For price/quality ratio, Charvel Dk24 guitars are unbeatable for under 1k. I bought this guitar for metal oriented usage mostly. It has a flawless woody neck, just like Jacksons. As a previous Jackson user, I quite like the design, features and overall quality. Speaking of quality, there are minor quality issues at nut, paint finish, humbucker placement but in general, it is a durable work horse. The most negative side I need to mention is, the hardware and SD pickups. General hardware(volume, tone knobs, switch, etc..) feel is cheap and the pickup selection is the weakest part of this guitar. Fullshred + Alnico pro is not so good combination. I would prefer SH2n+TB4 more, to be honest. Fullshred is sooooo trebly sounding, ear bleeding humbucker, where the alnico pro is the opposite, with a lot of bass and very less clarity. When you switch between pickups, you feel an enormous difference. I am considering upgrading pickups to more mid focused ones like I mentioned. Otherwise, I recommend it for metal/rock players.