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I had the opportunity to play one of these before buying, so I knew what I was getting. It is a cheap but serviceable little guitar for an unskilled beginner. It is better than I expected for the price. It doesn't have a very good tone but I expect a better set of strings would help. The finish on mine is excellent and it holds tuning reasonably well.

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I've had this little guitar for a while now. I replaced the strings and it now sounds great. It holds it tuning very well. Easy to play and holding up well. You can't help but wonder what some folks expect for this price.

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This is the smallest legitimate guitar I have found. It is not a toy but the quality and sound is not much above toy quality. The body is very small so it doesn't project and has a "tinny" sound. It has a decent neck without fret buzz but has pretty high action for a student. I got this as a present for my niece who is interested in learning guitar. It is a good size and if she doesn't stick with it I'm not out a ton of cash. Invest more if you are serious about guitar or are looking for a travel guitar.

The packaging was terrible. It was in a plastic bag in a (very beat up) cardboard box. No padding at all!

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My husband was going to give my daughter a guitar for Christmas, but we knew my three year old son would want to play with it, so we got him this. It's beautiful!!! It has great sound. I don't know how well it stays in tune yet, but the sound is amazing for something so inexpensive. The neck is small, and easy for kids to play, but hard for adults, but I can do it ok.

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The build quality isn't great, and the sound is kind of tinny, but the action is suprisingly low and smooth, and it is a great starter guitar for my 6 year old. And I won't feel too bad when he accidently drops it.

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I bought the hot pink and metallic blue guitars for my 6 and 7 1/2 year old granddaughters for Christmas and they are happily playing and taking lessons. I had my friend, a professional banjo and guitar player, lower the action on the guitars before Christmas, and inspect them. He pronounced them "just right" for little girls. He has a 14-year-old granddaughter who started on a similar instrument that was much more expensive. The strings have stretched nicely and several stay in tune now. They are not top quality, of course, but are adequate for beginners. They are, of course, adorable. I gave them lessons for several weeks until I could find a local instructor, and he was blown away by the little guitars, and how easy it is for the girls to make the chords (thanks to lowering). They get lots of oooohs and aaahs when they come walking in with their little guitar cases on their backs (also bought on Amazon) and take the guitars out. It gives them a lot of confidence and they love to practice. They can't wait to play for their classes and at the bluegrass jam sessions we go to every month. I highly recommend these guitars!

The 7-year-old and 1/2 is learning by leaps and bounds, and is already picking a string and then strumming, and strumming down and up. She is reading ahead in her book. I think this must be a great age to start guitar. The 6-year-old is strumming down and up, but she likes to "wing it" a lot. She is the "songwriter," and can tell when a string is out of tune when she is playing a chord (to the instructor's chagrin he said the other day when he didn't notice the E was way off when she played a C chord). They can both use the electronic tuner. Oh, and Miss 6 informed me she needs a "brown" guitar, too, for playing on stage, because, "I'll be on stage a lot," lol. She says everyone (meaning all her heroes) play "brown" guitars on stage, and she'll use the pink one for practice :)