For $64, this guitar is a good buy. After having good luck with previous HB guitars I was expecting a little too much. The fret ends were fairly sharp and the action very high. After removing a shim from under the saddle, filing the fret ends, polishing the fret board, and changing to new strings, it sounds and plays much better, but still like a cheap guitar. I still need to lower the action more and need to file the nut slots, especially the B string, which is very sharp on the first two frets. I was hoping for more than I should have. Yet, for the reason of buying this guitar (having a small guitar to stash in my office to play when slow), this will still be fine. It certainly makes me long to get home to play my Yamaha acoustic.