Good news to PS3 owners. The lag has been fixed. After comparing the Les Paul and World Tour guitars, this is much more responsive and does not drop notes like the Les Paul does. Also, the connection (detachable neck) between the neck and guitar has been hardened to prevent issues with the frets like the Les Paul did on some models.
But, that doesn't mean this is the perfect guitar.
For one, I experienced strumming issues on my first guitar after a few hours of playing. It would register a proper strum 25% of the time (most of the time it would drop a strum or double-strum). So I exchanged it for a new one. And whad'ya know? It, AGAIN, goes through more strumming issues after a few hours of play. I was about to return it for a new one again. But after doing some research, the issues were because of faulty SPDT switches under the strum bar. So instead of returning it, I opened up my guitar and replaced them with much higher quality switches. Now the guitar no longer has strumming issues.
But I'm still unhappy. Sometimes when I elbow-strum to 2-hand-tap on complex hammer-on parts, my elbow would hit the start or select button, which results in pausing the game or activating star power at unwanted times. So, again, I open up my guitar and remove one of the start buttons. This fixes the accidental pausing, but not the accidental star power activation. I prefer the other models where there is 1 start button and 1 star power button, both the same size, further away from the strum bar.
The strum bar is ok, but the other models' strum bars are much better. This one is too long. Sometimes, it's hard to strum at extreme speeds (such as the beginning of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" on Expert difficulty). It feels more mushy and springy that accidental double-strumming can occur.
Overall: I do like the feel and responsiveness, but Neversoft could've done a better job with this guitar.
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