I was pleasantly surprised by this little guitar. I bought it basically on a whim, since I already had shipping paid for with another guitar. For the money I figured it was worth the gamble. This is a solid little guitar. Out of the box it was nearly in tune and the action was a little high, but not too bad. The fretboard is a little dry and there is some minor fret sprout, but I've definitely seen worse on much more expensive guitars. It's an easy fix. The tuners are okay, nothing fancy but they work and seem pretty stable. Otherwise, it is a really well built instrument and is a perfect guitar for travel, practice at the office, campfires, kids, etc... It's a small body guitar with small body sound but for what it is it sounds pretty good. Definitely better than some of the full size "student" instruments I've tried at music shops. If you already have an order at Thomann you might as well throw one of these in as well since the shipping is paid for. It's absolutely worth the price if you're comfortable fixing minor issues yourself. I wouldn't buy one of these and pay to have a tech fix it, that seems like a waste of money. But again, if you can use a nail file on the frets and some lemon oil on the fretboard, that's about all you'll need to do.