Hi Fortunato, Went and looked at the guitar and in my opinion it doesn't differ from any of the others I've seen of late from the far east(meaning Korea, I think). The craftmenship is good and clean for the most part and as it is all solid wood it's hard to go wrong. In a few years should he continue to play it I would take it to your most trusted luthier and have him/her scallop the bracing as there will be a significant improvement in the tone/volume. Any builder knows how to do it and for 2-300.00 you can have the tone of a guitar costing thousands. If the sides and back were laminated I wouldn't suggest it as they 'peak' t/vwise in about 5 years. It reminds me of the Washburns that flooded the market around 20 years ago w/that same type of 'snowflake inlay' on the fretboard. Fine guitar for the money. I'm not a big fan of Yamahas. Good luck.

PS. I bought my son an old Gibson Grabber bass a few years ago for $175.00W/case. Had emg-select replacement pickups and was solid and playable. 2 mos. later a punk band called Green Day had a huge hit album and the bass player used the same bass! 6 mos. later the book value went to $600.00...you never know.