The guitar arrived perfectly packed and three days before the stipulated time. The action was pretty good out of the box, nevertheless I rechecked the tuning with my tuning pedal, it was almost spot on. As of the quality of the guitar, I'm pleasantly surprised by its quality, the fret ends were nicely cut, the neck is pretty much flat and has a nice satin finish. About the pickups, these EMG Super-77 do sound more versatile than EMG 707, they sound more open and clean up justifiably well for an active pickup. They are undeniably one of the few active pickup that don't sound lifeless like other active pickups. In terms of weight some of my friends have remarked that this guitar is kinda heavy but it's understandable because of its big mahogany body, mahogany tends to be heavy but is beneficial in terms of sustain.