WestCreek RACER Solid Body Electric Guitar, Double Cut guitar, Rounded End Frets, Bone nut, Rosewood Fingerboard, Mahogany Body (Black GT)

Initially ordered the Bumble Bee for myself. When my daughter saw it and said, "yellow and black are my favorite colors." The guitar became hers. So, the only thing wrong with the guitar is that its not mine. It seems I can't write a separate review for the Matte Blk Racer. I'll add some info below.All pics were taken pretty much out of the box and during restringing and minor cleaning. It was Super Clean. It was tunable and playable out of the box too. The strings it came with weren't bad, think they're 9's. Left them on for about 2 weeks.Everything is good with this guitar. So good I ordered the Black Matte for myself.Bumble Bee, The neck only needed a slight 1/4 turn. Action was good, lowered it a little. It has a bone nut. Some reviewers said plastic. Not mine. Definitely bone. After stringing, I clip the excess and loosen the string off the nut. I Use the excess and slide it through the nut, kinda like filing the sharp edges off. You'll know its bone when doing this, smells different than plastic. If you ever had to file a bone nut down to fit a guitar before, you will definitely know the smell. Pickup height set easily. Intonation was pretty good. I did have to have my Bro pop out the tiny E/C clamps on the E,A and D strings to turn the saddles around. Then intonation was 100% perfect. The tuners are GOOD, It stays in tune. Slight Neck dive and wider fretboard, like and SG. Fretboard is Flawless and Clean. Awesome color and finish. Pickups sound GOOD clean or distorted, Not microphobic. Controls and switch are smooth & static free. Overall, it's a Really Great Guitar. So Great, we need to have 2 in the House.Oh yeah, I have the Westcreek 333 also. Its another NICE One!Blk Matte arrived fast & double boxed. It is VERY Nice too. No marks or scratches. Didn't do the set up yet. Intonation is almost perfect. This time I won't need to flip the saddles. Guitar jack was loose (they're always loose). Needed to open the back to hold it as I tightened so It didn't spin & rip a wire, inside. Cavity is CLEAN but not insulated. Strings are light gauge. Fretboard is GOOD. Action is adjustable but perfect. Neck has just the right amount of relief. May need to be adjusted when I put on heavier gauge strings. Pickups are definitely brighter than the Yellow Bumble Bee. Switch and control knobs work with the right amount of sensitivity. Quarter size pots. Pickups have the split coil option, you'd just need the right pots. The Blk doesn't seem to stay in tune as good as the Yellow and the tuners are more sensitive and loose. Maybe its the strings. IDK yet.Set up was Easy. Neck had the perfect amount of relief after the string change, intonation on E,A & D strings needed MINOR tweeking, G,B &E were Good. Lowered the action and raised the pickups the way I like em'.3 Great Westcreek Guitars.Promised the Wife, Absolutely No More Guitars (this Year). Its Nov 29th.Update, 1 yr later:Ended up getting a Bumble Bee for myself. The guitars are still doing Great and are played often. After reading more reviews and looking at the pics, I want ANOTHER One.

Did I get lucky again or just get a great model shipped to me. I have no idea but if this is typical West Creek guitars I will be buying more of them.1) Looks-4.5 stars, The guitar is sleek and gorgeous. High gloss body with chrome hardware and binding on the neck, matching color headstock. Only deducting a half a star because the neck pocket was not finished sanding before color and clear applied and the "bondo" used to make the joint from neck to body has some flaws that could have been sanded out first. Frets are ball end and smooth as glass. Impressed with them.2) Sound-5 stars. This thing growls like the much more expensive American made model it is loosely copying. Seriously if sound was patented for musical instruments like it is for Harleys, These guys would be in trouble. I will NOT be changing out the pickups on this. I thought that I would when I bought it but not any more. Neck pickup is microphonic but rolling back the volume and staying away from the front of the amp cures any issues and does little to nothing to affect the sound.3) Setup-4 stars. Nothing out of the box is perfect, even a setup guitar might not be set up how the individual player likes it. Being said, Intonation was so close that I could adjust my finger pressure and keep it in tune up the neck. The nut could use a very slight touch up but only a few thousandths, they are very close. I will mess with it after I change strings to my liking. Still using the stock ones and they play fine. E and A strings will slightly buzz at higher frets. Something I will address after I put a new set of strings on.4) Electronics- 4 stars. Only issues I have are the microphonic neck pickup and the 3 way switch clicks through the amp if you change positions too hard in the heat of playing. If you leave it in one position not a problem.I have not pulled the back cover off yet to see what it was built with, I am having too much fun playing it. I almost don't want to because I don't want to be disappointed even though I am very happy with the sound and quality for now