Bought this for my seven yr. old grandson's b'day. He has shown an interest in playing the guitar since his older sisters ( 14 and 15) started playing after Santa brought them fender acoustics 12/25/12. This is no fender but for the price, it will not bother me if it was ruined in a yr. or so. Came well packed in very good condition and in a timely manner. Finish is excellent but with a couple of glue streaks (easily removed). The action was a bit high, but easily fixed by me in about 15 mins. by adjusting (filing) the bridge nut and neck nut. Neck was fine-no adjustment of the truss rod required. The action is fine now-should be no problem for a child. It is holding it's tune rather well too. The quality of the sound surprised me for such an inexpensive guitar. I wasn't expecting much and had my fingers crossed even though most of the reviews were positive for this instrument. Even my wife was surprised when I opened the box to check it out. I've been playing for 60 yrs. and own an Ibenez acoustic (40 yrs. old) a Takemine 12 string (20 yrs) an old (60+)Harmony acoustic, a new Fender acoustic/elect. and a new Fender Strat. If this guitar goes on special again (it's going for $60 now was 29.95 Pres. Day) I'll get one for myself to kick around at campfires on the beach.

Great quality for the price. My daughter loves it.

I will add a pic so you can see what I ended up with, Totally better then this picture .. I play the guitar lightly .. and my daughter wanted a guitar for her 13th Birthday .. I ordered this at the great price, and figured I would get something a lil less of a price, and in pink .. to her liking and if she doesn't use it, I won't be so disappointed that she didn't take advantage of another gift she wanted and never used .. I have a fender and comparably I would have taken this as my first guitar .. Maybe the wood is a lil cheaper .. but the body looks pretty mint. Strings are nice and pre-tuned .. I have to say the makeup of the whole guitar is really nicely made. THIS IS NOT CHILD SIZED .. It may be a bit smaller then my fender .. If you are looking at it buy it ..

Not sure if you can see in the pic (the plastic is positioned correctly, in the pic it appears the plastic is over overlapping the body design, it isn't) .. but there is a beatiful hennah like design that is tribal with a beautiful hummingbird in the upper right, inner curve toward the middle ..

I am in love with it .. I may buy another for myself .. I say for a petite female/male .. or beginner this is awesome .. Only beginner, because maybe it is a hair smaller, making it easier to handle ..

Good product .. buy!!

The media could not be loaded. If you're looking at this page, you want a starter guitar. Well, you've found it! Long story short, BUY THIS! You will not be disappointed! As with any guitar the strings will be out of tune when you get it, so you may want to pick up a cheap little electronic tuner to go with it. Sorry for the quality of the video, (I used my netbook's webcam on my front porch with beer in hand) but its just to show basically what it sounds like.

Now the long version: Before I got this, I didn't know how to play and I had never owned a guitar. I didn't know what to even look for. So I figured for $40, what the hell? Let me tell you, well worth the price! First off, this is a 7/8 guitar, so it's not full-size. But that's what I wanted. I wanted something not too bulky that I could easily throw in the back of the car and take on a trip and if I damage it, oh well...it's only $40. But it's actually a decent looking guitar. It's a little on the plain side with no fancy looking inlays or extras, but there is a little decorative ring around the sound hole. The color of the wood is darker than the picture, but finish is nice and glossy. There are no inlays in the neck, but there are dots on the side at 5, 7, 9, and 12th frets. No strap included. There is a button to attach a strap to the bottom of it, but nothing at the top. So you can have a button added to the top or just use a leather string around the neck to attach a strap. I'm not good enough to play standing up, I just sit and play my "learning guitar" books for now, so its no big deal for me anyway.

Now since I didn't really know what I was looking for, I took this to a friend (the guy in the video) who knows guitars before I wrote anything. He has been playing for 25 years, has owned many guitars, and even teaches lessons. So he played it and said it was a very good guitar for the price. Keep in mind, this is not a $1,000 Martin or Gibson, it's a $40 starter. But he said that the neck is straight, the intonation is right on, it seems to hold a tune fairly well, and bottom line is that it sounds GOOD! (If you know how to play it, which I don't.) Now being a 7/8 size, the 12th fret is dead even with the body, so if you can jam out on some high notes, this may not be for you. But again, if you are just starting out, there's no way you'd be playing that high on the neck anyway. I asked if the strings seemed OK and did I need to replace them with better ones? He said no. In his professional opinion, "This is all you need." He even said he might buy one just to have in case he ever wanted to go camping and leave his expensive ones at home.

It's great for 12 y.o.small enough and it's a good quality irem.