I've been playing for decades and own many guitars - a few very pricey, but most of them low - mid price but well set up - so I have a little experience. I had fairly low/realistic expectations of this guitar, but it's become my current favourite acoustic (for anything that's practical without a cutaway). I love the dark, smokey look of it, and the matt finish; as others have said, the blackburst is better in real life than in promotional pictures. It's very light in weight, so no problem to play for hours standing up. The sound is lovely acoustically, and plugged in, the piezo is as good as any other of it's type, tuner/eq is nice and easy to see/use. I have done some setting up - adjusted truss rod, levelled frets in a few spots, filed the nut, and shaved a little off the base of the bridge....but this is no more than I'd expect to do with a guitar costing 5 or 6 times the price. It was very playable out of the box, but the tweaks make it a real pleasure to play, so if you're not comfortable doing set ups, I'd recommend spending a few extra pounds getting your local guitar tech to check it over. I also changed the tuners - but more because I thought black ones would look better than because the stock ones were particularly bad. I'm kind of blown away by this bargain, and have only held back on a couple of stars because....well....it's a £100.00 guitar and I don't want you to think it's equal to a £5,000.00 guitar. It is very much equal to a lot of £500 or £600.00 guitars though, in my opinion, and for me, it has the perfect look and sound for the kind of alt country stuff I like to play acoustically, and it'll have it's first gig in a few day's time!
