Great Sound with nice balance between bass, middle and higher tones. The quality of the instrument is also absolutely positive. An absolutely perfect fact is that the nut inlay is - just like the original Weissenborn guitars - straight and metal made. Most Weiss copies don't have straight nut inlays and which are plastic made. So this is very cool with the Bediaz-Music Weissenborn guitar.Woods are made of sapele mahogany. I think it's solid wood.Bought mine direct from the Bediaz webstore www.bediaz-music.de Shipping to UK took 4 days for 16 bucks - perfect!!!!My Resumee: Great Weissenborn lap steel for a nice price - unbelievable bargain.