Yes! this one does sound very good and it plays reasonably well. It has a great neck pickup for superb blues tone, the middle pickup also has great sound, the bridge pickup is the usual thin brittle sound but the inbetween settings are classic Strat! Lovely tones that are not too dark or too thin. The only downside to this guitar, if you can call it that, is that the condition is so good that the neck finish is not broken in to give it that nice soft woody inviting feel that some have.