Bought this for my daughters birthday she lives it perfect for a 9 year interested in the guitar.

My overall opinion of this product is that it is a good guitar to start with, to learn on. It doesn't have to be perfect if you are just learning in the comfort of your own home or in the company of an instructor who isnt' going to look down on you or anything like that.

You should never buy a guitar simply based on its label and definitely not without first trying it. When I went into that show room and played it, there was absolutely no question that it stood heads and shoulders above all the other guitars hanging on the wall and on par with those locked behind glass cabinets!

This guitar has all the glamorous materials of the coveted HD-28, including high-gloss finish on a solid sitka top with solid rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, gold tuning machines.

Well crafted guitar. All solid woods. Sitka top. E.I. Rosewood Back and sides. Hybrid A/X non scalloped bracing pattern. Bound in white. Gold Martin tuners. Either Ebony or Richlite fretboard. Hard to tell the difference.