Surprising how well the guitar sounds and can be played. Did they try and go for my daughter for a few weeks. Therefore, I can say for beginners really recommended and with the soft nylon strings easy to grip. To vote you need some time but thanks to the easy-to-use tuner no problem. The bag is indeed only slightly cushioned mat fits but good and served its purpose perfectly. The book I'm not use to which I can say nothing. Packaged was all in a colored cardboard, and another is planned as a gift! For the price you can not go wrong here and really get time an instrument that you can play well.