I can't say anything about the sound because I never got to that part, so I gave it 3 stars. My model had some fret sprout, damaged Binding due to sloppy (probably rushed) fret work. Stains on the Binding (probably from staining the neck or Fretboard), spots of glue on the Fretboard, super rough frets, trussrod cover was mounted crooked, the Pickguard appeared to be damaged (two small, deep impressions in the plastic protection cover that appear to have gone through to the Pickguard underneath). The Pickguard was cut out sloppy (jagged, rough edges. Overhang (extra material) on the end underneath the neck), a good amount of, polishing Compound(?) still in the neck bolt holes. Terribly corroded strings, even though it was a 2021 build. Couldn't imagine the pots and switches being any good either, so I never plugged it in... needless to say, I was very disappointed when I saw all this, (I have a 300€, rg standard that has none of these issues) so I sent it back immediately. Nice finish though...