I saw this guitar here on Thomann and immediately wanted it, despite the 3 single coil pickup loadout. And therein lay the problem. Once I got the guitar, I played it acoustically (it's quite loud and resonant) for a few weeks until I actually plugged it in. Ugh. Now, it's worth noting that I play normally with very high gain settings (I like and play mostly death metal and grindcore) so mileage may vary for different users in terms of tone BUT I found this guitar to be VERY noisy - and not in a good way. It's the noisiest guitar I've ever played, just a constant ground hum/buzz coming from it that got more or less extreme depending on where my hand was positioned and was especially bad/noticeable around the pickup selector. I took it to a luthier who plugged it in and immediately pulled a shocked face. I don't know if just my guitar was defective but I spoke to thomann extensively about this and presented them with videos and suchlike, and they did say "that's just how those single coils are". So, bear this in mind if you're looking for heavy/distorted tones from this out of the box. It doesn't like it. At all. I really wish this came with a more versatile pickup setup or, ideally, 2 humbuckers as are available on similar models available elsewhere.
HOWEVER, the actual set up and playability of the guitar was great. It required very little work. The stock strings were perfectly acceptable and the action was also fine.
I changed the pickups to a hot rail at the neck and routed a humbucker in the bridge position, and now it sounds perfect for my needs. I just deaded the middle pickup and replaced the 5 way toggle with a 3 way and the job's done.
I dislike the tuners, I'm not sure why these "vintage" styled tuners appear on modern instruments and they feel more like acoustic tuners. They're the metal box style, and don't really suit a modern guitar. They're also quite squashed up and a few are a little "off" in terms of being in a straight line, but that doesn't affect playability or their functionality at all. I will probably swap them out at some point for locking tuners.
The neck IS quite thick, but I've small hands and haven't really found it to be a major issue. Obviously it needs a strong neck with the amount of weight pulling on it from the heavy strings.
One final negative/nitpicky point would be that the finish is fairly wretched, but that's solely a matter of personal taste and obviously does not affect the sound or playability at all. I'd just rather it was more contemporary but I've always disliked tobacco finishes.
I actually opened a return ticket on this, but in the end decided that I liked the playability of the guitar enough to warrant keeping it, and that it justified a little more expense to get it sounding how I wanted. I'm very glad I put this work in, as I'm now happy to have this useful instrument in my collection.