I've been doing acoustic guitar for 20 years mainly church worship, rhythm guitar stuff. I decided to try an electric so I could move a little faster and play bar chords without straining my hand. For starters this guitar looks great. It also sounds good and stays in tune. My thinking was I would buy something cheap and see how I liked electric guitars in general. This thing is quality galore and it has given me a renewed love of guitars. I've been getting back into lead stuff and paired it with an RP55 effects box and have just been having a ball.