I was very impressed unboxing, but again it suffered from cheap internals.
Again, just like the guitar, they nailed the looks factor down to every detail. I had high hopes by the video clips and the slew of positive reviews, but the reality was a different story. I also was one of the fools who purchased the Epiphone Electar amplifier when it was first released. Over-all, it wasn't a bad instrument, but I sold it for the reasons mentioned. A very good-looking guitar with decent pups, but it always fell out of tune and the neck was brutally heavy causing it to try and dive to the floor if you weren't paying attention.
Played an Epiphone Riviera with 3xP90's for a couple of years.