The sound is not as pretty or musical as a strat. Much more agressive, I guess due to the humbuckers. The guitar is not noisy and has a full up front midrange enhanced sound. Sounds almost like a Les Paul. The guitar plays wonderfully.
Action is pretty good.
I would love to hear this guitar with some real Tele single coils in it. This guitar is the sister to the Stratocaster Elite and is slightly different in components but bascially the same. Two active Humbuckers versus single coil pickups. This guitar sounds big and bold with unbelievable gain, through a tube amp this guitar cant be beat. If you can find this guitar buy it.