Oh boy was I pleasantly surprised. I have been in bands for the the last 35 years, and I own many guitars from guild, fenders, ovations,etc. This guitar will be in my collection as one of the most beautiful guitars I own. For the money, you cannot beat this guitar! All I want to know Esteban is..How the heck do you make this all so affordable and not lose the quality of the sound? The guitar, the hardshell case, strap,strings,picks and so on and so on.