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David
I'm looking for a decent acoustic guitar for no more than $300.
I'm planning to buy it online, preferably at Musician's Friend.
Answer
Buying online should be a last resort with most brands. Even when you pick a great brand two different axes made the same day right after each other will have vastly different temperments. Taylor is really the only brand I'd trust buying without actually playing one. Taylors are expensive.
The brands that tend to be best for somebody new to a guitar would be Ibenez or Seagull. Both make pretty good quality low end guitars. Often they are competitive with mid price range guitars but are very inexpensive. Fender and Gibson both make beginner packs but your going to get a much better guitar going with Ibenez or Seagull for the same price range. Some of the low end Yamaha's are also pretty good guitars. If you stretch your budget to $500 you get into the mid range guitars and then your talking about Gibsons, Fenders, Alverezs, Yamahas worth owning. You might even find a used Dean or Ovation or Taylor in that price range.
That doesn't mean the music shops around your area will have a good one. So you want to actually go in and get a feel for the guitar. Play it, see how it feels too you. You want to look for any warping of the neck. You also want acceptable action. (Action is the distance between the strings and the frets. The higher the action the harder it is to play the guitar) Just as important is you don't want dead spots or buzz on the strings. If your never ever going to play down past the 9th fret you still want a guitar that doesn't buzz or have dead spots. To check for buzz and dead spots play each fret down the fretboard. They should all sound clear. A buzz will make the same sound as if your not holding the string down tight enough. That means the action is too low and the string is actually impinged by the fret. A deadspot is a note that has a noticiably lower volume than other notes on the fretboard. Always triple check to make sure you've fretted the string correctly before deciding a fret buzzes or has a dead spot. Normally strings either buzz up at the 1st or 2nd fret or buzz down past the 12th fret. Dead spots tend to be in the 9th to 13th frets and I've never heard a guitar that had dead spots in consequetive frets.
So pick a guitar that speaks to you. One that fits well with your hands, that has the sound that you want. That is why it is so hard to buy a guitar online.
Buying online should be a last resort with most brands. Even when you pick a great brand two different axes made the same day right after each other will have vastly different temperments. Taylor is really the only brand I'd trust buying without actually playing one. Taylors are expensive.
The brands that tend to be best for somebody new to a guitar would be Ibenez or Seagull. Both make pretty good quality low end guitars. Often they are competitive with mid price range guitars but are very inexpensive. Fender and Gibson both make beginner packs but your going to get a much better guitar going with Ibenez or Seagull for the same price range. Some of the low end Yamaha's are also pretty good guitars. If you stretch your budget to $500 you get into the mid range guitars and then your talking about Gibsons, Fenders, Alverezs, Yamahas worth owning. You might even find a used Dean or Ovation or Taylor in that price range.
That doesn't mean the music shops around your area will have a good one. So you want to actually go in and get a feel for the guitar. Play it, see how it feels too you. You want to look for any warping of the neck. You also want acceptable action. (Action is the distance between the strings and the frets. The higher the action the harder it is to play the guitar) Just as important is you don't want dead spots or buzz on the strings. If your never ever going to play down past the 9th fret you still want a guitar that doesn't buzz or have dead spots. To check for buzz and dead spots play each fret down the fretboard. They should all sound clear. A buzz will make the same sound as if your not holding the string down tight enough. That means the action is too low and the string is actually impinged by the fret. A deadspot is a note that has a noticiably lower volume than other notes on the fretboard. Always triple check to make sure you've fretted the string correctly before deciding a fret buzzes or has a dead spot. Normally strings either buzz up at the 1st or 2nd fret or buzz down past the 12th fret. Dead spots tend to be in the 9th to 13th frets and I've never heard a guitar that had dead spots in consequetive frets.
So pick a guitar that speaks to you. One that fits well with your hands, that has the sound that you want. That is why it is so hard to buy a guitar online.
What is a decent acoustic guitar for boyfriend's Xmas gift?
ObamaGirl2
My boyfriend really wants an acoutstic guitar for Christmas. He's not picky, which is good because I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars. But, can anyone tell me a good acoustic guitar for a beginner (adult) that is under $160?
Websites for purchase would also be helpful. But anything you can tell me is appreciated!
Answer
here ya go I picked one out for you. but your cutting it pretty close for delivery, might want to go find a guitar shop, there usually the same price.
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-PR150-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=512457
here ya go I picked one out for you. but your cutting it pretty close for delivery, might want to go find a guitar shop, there usually the same price.
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-PR150-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=512457
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