I just received my new JTV69S yesterday. Previously, I had purchased a Yamaha Pacifica for my grandson (at Christmas). I suspect they were built at the same factory around the same time (middle of 2016). Both of these guitars were a mess when I received them relative to set up. I spent about three hours on my grandson's pacifica to get it to play acceptably and I'm still working on the JTV. So far, I've had to loosen the neck and raise the saddle on the E and string to stop the buzzing. I'm not convinced I have all the strings setup just right even still. I'm a little concerned that the neck is pretty much relieved as much as it's going to get so I can't do any more neck adjustment without shimming etc.
If you buy one of these guitars, know that it's well made but it might come to you poorly set up which might surprise you for your 1000 bucks.
