I was totally amazed at the quality and the sound of this guitar. To start, I received the item well before I expected it. The case is beautiful and very sturdy. Everything came packaged as described. I work with a musician (guitarist/keyboard player in a band) and he “tested” out the guitar himself. He too was amazed at the quality of this guitar for the price that it was offered at as well as all the accessories that come with it. I am actually getting this for my daughter to take lessons with and it is a perfect guitar for her to start with but I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in playing. I have not played guitar since I was 14 (I am now 50) and this makes ME want to start playing again. I have not checked out the instructional DVDs yet but we are giving our daughter lessons with someone so we may not even use them. I cannot wait for her to open this up on Christmas morning!!

My roommate is a big guitar guy and play everyday and eventually talked me into getting a guitar. I told him I was thinking about getting this one because of the price and everything that came with it. His response was "I didn’t know ToysRus sold guitars" meaning that he thought it was a cute childs toy. Well I bought it anyway because I liked it and when it arrived I tuned it and he played it for about an hour and by the end he said "Well I was wrong this is actually a nice guitar I thought it would sound like crap but this sounds pretty damn good" he has about 5 or 6 guitars anywhere from 600 to 2200 dollars and in the end he thought this guitar was nice. He still doesn’t think its better than his guitar but he thinks for a beginner or someone that is still fairly new to playing this guitar would be a great start for them and would let them progress far enough until they want to buy a very expensive guitar.

I bought the package with the hard case, stand, tuner and extras for 169.00. Wasn’t expecting it to wow me. It did. I’m glad I chose not to go with a more expensive guitar. The yamaha chromatic tuner is fantastic, it’s simple, easy to use and on a swivel. The hard case is solid. I don’t see any reason for any unfavorable reviews. I honestly believe you get a whole lot more than you pay for with this package. But best of all it sounds great. I don’t play a whole lot but it’s been hard for me to put this down for any length of time since I received it. Given the price and the quality, I have nothing negative to say. I think you can buy the guitar alone for 100.00. There is probably not another guitar anywhere that compares to this one at that price.