I know some people consider these Garage Rock guitars but I have a very similar model to this one and the pickups are nice and strong - and the neck is straight as an arrow - I use mine for slide but they make good surf axes too - round tone with alot of bite - these are pretty heavy by Japanese standards - plenty of knobs and switches on this Burns looking MIJ. The seller has it listed as a Teisco but these are actually Apollo's that were made by Kawai circa 1965-68. The Brush steel knobs and 5 bold neck are the dead giveaways.