LANDTOM Professional Fuxi guqin, suitable for adults/children/advanced/intermediate/elementary (Brown)

I just received my item so I can’t judge how it plays overall, but it is missing the hardcase even though the description says it includes one. It did come with a soft case so if that is enough for you, great. For me, the deciding factor was having a hardcase so I’m disappointed it is missing.

I bought this two months ago and have been waiting in excitement since then, it’s a gorgeous instrument and sounds great considering what I payed. There was a couple days delay that the company did email me about but I didn’t realize because I was too busy panicking, thinking that it was stolen since it had been marked as delivered but there was no Guqin in sight.I’m not a musical expert by any means and I haven’t had a lot of time to experiment with it but what I can say is that it has a beautiful and mellow sound that will be great for relaxing playing sessions.If you’re thinking about getting a beginner Guqin I highly recommend this one!Update: it’s been about a year and a half and I can say that the Guqin has held up well in that time. Mind you, I haven’t been playing it nearly as much as I should have but I picked it back up in recent months. I don’t know if I’m hearing things but I swear that the sound has improved since the last time I played it. It feels settled in so to speak and like the instrument is really clicking for me now.The only three major issues I’ve noticed is:-The 6th and 7th string sound especially metallic when pressed on or higher than the 7th hui.-The tuning pegs are tricky to use when tuned to a higher non standard tuning such as B flat. The strings sometimes will spike downwards out of tune, and will be incredibly hard to tighten. I’ve learned to finagle it by wiggling the pegs but it can be cumbersome when you first start using different tunings. Luckily once you get the strings in position, they stay put for the most part, I don’t think I’ve ever had a string slip while actively playing, only tuning.-Fan Yin is also tricky especially on hui 13,12,11,8,6,and 321. It’s still possible though the sounds may falter in volume but the positioning is really sensitive and wont resonate correctly unless contact is made exactly in the sweet spot. However, that could very well just be a skill issue on my part.Ive bought some new strings to hopefully help with some of afformentioned issues. And sometime this year I will likely be upgrading.My suggestion is unless you’re really worried you’ll abandon playing altogether after just a few months, I say go ahead and buy one of their higher quality Qins. While I don’t regret buying mine in the slightest, you’ll save more money in the long run by buying one good instrument to last as opposed to upgrading over and over. Plus learning on an instrument with good playability will make the process all the more smooth.Update #2:The strings fixed literally everything. I got the guqin “ice” strings from bamboo grove (which are fantastic btw)On top of that, the root of most issues with the regular strings and new ones, ended up being that concert pitch is just not the right tuning for this instrument. It should be at least A=415. After restringing, I noticed that the new strings stretched much more than the metal nylon (which makes sense since they’re different materials) and I was sick of retensioning and retensioning the strings to concert pitch. So I let the strings decide where they wanted to go and tuned to a step lower on all strings. Instantly, I swore to never go back. And just today, on a whim I tuned it a step lower at A=395 and oh my god it makes it qin sound GORGEOUS. Highly recommend.My final review, for lower tunings at least, is this (keep in mind I have not hear qins of higher quality in person before so I may be biased)Sound: fantastic, astounding for price 5/5Resonance: low to average 3.5/5Ease of playability: Adequate 4/5 (string height is a bit too high)Harmonics: Very pretty and crisp 5/5Hold of tune: Excellent 5/5Ultimate value for price: Amazing. 555/5

This guqin is fantastic!!! The quality is also incredible. I highly recommend it!!! Great！