I don't pretend to be a musician. It is only by accident that I make a guitar sound like real music. So, it made no sense to spend big money on a top quality instrument. But this little YMC guitar has an impressively full sound, as good, if you can trust my judgement, as a more expensive instrument. The "action" is good, and I can plunk away for an hour with little disconfort to my pinkies, though my Sweetie sometimes suggests I take myself down to the basement to entertain the mice. I'm not a kid, but this guitar is the perfect size for a young beginner.

Let's level-set: you're buying a guitar that costs less than a proper guitar case. That said, don't let that fool you, this is a great first guitar.

There are two cons I've found so far: 1) The action is too high. "Action" refers to the distance between the strings and the fretboard. 2) The neck is bowed in the middle - probably the reason why they make the action so high to accommodate this type of issue.

In my opinion, this guitar comes with the wrong strings. Metal strings require significant tension which makes the action issue, worse. For days I tried to tune this guitar and it would not. If a string was in tune when open, it would be sharp when pressed on a fret. Again, this is caused by the high action and the neck bow.

You want nylon strings on this guitar and I'd recommend the D'Addario Pro-Arte classical strings that can be found here at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OR88ZI or at Sweetwater music store.

Note that nylon strings in particular take a while to settle so you will need to retune them often in the first days of use. Be patient with this. I strung my guitar with the D'Addarios and it sounds really good, especially for a guitar at this price level.

The terminations are not bad and it looks and feels like a pricier instrument. I'd recommend you remove the strings and carefully wipe the fretboard with a slightly damped cloth to remove some of dried up paint and other bits of stuff left from the manufacturing process.

The neck on this guitar is narrow which is great for beginners and those with smaller hands as you won't have to stretch your hand as much.

Once you're done replacing the strings and tuning it, Google "3-chord songs" and follow the link for a list of 100 popular songs that are easy to play. Enjoy!

My granddaughter loves it

I love my guitar! 😊 I bought this guitar a year ago after deciding on a whim that I wanted to learn guitar but not wanting to spend too much money. I was looking for a good starter guitar and this was exactly what I was hoping to find! While you can tell looking closely that this beautiful guitar is cheaply made (for example, the rosette and sound boards are both stickers rather than being built into the guitar. They don't fall or peel off so I don't mind that, but that's one specific difference in quality compared to more expensive guitars), it is good quality for the price, has good sound, and still looks like a serious guitar. (It is a bit smaller than the standard size.) As some others have mentioned, it falls out of tune very quickly, but that felt easy enough to me to resolve with the tuner (included), pitch pipe (included), or by tuning it to a guitar tuning video on YouTube. This also comes with an extra set of strings, 2 different-style sound boards (you choose which to install/put on), a pick holder that you can attach to the guitar (I love this!), a set of picks, a strap, and a case. The case is not padded at all, so be careful, but I've still been able to use it to transport my guitar and am really happy that this guitar came with it because I wouldn't have wanted to spend money on a separate guitar case at this point. The case opens at the bottom and has an adjustable strap and pocket. I haven't used the separate guitar strap because there wasn't something to attach it to the guitar on both sides, but I could have figured this out if I had tried harder. I think there might have been instructions in the other reviews.

Oh also, another perk of this guitar is the strings and fingerboard are very comfortable--at least for me. I tried playing a friend's guitar after playing this one, and the strings were spaced a little bit higher above the finger board than this one, meaning it required me to press on the chords harder to play. Playing this guitar was much more comfortable to me by comparison.

If you are an intermediate guitar player or more serious than I was about your long-term commitment to guitar, you might want to get a more expensive guitar set.

But for someone like me who wants something beautiful and functional but cheap, I leave this with a very definite 5-star review! I am thoroughly satisfied with this guitar set! I love that it is a complete set with everything I needed to get started and an excellent value for the price. I may upgrade someday, or I may be happy with this for my whole life as an amateur guitar player. I highly recommend this guitar. 🤩

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