A beautiful piece of a Connecticut beechwood tree, felled two summers ago, becamse a guitar. Quality components compliment the pretty, semi-gloss beechwood body--Vanson Vintage Voiced pickups, steel six saddle bridge, genuine Fender tuning machines, and a bone nut are employed for optimum sound, clarity, and tuning stability. NO generics in the electronics: Alpha pots, "orange drop" cap, Kaish switch, and PureTone output jack ensure nice, clean sound. And this one is one of the best players we've made yet (if you follow us, you know we don't make statements like that lightly, nor often--perhaps one other time. Ever.