Ed O'Brien, the famous Hollywood actor never designed guitars but if he had done, I'm sure he wouldn't have put the truss rod adjuster in the heel. Ed O'Brien, the famous Radiohead guitarist, does and he did. Honestly.
Joking aside, it's a big issue. The whole point of the truss rod is for you to be able to make small adjustments throughout the year to counter any seasonal changes to your guitar's neck relief curve... so why make that difficult to do, particularly when there's no good reason for it? Sigh.
That was my only major issue with this guitar. The presence of hills and valleys in the neck under load is common to almost all the guitars I see, so I can't single this one out for criticism on that front. The sustainer pickup in the neck position is an interesting choice and would inspire even the lousiest guitarist (me) to experiment with ways to make it work. After that you've got a Strat with a nice, club-like neck. Looks great and - with the sustainer circuitry off - sounds great too. The sustainer circuitry DOES seem to change the tone of all the pickups (unless my ears were fooling me...) and it definitely robs the neck pickup of its flutey 'clang' that makes it so 'Stratty'. But it's easy enough to switch it on and off so there's no reason to leave it on throughout.The sustainer has 3 settings - each of which produces or enhances a different harmonic from the original note. More inspiration that infuriation.