The only quality issue to speak of is that the fret ends were fish-boning a bit, but I filed and polished them. The neck feels rigid like I would expect from any Gibson guitar. My guitar is featherlight at 5.5 lbs, yet it still feels substantial and solid. Regardless, its a comfortable neck that plays very well. Mine is thicker than the typical '1960 profile', but thinner than a '59. I know what a '59 profile neck feels like and this isn't quite it. I've read comments that this guitar has a '59 profile neck. They have an 18:1 ratio and they work as well (maybe better) than the tuners on on my Custom Shop Les Pauls. In contrast, the P90 in this Coronet sounds excellent. Once I installed a pair of Classic '57s into it which made it much more playable. The '99 Standard I once had was a nice playing guitar, but the pickups were crap. Its been a few decades since I've owned an Epiphone. I expected that at a minimum I would be replacing the pickup, but the stock P90 sounds really good.

For a cheap-ass guitar, this thing is surprisingly nice. I subsequently cancelled the order that I had for a new one through MF.

LOL As it turns out, in mid-March I was browsing Reverb for Coronets and I found a used 2020 at Sam Ash in Cincinnati just 40 minutes away, so I B-lined down there and bought it for $290 out the door.

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