This was my very first serious classical guitar. It is brilliant! Nice, clean, deep tone. Good volume with a small pressure I can get ff, awesome quality and it is handmade! I can't stop playing. The strings are also of good quality and they look almost new after a month of playing (I play at least two hours a day plus lessons at music school). There is only one thing that should be better - when I play in the 12th position, for example, the note height doesn't match pretty well. I mean it is good enough, but it could be better. On the other hand, we all know that classical guitars note height almost always don't match perfectly. And the gig bag is safe and resistant, it is not heavy, it has got several compartments. The sound is similar to open-pore guitars, but this is better because it has got gloss, which protects from scratches, etc. I love this guitar, I think it is wonderful and supportive for students and teachers as well. I recommend!