Those of you who have bought them recently, I was curious whether Rondo has addressed the issues that Guitar Player pointed out in their budget guitar review from May of 2006.
http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?storyCode=13937
If you remember, they were reviewing the SX SJM 62, and they said:
"The frets are poorly finished and way too gritty to bend on, the bridge rattles excessively and the saddles are easily jostled out of position, and the tuners are stiff and incapable of keeping the strings in tune. The pickups are so wildly inconsistent in output that it was impossible