Originally Posted by: magicninja... Could it be that this guitar is telling me that the body tone is good but the pickups aren't hot enough to crank out the distortion?[/QUOTE]It's been my experience that high-output single-coil pickups just don't sound as sweet when backed off to play clean. If you want to push your amp into distorting, use a pedal to boost the signal.

[QUOTE=magicninja]...Gstring goes out of tune alot like at least 1/4 step. This easily fixable?

Press on the string between the nut and the tuner. If the pitch stays a bit sharp when you release it, the string is binding in the nut slot. That's one of the things a pro set-up takes care of, along with adjusting the action and intonation. I'm thinking that you like what you've found so far, so it's probably worth the few bucks it'll cost to get it set up.