I had second feelings buying a guitar with active pickups since I play other genres beside metal, but this guitar blew my mind! You can get very nice clean sounds from this. And the high gain just screams!
The guitar looks beautiful, the gold hardware is very nice.
As for setup, the guitar came pretty well setup from the factory. The nut was properly cut, and the action was set pretty low (under 2mm) with minimal buzz (I am kind of a heavy hitter) and the intonation was almost perfect.