OK, so this is a cheap guitar, but don't let the price fool you it's well constructed has a nice tone and plays well. You will need to do a basic setup and put on some decent strings though. The finish is not lacquered, it's sort of satin maybe not to everyone's taste, but I like it. I shall be fitting a bone nut & saddle and replacing the cheap plastic bridge pins. Then it will play, feel and sound like a guitar 5 times it's lowly price.