower cutaway which gives great access to the highest frets.
One of the reasons I wanted this guitar was because of the finish and the vine inlays. I wanted it to stand out amoung the hundreds of "ordinary" guitars I see guitarists play in clubs. The photo on the website doesn't really do this thing justice. When I opened the box, my jaw dropped to the floor. The quilt top is flawless and definitely a head-turner. The headstock matches the body's quilt top. Plastic parts (pickups, pickup mounting rings, cover plates and switch knob) are all black. Hardware is gold and black and very classy looking.
Everything is put together nice and tight and very solid.

Since I just got it, it's hard to say how long it will last or if I'll have any problems with it. I have no reason (so far) to think it's going to crap out on me but, we'll see.
The hardware seems pretty solid but I've no doubt that, if I play it a lot (and I probably will), the gold color will wear off; but, who cares?
The strap buttons are probably the most heavy, solid one I've ever seen but, as usual, I've removed them and added Shaller strap locks.
I have no reason to feel it's not dependable but I would never gig without a backup guitar,....that's stupid.

When the guitar arrived, I noticed a small chip at the tip of the headstock and immediately emailed Eric at RavenWestGuitar Co. I wanted to know if hw wanted me to send the guitar back or take photos to figure out what fair compensation might be. Within an hour, I got a reply apologizing and asking what I wanted to do. I figured out how much I felt would be fair and emailed him. It wasn't twenty minutes later and he emailed me back and said the check was in the mail. Three days later, the check arrived.
I have no reason to think I'd have any problem should a repair be needed.

I've been playing since 1975 and have owned a lot of guitars. Other guitars I (currently) own include an '81 Gibson Flying V '67 reissue, a late 80's Squire Strat, a Hamer double cutaway archtop, a Schecter V1 Plus, an Alvarez single cutaway acoustic, and an old Hamer Blitz Bass.
As far as the Raven goes, if it were lost or stolen, I'd go out and buy another in a minute. I really love the playability and the look of it,...there's really nothing I HATE about it. Other guitars I compared it to during my search for something different and affordable, include the Schecter C-1 Elite and the Ibanez JS100 Joe Satriani model. But for price verses value, the Raven did it for me!
The only thing I wish is that I could have gotten the same guitar but without the Floyd Rose-style tremelo and minus the single coil. But that's the only way to get the see thru blue finish and vine inlay fret board.
I last thing: I went to Guitar Center to get the strap locks and they had a USED Brian Moore green quilt top for $1900. Now, I'm not about to compare the Raven to the BM but, as far as the finish goes, the Raven is just as beautiful,...and actually, the Raven plays just as well.

it was made in 2001 in Korea.
24 frets
Solid-Top
1 volume and 1 tone 5 way selector and tap swtich
pickup config - humbucker/single/humbucker
i believe the bodys made of basswood.
finish is transparent blue and purple
bridge style is floyd rose linensed
neck has jembo grets

this guitar suits my music style really well which is mostly classic rock. Im using ATV150 Marshalls amp and it sounds pretty good. The bridge pickup is a bit weak so im thinking about replacing it to something else. Probably Dimarzio Evolution. its noisy when i activate the tap switch and when im not using it, the single coils noisy. But overall the sound is pretty good.

it was almost setup perfectly. The string was crappy so i replaced it with new ones and i changed the height of the pickups. and no this guitar didnt have any flaws when i got it

i dont know, i just got it. It look durable. They give people life time warrenty so i guess its durable

i havent contacted the company yet

i played it for couple of day and i love how it plays and how it loooks. I own jackson ks2 guitar and G&L legacy special and Raven RP450. It its gets stolen it'll try out other raven guitars. But i hate the licensed floyd (its almost the same as the floyd in my jackson that i bought it for $699) and i dont think theres enough space to put in the original floyd. i think this is the best guitar to buy at a cheap price.

The guitar I assume was made in 2001. It was made in Korea by Raven. It has 24 frets with a very nice quilted maple? top. It has one volume (push/pull control) and one tone knob, 5-way selector and three pickups. Humbucker at the neck position, single coil in the middle and humbucker at the bridge. The make and model of the pickups I was told was "High-end Korean pickups" Whatever that means I will let you be the judge. It has a Basswood body with a nice quilted top as I said. The one I got has a blue to red transition very, very nice!
The blue transforms to a dark purple on the edges of the front and than transitions to a deep red. Very beautiful! The body style is "Strat-like" or maybe closer to an Ibanez RG. They call it double cutaway. Bridge is a licensed Floyd Rose in gold, locking tuners, Grover style in gold as well. The Neck/Scale is thin; Rosewood with a vine inlay going all the way up the neck with little green leaves acting as the dots. Very nice as well! One of the reasons I choose it. I am tired of just simple dots I like inlays that say something or are cool to look at. Doesn't really matter in the scheme of things but hey you got to look at your guitar all the time, why not have something cool to look at as well as having something nice to play.
Accessories included, were guitar cord (cheap one, too thin) and the wrenches needed for the Floyd Rose.

