Heavy Beast
Unfortunately it comes with ernie ball hybrid strings which don't give you the snap this guitar can produce....so i will be replacing the strings with Diaddarios in which give you the snap. Guitar resonates thru the body which is a must for me. The emg retro bridge pickup has that nice early Van Halen, classic rock sound but can also get very heavy if you need it. The sustaniac I once owned in a fernandes... its fun for adding something new to your mix...might change it out and add coil taps to the switches later on.....the guitar is also heavy....good wood on this baby. Floyd rose works very well ...but the angle of the tremelo bar is a little to curved upwards....might do a minor swap. For a strat on steriods this is the one, and the c shaped neck is nice.....a keeper compared to the banshee i sent back the banshee, it was nice, week pickups in the banshee and just felt more like a toy compared to this model