This guitar is nice for a child to play on as a starter guitar. My then 10 year old still plays this guitar and loves it. I wouldn’t recommend this guitar for younger children who would tend to destroy it.

Look elsewhere if you want a fancy acoustic, But this seems to be a well built quality guitar! I think it is a good deal at this price.

If you are a beginner guitarist then you are going to have some hurdles to jump before you can play proficiently. Common problems for beginners are frustration from lack of finger dexterity, pain from pressing the strings, and inability to keep good posture/positioning during play — resulting in pain or incorrect fingerings. This guitar is small enough for 7 year olds, but I wouldn’t recommend it for younger than that. (A correctly sized guitar will help with posture and fingering problems.) All the strings are nylon (the lowest three are wrapped in bronze to provide a mellower bass) which reduces the pressure needed to fret the strings and therefore lessens the finger pain. Nothing will absolve the lack-of-dexterity issues except practice. I have found that the guitar stays in tune well and is constructed durably enough to hold up to my class of elementary school age children (7 to 12 year olds.) If you want a small size guitar for performance look elsewhere (and be prepared to pay in the 100’s of dollars.) This guitar is a good, cheap beginner’s guitar for children that are starting to learn the basics.