I can't imagine any other guitar that would be better for a beginner or even an experienced player who may want something smaller bodied to noodle around with or even travel with. Very light weight and built well. No blemishes, no dead frets, no sharp fret ends, no buzz and a real decent sound. I like laminated guitars as I live in Arizona and my solid guitars need to be constantly humidified. This plays the same every time and I just hang it on the wall. I don't think these guitars come with the Ernie Ball Earthwood so I changed them immediately to Ernie Ball EW 12-54. The Gig Bag is nice but seems to be one size fits all as even when the guitar is in it, the bag looks empty, but who cares? I don't go anywhere anyway. I will say this. The action was extremely high! I'm not kidding. I gave the truss rod almost a full half turn to the right and it laid down perfect! This is a really nice looking, cool, fun to play guitar and I give it thumbs up! There is no way any other company can beat it for the money.
