the look and feel of this guitar is very good except for the restriction of the full body to the upper frets ---A model just like this in a cutaway body would be much more discriminating to a good player. The only improvement other than the body would be a little better quality tuning pegs.
This is a very nice little guitar. Tone is as round and deep as you want to make it, but it pulls off the ragtimey sound pretty well too. Do I think it's worth the usual asking price of 799 and up. Solid wood, ebony and rosewood, notwithstanding...no. But for 399, absolutely.