Sadowsky is highly renown for their basses, but I have not heard much about their guitars. I guess being primarily a bass builder, anything else that they make, no matter how good, would likely pass under the radar. The workmanship and materials on these guitars seems to be top-notch and as with their basses their guitars are based on Fender designs; but are you really getting anything more or better than what is offerd through Fender's Custom Shop or the American Deluxe Series?