the pickups are sharp P90s - lots of definition, loads of bite. I suspect they have ceramic magnets but it's just speculation since I don't have specs for them. but as such, they are a little noisy when not being played through. nothing out of the ordinary for a variety of single coil, especially when going through high gain.
it's basically a flat top les paul with P90s. while the pickups sound good, I am selling it because I like the feel of the recent guitar I got a little better - a goldtop les paul knockoff with a neck binding and arch top body that's a little heavier and has humbucker-sized P90s.
I'd say the action is set medium-low. it has a few dings. a small one on the neck which you can feel with your hand but doesn't impede playing, and a few little ones on the body. I didn't take care of this as much as my other guitars because I think it cost me about $180 CDN shipped. I'd like to try to sell it for $110 if anyone on the forum wants it. I think this is a pretty good price since a single pickup or guitar pedal can cost way more than this. but it's not a valuable guitar. it's just a really good value for the sound that comes out of it.
I think lots of dudes who own this sort of guitar play blues rock jams with it, but I think it is really well suited to anything with complex chording requiring the definition that P90s have. through a tube amp with the right settings, it has this really chliling low-fi ring to it, like nothing I've heard except maybe in the live indian summer recordings. through a high gain amp, it sounds clear and sharp. it doesn't get as chugga-chuggy as a guitar with humbuckers. but it's way closer to that territory than anything with strat style pickups, but not muddy in the slightest - especially the bridge pickup.
Stats from Rondo:
Single cutaway flat top, made from beautiful, three piece, natural solid Mahogany
Two soap bar P90 pickups
P-90 pickups offer superior output and outstanding treble response
Two volume and two tone controls and a three way pickup selector switch help you find your sound
Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain
Mahogany set neck with adjustable truss rod
The set neck and angle headstock also help transfer string vibration to the body
Set necks tend to be more stable than bolt-ons (less likely to move and cause buzzing)
Rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets
3 Ply pick guard (black/white/black)
Dark Natural Finish
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16". Scale is 24 3/4" Bridge studs are 3" apart
