The body is nicely resonant. The tuners keep it in tune. The construction is clean (no residues inside). The binding and finish generally is well done. There was a dead fret on the high e string (C I think), but I gently filed a couple of the higher frets and it came to life. I haven't changed the strings yet, but when I do, I will replace the plastic saddle and nut with bone, and the pins with brass. I always enjoy playing it. Works really well with dropped D tuning.