The style of music I like to play is Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. This guitar suits these styles very well. I am playing through a Marshall JM900 100 watt amp and use mostly BOSS effect pedals. Predominantly: Metalzone, Flanger, Chorus, Phase Shifter, with some others thrown in for good measure. I thought that the overall sound and tone of the guitar was a little weak in the mid-range. It just didn't have enough punch by itself and using a friends MXR pedal to boost the midrange I finally got the sound I wanted. It has a very bright tone so that solos? really are sharp and it has good sustain. The strings were a little too heavy and "fresh" for me,...(not stretched out enough) so it took a little bit to get used to. Probably switch out the strings for D'addario 9's or 10's. The pickups were pretty good for being Stock pickups but I think and am most definitely going to switch them out for something with more punch. On my smaller Marshall practice amp it just did not cut the mustard for me without having to add a bunch of effect pedals to make up the difference and I would rather not have a guitar that I need to carry around a bunch of patch cords and effect pedals just to make the sound right. It is kind of your call I guess as to what sound you are looking for and I am sure that for someone else they might find it more than adequate. Overall it is good, I am just picky on the type of midrange I am looking for, I want "Punch"! The bridge pickup therefore is a little weak. The middle single coil sounds all right, in fact pretty good. The neck pickup responds very well and as I stated earlier it has good sustain. Very bellsy sound and very crisp.
For a beginning guitar player, which I am just a little bit beyond (Only really been playing seriously for two years) will find it a very good starting guitar that is an absolute steal at this price with the features it offers.

THe volume control is a push/pull which I have not figured out yet what it is specifically doing. I notice a little difference in output but nothing really overt. I am sure with some more playing around with it I will get what it is doing pickup wise. All and all for a $300 guitar it is put together extremely well!

Guitar was set up very well. Nearly in tune when I took it out of the box, only minor futzing with the fine tuners to snap it in tune. Strings were tight, action was a little high for me but otherwise very well done. The pickups were a little loose and need some tightening, but I am going to upgrade mine to Dimarzio Evolutions for the bridge and the neck position anyway so I won't bother. The top quilting was really beautiful as I said and the neck was tightly fitted against the body. Bolt on neck with what I have heard called a "fast-back heel". The bridge was routed out nicely although the floyd rose was a little tight, but that is probably due to the fact that it has not been used. The hardware looked really good and the yellow gold was really cool expecially the floyd rose itself. The frets looked good on first inspection although I did not go ver them with a fine tooth comb. The tuning pegs were on nice and tight and looked to be good quality Grover knock-offs. They looked better than alot of ones I have seen on more expensive guitars like B.C. Rich models. All the controls were on tight and worked very well. This was a well put together guitar and was tight as a drumb. Solid! I was really impressed with how well this was put together. It has the look and feel of a much more expensive guitar. It really does.... Can't believe it was only $300

I think the guitar is solid enough to be able to gig with it. It's pickups on the other hand I don't feel will make it. Definitly needs an upgrade to something better. Your choice depending on what you play. All the hardware seems solid but we will have to wait and see. I think the finish is definitly strong enough to last, doesn't seem like it is excessively easy to scratch like Strats are want to, at least cheap ones. The strap buttons are solid but I'm sure for everyone who does live that strap locks would have to be put on it. I think it could be a very dependable guitar and one that you would not have to worry about like a Les Paul or classic Fender. A really great second guitar and a dependable backup I think. Could you use it by itself for a gig without a backup??? Haven't had it long enough to sayt again it depends on how you play and what you want to do with it on stage. I think you always need a backup, just in case.

Never dealt with the company other than for the purchase of the guitar. They seemd very friendly and the service was very fast. Answered questions very promptly and was upfront about the warranty on the guitar. It has a life time warranty on it but it becomes null and void if you upgradde or alter the guitar in anyway. It is in the warranty agreement but Eric who I communicated with was upfont about that when I asked him questions about the pickups and expressed my desire to switch them out. He could have said nothing and then done the "Ahhh you didn't read the fine print thing..." They seem cool!

Don't know what to rate them so I will give them an 8

To be fair I have only been playing seriously for two years so I am somewhat of a novice at these things but I thought I would give this review a shot since I do own this guitar. the other guitars I own are an Ace Frehley custom Gibson Les Paul, Customized B.C. Rich Platinum Warlock (upgraded it to better than NJ Series Warlock with Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon in the bridge and Pearly Gates in the neck), Fender Mexican Stratocaster (upgraded pickups to Lace Sensor Holy Grails), and an ESP MF 207 7-string. This is guitar number five for those of you who weren't keeping count. I really bought this on a whim and was looking at the George Lynch Tiger but did not want to spend $700. I wanted something else to customize and I liked the gold hardware. Call me stupid, it looked cool. I did read all of the reviews featured here on Raven guitars and that is why I decided to go for it and buy one. These boards really do make a difference and I appreciate all the reviewers and teir comments. I thought I would add mine to the mix. I was really worried that this guitar would turn out to be a piece of plastic but when I opened the box I was really happy and blown away. If it were lost or stolen at least right now, I might not buy it again but with the upgrades to it I plan on doing, if I lost it after that I would cry like a baby and destroy the person who took it. My favorite features of the guitar are the gold hardware, the floyd rose, the vine inlay up the entire neck, the three pickup slots and the push/pull volume control. This guitar has all the juicy features you could want in an axe. Versitility and killer looks, this is a really cool guitar. Much better than similar ones you could get from Ibanez with the same features. It is like a Strat in feel but it is more of a Metal style guitar. It feels similar to ESP's in weight and balance and playability. The only thing I wish it had really was my choice of pckups before I got it, but hey I feel that way about all guitars. Trust me this is a great guitar for the price. I think you will be happy with it and it is perfect for that guitar you want to soup up and make your own without the worry of ruining it's market value. These a great guitars for the value nothing else compares for what you get with it. You can buy alot of $300 guitars that don't compare to this one in quality or features. I've looked there is alot of junk out there. This is a real jewel in the rough and I am really glad I took notice and read the reviews here and decided to buy one!