Received my AS-820 a day or two early. All I can say is that I am very pleased for the money I paid. For under 300 USD, it is really a no brainer. Sounds good, plays well out of the box. Can probably use a setup, but is much better than the SX Strat out of the box I have. That really needed the Sperzels. This guitar got a good blues workout with plenty of bends and it stayed in tune. Pickup sounded fine, but I still am comparing them to a 67 Gibson SG I have with Duncans that are better, but cost alot more as well. Again, if anyone desires a ES-335 type of guitar for relatively very cheap money, this is it. I also received the Fender G-dec.... jury is out, but I can tell that at best, I probably will be only using the heaphones as for now, what I am hearing really sucks. I know as with my Pod XT, it will probably take weeks, but I don't know if I want to risk any damage from kids to keep it pristine and send it back. I will know in less than a week. I did play the Agile thru the Pod Xt and my Fender Pro jr/without my pedalboard to really hear the guitar. Lefties, or for that matter anyone that Rondo can ship to, this is very hard to beat.
