That said, I buy all my guitars and basses here: http://www.rondomusic.com/I've been to their website a dozen times and boy I am tempted but I get confused at the different grades & models of their guitars.
I can't tell what's cheap-cheap (that'd I'd buy for my grandkids, aka-beginners) or what's the 'good value guitar that's inexpensive' for me to play. As the pictures all look great.
Plus their spec's aren't exactly clear: Neck Scale length, fret board radius, or body construction - plywood, basswood, alder, whatever.
I avoid the Douglas stuff. I have six basses I bought there. All are great except one. But it was a six string that I got really cheap. It allowed me to stick my toes in the water on six string.
The neck had to be removed and a spacer added. The low “B” string is WAYYY too loud compared to the others, even after adjusting the pickups. One of the frets on the smallest string (tuning varies) close to the body is so low that it might as well not be there. ;-)
The rest of them are great. The most I paid for any of them is $149.
Frankly, it’s not that hard to make a solid body guitar or bass. With modern tools and computers, it should be pretty hard to screw it up.