You have to "lighten up" a bit - The strings are very sensitive to the pressure of your left hand - you have to be sure not to press too hard. It is definitely for a finger-picking style - no strumming. You have to transpose your music if you want to stay in the same key as those you are playing with - so you have to learn to think a fourth higher! I recommend you never ever put a capo on this - some people (who don't have one,) have tried to get me to capo it, but i will never do it! I'd rather not play the instrument if I can't transpose it to the appropriate key (or a key that's not too difficult to play.) I love my Bari - I try to use it on as many songs as possible! But I feel you have to be able to finger-pick, transpose chords/notes, so I guess there is a learning curve if you don't know how to do this!

It is BEAUTIFUL in it's simplicity - I love simple, non-glossy, finishes on my instruments (all three of my favorites are satin - not glossy at all!) and I don't like much if any other embellishments - so this is perfect for me!

Yes! I saved up for this over the course of half a year, and I'm so happy with it!

I've had no need to contact the company - not a single problem after one year.

the size is impressive - the sound hole is beautiful and unique as well as practical... I love the blonde color and satin finish and it's clean lines and simplicity!

professional - vocalist and guitarist - mostly religious services - funerals, weddings, services..., volunteer - community theat

Christian, contemporary, folk

Balanced, but the bass response is a bit out of focus. Excellent mid tones.

It came plain, no electronics, the case was bigger (probably for acoustic bass)

Acoustic sound is very nice. Response in fingerstyle is perfect. You just need a quality large diaphragm condenser mic to get the sound right.

Very nice, no cosmetics at all.

the price/quality rate is perfect.

a hard to find instrument

musician

acoustic, jazz, ballads