I played six, three TG-10s, one TG-20, one TG-100 and one TG-202.
The TG-10s and the TG-20 were all over the place. One was good for its price. One was completely uninviting at any price. Two were on par with less expensive OOO 14-fret models from Recording King (also Chinese made but from The Music Link). That is, the two sounded good but their competitor had models that sounded as good but for less (albeit without the cutaway and 12-fret configuration).
The TG-100 and TG-202 were rather nice but I've completely forgotten what they might be equivalent to. I tried them at Eric Schoenberg's shop in Tiburon, California. I found it a little hard however to perceive that signature "depth" or punch that comes with 12-fret guitars. These guitars are modeled after Eric Schoenberg's Soloist guitars. I played them against Eric's Soloists and the latter are clearly better (no surprise).
In all cases, I wasn't inspired to buy one except for the TG-20. It was more expensive than the guitar that I wound up with but I was tempted to buy it for the cutaway and the 12-fret design. In the end, I didn't think that those two features mattered that much so I went instead with a 14-fret OOO.
I guess my overall opinion is that the quality varies notably with these guitars so I would emphasize that prospective buyers play them before making a purchase decision.
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