The mandolin is fine though made in China.Timbers and craftmanship is nice. But there is some scope to improve the product. As the wiring is not done with coaxial wire it produces excessive noise, which I had to rectify. Again in the hardware section, the machine-head tuning pegs are of not ver fine condition, I had to replace two of these. Pickups are of high gain. Sound quality is very fine and touchy. Intonation is perfact. Service regarding purchase and shipping and communication during deal by bajaao.com is appreciable.