Samick are extremely good, they are merely unederated I have a samick acoustic worthington D5 and its awesome for playig bluesy music as it has a calm mellowy feel. Sure some of samicks earlier stuff are crap but just stick away from that shit. Samick aren’t the best or biggest brand out there but they are as far as i’m concerned the best guitar for you if you don’t exactly have a grand lying around to spend on the narliest axe on the planet. Samick make fairly reasonable bases for begginners but you may want to trade in and buy something better later on, but dude it realy is up to you if you think it looks good and is affordable buy it! but remember even the worst base in the world sounds good in the hands of a dude with skill.