I had to bite on one of these recently and can only say from what I read here is no one else has. Zager has their own line now and some very fast thin necks for easy play. Imports, but so are sigma's, epi's etc etc which are fine guitars. I can remember people saying stay away from sigma's a long time ago and my dm-5 still plays clean after 25+ years. Setup on the zagers is right, he knows how to make a guitar sing out with a different bridge and nut added with extra light strings that stay in tune. The biggest problem most have when they buy a guitar is string height and intonation, these guitars are setup for you to play with little to no pain at all and just enjoy the music. The Zad-50 comes with a spruce solid top and for $350.00 is very hard to beat and now after owning one would say at 650.00 would be hard to beat. You can make fun of a headstock name if you want but its not the name that makes the sounds. This company will ship you a guitar and with no questions asked will give you all the money invested back if your not completely happy which includes the shipping cost. I would suggest trying one out and then after you find your going to keep it come back and make a real review on it. http://zagerguitar.com