I love this instrument. It looks and sounds beautiful. However, there were some quality control issues. The body and the front plate were not quite flush in one part, which needed to be sanded to fit, and the frets were a bit sharp in a few places. These were easy fixes and did not affect the sound at all, but should probably have beeen addressed at the factory or store. But this does not cost anywhere near as much as other instruments of the same materials, so I can't complain too much, and again, they were very easy fixes. I would definitely recommend this, but just know that at this price, there may be a few imperfections.