I purchased this as a gift for a friend who really wanted to learn. Its a neat little set and he adores it. However I am giving it four stars because the box was smashed in really good when I received the package. The big brown package box was just fine meaning that the product box the instrument came in was damaged before it was shipped. Luckily everything inside was just fine and not broken but the company should take better care when it comes to shipping damaged items.