Solid carved spruce top. Solid carved maple back, neck & sides. Natural glues used throughout. Traditional binding with decoration. Properly angled neck. Ebony fingerboard. Ebony pegs. Well-fitted ebony endpin. Properly drilled peg hole. Good quality bridge. Tailpiece made of alloy with built-in fine tuners. Adjustable nylon tailgut. Good quality warm wooden bow with fully mounted ebony frog.