The only proper setup work done that I could tell was the guitar was intonated.
The string action was higher than most acoustic guitars.
The abs plastic nut slots were cut way too deep.
The neck required a serious fret level with bad spots in about twenty places.
With a graphtech nut installed and the frets leveled,crowned and polished it plays well with nice low action.
Needing so much fretwork surprised me because the fret ends looked nicely finished for a budget guitar.
The Wilkinson m series hardware and pickups on this guitar are a subpar line and not up to the quality of their regular product line. I do think the pickups sound pretty good.
The hardware is decent but about what you would find on a Squier standard strat.
I'm happy with the guitar at $132.49 shipped because I can make it play well, but most people can't.
I wouldn't have been at the regular price of $229.
The cost to pay someone to do the work I did on this guitar you'd be at Squier classic vibe money.
I have the CV 60's strat and it was really good out of the box.

Fit and finish are excellent. Setup was good. Tremolo was decked (which is how I like it) so if you plan on doing any dive bombs you'd want to adjust this. Fretwork is better than that I have encountered on much more expensive guitars. Great tuning stability and sustain . I bought the DLX Plus instead of the base model mainly for the bridge, intending to upgrade the pickups, but the Wilkinson pickups sound so good I am reluctant to change anything!

Great guitar and well set up. Plays really well.only complaint is the tremolo could have been set up better ,it was decked to the body and would not budge ,but after some utube videos I learned how to adjust it. It?s well worth the money and I love it!

A great surprise in quality & sound. For the price , impossible to beat!

This is without a doubt one of the best budget guitars made. They set this up nearly perfect from the factory. I barely had to make any adjustments when I took it out of the box. Great resonance from the ash body, bridge and pickups are very good. Satin maple has excellent feel. I sold my PRS SE shortly after receiving this guitar.

It's another great guitar from Indio by Monoprice---No damage in shipment or blemishes from factory and after the setup it's got great playability and that vintage 1950's Fender Daphne blue with maple fretboard and triple ply pickguard look---I'm glad I got it !

The guitar looks great and the Wilkinson pickups sound fine. In my case, the Wilkinson Tremolo bridge seemed to be okay, but the mechanism for attaching the tremolo arm would not secure the arm tightly. After removing the entire bridge and tightening the 'hidden' setscrew, I was still unable to insert the arm in a way that felt solid. Additionally, the control knobs are set too high (about 1/8") due to the excessive shaft length of the control pots. This further interfered with tremolo operation. The basic guitar is nicely built, but I'm returning due to the tremolo issue, as the Wilkinson tremolo bridge is part of the reason I chose the Cali Classic DLX Plus to begin with.