Yes - first of alll it's bass guitar!! Secondly, I have played a lot of the bass guitars out there, even the ones whose fans say they have the best bass freqeuncy resonse - I believe not one of them touches the real guiatr qualities of the Martin acoustic bass.

This is a well built, nice looking GREAT SOUNDING instrument - and it is the ONLY one I know of that has the 'stand up to the acoustic' volume; that is, you can play, sound great and compete in volume with a bunch of real acoustic instrument players. NONE of the others can do this without amplification.

It's a great instrument; great neck, great sound, moderate price (Elderly has one without electronics for under $1,000). I like this B1 model. The Fishman electronics are far superior (I had one with Martin's own, and the pick-up was mediocre). I see all the Elderly products have Fishman.

The guitar's rims are laminated but the back is solid mahogany and the top is solid spruce. This is important, I believe. The solid back and top make a great sounding instrument. I have played a couple of their other models that did have as good a sound.

Check out this instrument. You will NOT be disappointed.