It wasn't a frame-only. I'm just assembling it myself. This isn't normally allowed, but I have a family bike shop connection and I get a better deal if I do the assembly myself.
I've assembled a couple of Specialized bikes, and they require very little assembly -- pretty much just install the wheels and handlebars. But assembling Santa Cruz bikes is almost like building from scratch. The cranks and headset were installed, but that's about it. So I still have a lot of work to do. Need to trim brake hoses and bleed brakes, install cables and housings, etc. I'm going out of town in a couple of days, so it will be a couple of weeks before I finish it and ride it.
I'm swapping the Maxxis HR2 tires for Nobby Nics, and having a really tough time getting the beads to seat, even with a compressor. I've done lots of tubeless setups before, so I'm guessing it's the Enve rims that make it tough. They came with gorilla tape and tubeless valves installed and a couple of small bottles of Stan's sealant in the box -- this is the first time I've seen a bike come set up for tubeless out of the box.
I like the newer Shimano triggers, with multi-release, instant release, and dual-release (push and pull). I'm not crazy about the SRAM triggers, though. I plan to swap to a twist shifter later.