Great quality for the price. My daughter loves it.

I don't think there is anything that costs less then $150 that is nearly as good. This is a great guitar for a beginner, or for a budget guitar. Mine came ready to play, and even had new brand name strings, not some rusted, off brand strings like a lot of cheap guitars. This guitar holds a tune amazingly well for such a cheap guitar, sometimes it stays in tune for a couple weeks, as good as a Takamine I used to have and MUCH better then the cheaply made $200 Fender I used to have.

I love the size of this guitar it is 7/8th so it does not look like a toy, and I don't think anybody will think of it as a small guitar, but it is just a bit more comfortable, and closer to the size of my electric guitar. I find dreadnoughts (the standard size acoustic) to be to big and uncomfortable to play when just hanging out, sitting on the couch. I am a full size adult male and this guitar is just small enough to be comfortable, without looking like a toy or making me look funny or silly playing.

I read some comments here and elsewhere that do not really apply... People were talking about it only having one button for the guitar strap, this is common for acoustics, its always been that way, even the most expensive acoustic guitars are made like this. There is one button on the bottom and you tie the strap around head stock. Electric guitars started putting two buttons on decades ago, but most acoustics don't, especially nice ones. Thats just the way it is, this is not a flaw, and they did not forget to put it on or anything.

It looks very nice, and it is very glossy.

With that said, it is not the greatest guitar and does not sound perfect, but a great guitar costs around a thousand bucks, or at least $500 and this sells for about 35 to 50. If you were trying to decide between this and a nice $300 solid wood Taka, or any Yamaha, then I say get them, if its in your budget, but if you were trying to decide between this and a low quality $100 to $150 Fender then get this guitar. (nothing wrong Fender, but their entry level stuff is just horrible)

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

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.

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.