I ordered this SC-450 Plus with a laurel fretboard and within 3 days the delivery was without any problem.
I would like to start with a few negative points:
The guitar had a Quality Control label from Thomann hanging at the headstock, however my guitar had two issues;
- The fretboard did not look like the laurel I am accustomed to. It was far too red of colour and the material feels too fat, it does not absorb any oil like normal dry laurel fretboards do.
- One tip of the headstock was sharp and it looked like a little piece had chipped off and was not seen whilst packing after Quality Control.
I contacted Thomann and they stated that the fretboard material on the picture I sent them in their opinion was laurel. For the little chip on the headstock they offered me a small discount, or I could send back the guitar for a full money back. I was very happy for now I could choose and I took the guitar for a closer inspection and second chance on staying;
Here come the positive aspects!
- the frets were perfectly level over the full length of the neck
- no sharp edges, no dead spots, no buzz anywhere, not even after adjusting the neck curve and bridge to a ridiculous low playing action.
- after dialling back the volume and tone knobs halfway, balancing both humbucker heights, putting Dunlop Billy Gibbons Lab 8-40 strings on it, the sound coming from the guitar was almost equal to my three thousand bux GeeBee El Pee.
- This guitar had a graphite nut which was perfectly slotted!
- The neck feels really fast on the back, not sticky at all!
- The tuners have an awful colour but their stablilty is very very good!
- the cheap DLX bridge and stopbar can be adjusted to perfect intonation!
All and all, I was so happy with the playability of this guitar that I have decided to keep the beautiful instrument. The strings keep in tune even after playing for hours, and now after days of playing the frets start to get so shiny and smooth that this guitar is suitable for awful big and quirky bends!
Thomann thank you for helping me out!
Have a good one Cheers!