Thanks for the info @Kissing!
I'm just going to save up to get a Risa later, as I do agree they are great quality. In the mean time, I'd like to get a Vorson working to acceptable use to start messing around with. Could you share what you did to your's to get it sounding better? If you purchased new, where did you purchase from? Amazon was a disaster for me, so I'm wanting to try another seller. I saw AMS has them, thinking about pulling the trigger again. My Amazon purchase was the Strat model, not sure if I should go for that again, or try the LP or other model? I thought the model was just the shell's design, didn't think there would be a difference in performance
I just bought mine off eBay.
From what I know, the different models don't really change in quality. They're just same hardware on different body shape.
The main problem on mine was, when you unscrew the truss rod cover at the headstock, I couldn't get a truss rod key to fit into the hole due to the way it was angled. I had to get a powerdrill with a drill bit and carve away some of the wood, so a truss rod key would fit into the space as for a normal uke/guitar with a truss rod. I'm sure if you took it to a luthier, they'd have a more elegant solution than my drill/dremmelling.
The rest of it was just adjusting the action at the bridge, and adjusting intonation using a screwdriver at the bridge screws.
To be honest, taking it to any luthier with experience in setting up electric guitars would save a lot of trouble, and shouldn't cost much.
Of course, it would be hard to get it to be a "perfect" instrument.
Even at its best, there might be a bit of a rattle here and there. But such imperfections don't really affect the sound when plugged into an amplifier.
I could get it playable with decent action and decent intonation - nothing perfect, but still great value considering the price.
The sound of the pickups seems to be a bit of hit and miss though from what i've read. My single coils were absolutely perfect. Clear, bell like tone and no unwanted buzz.
There could be a slight hum at high gain, which is
normal for passive single coil pickups - and I found the Vorson rather hum-free anyway.
If any issues with the pickup itself, perhaps return it for a replacement or refund.