This cute Uke is great for anyone from beginning to advanced. I love the light-weight, fine wood, color, shape, and great sound. The only drawback are the strings which I found hard on the left hand. They are easily changed, though. Overall, I recommend this great addition to anyone's musical bag of tricks. Oh, yeah. It was priced right and came with a case, too.

El Escolar.

My daughter found this on Amazon and asked me to get it for her. We shopped around, read other people's reviews, and decided to get it. We didn't want to spend too much because we were not sure if she would actually play it or if it would be "room decoration" like other things she thought she wanted but didn't use. Upon arrival, we were shocked at how light weight it was and thought it was just a toy and wouldn't function as we had hoped. But, surprise! It works great and she loves it. It does have to be tightened and tuned constantly, but as others have said, that will pass after the strings are stretched. I purchased a digital tuner and she really appreciates that.

This ukulele looks and sounds good. It comes with a nice little bag and instructional DVD. I had trouble getting it to stay in tune for the first little bit. I tightened the screws on the back and waited patiently as the new strings stretched, and now it stays in tune okay.
Although, it seems to be very temperature sensitive. Going from 70 degrees(F) to 80 degrees affects it, and I have to re-tune the ukulele.

Bought this for my son for his birthday as he wanted one to play for his young children. Made in China of course (what isn't these days) but the overall quality surprised me on the upside. It is a nice looking Ukulele. While that is hardly a reason to buy it is good looking instrument if hung on wall. Tuning I found was tricky even using my piano and an electronic tuner. Others who advise tightening screws on the back were right, that helps keep in tune. Of course strings stretch initially so will take several days of retuning to get to hold its tune. Sound quality is nice and having gig bag nice too although it has no pocket for picks, etc. as some gig bags do. Still those can be put loose in bag so not an issue unless you want a bag that will hold music as well in which case this is too small. The DVD is good short course although it tends to go rather quickly so be ready with pause and back button. And the section on tuning is not very helpful as he goes through it too fast to be of use, especially when first tuning. But to teach some background on the Ukulele, quick cords, easy songs etc. it is nice to have. For someone who has not played the Ukulele before this is quite helpful. Overall, for the price, this is a good value.

It's not a toy, great quality for the price! It place nice but the strings it came with were not Aquila. I had to stretch them for an hour before I gave it as a gift. I have two other uke's I have Aquila strings on and they never stretch much. I would have gave 5 stars if it wasn't for false advertisement about strings.