Hey thank you very much for such a detailed analyses! but seriously, be honest now, give us the real inside story. lol
So, to answer you question, they play horribly and need work. If you have the tools, or are interested in learning guitar setup/maintenance, then they can be a fun project.
Unfortunately, I don't have any of my tools anymore, not even tweezers, divorce number two took care of that. I even had a fret radius bender that I made when I was a machinist. The guitar in my avatar is my pride and joy, it's the last and only one left that I made. Also there was a Mockingbird, a Rich Bich that I made out of Carvin DC200, an Ironbird 29 fret 7 string with a purple heart fretboard, and one other I can't remember at the moment.
Well I was looking at the Oujia with some serious consideration, but if the pickups suck, they can't be changed because they're part of the graphic. They are dirt cheap, maybe I'da done it 20 years ago, but now I can afford to go all or nothing, well almost. The Jackson USA guitars are sooooooo nice for shredding, and playing, and most sound great stock, but the prices; ridicules!! and what they did to Dave Mustaine, just deplorable.
There was a company about 15 years ago called Stellar that actually made a decent Les Paul Custom in black or white for $159. I had one of each and they played and sounded great, I even put EMG's in them although the stock pups sounded decent, but I was in a Metallica tribute at the time so, well you know…
Even this one????
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Sho...605383?hash=item2aa8063487:g:Zi4AAOSwLahar9Z5
Thanks again steadystate.