Well, you get what you pay for, certainly, however for this unbelievably low price this is quite good. I needed to restring the A string - it kept popping out, and I had to find a way of it being retained on the peg. The intonation is poor, the C string gets sharper and sharper the further up the fingerboard you go. But I really didn't expect perfect intonation for this price! If you're just starting out, this is ideal.