Acoustic guitar?

Question

Does anyone konw of a GOOD but CHEAP acoustic guitar? Or good brands in general so I can look for the best deal? Thanks!

It's not for me, its a gift for someone that already knows how to play and owns a pricey electric guitar. He just wants one to play for me at home. Thanks again.

Answer 1

Most good "cheap" guitars...are made by the off-brand of another company. Gibson makes Epiphone, PRS makes Peavey, Takamine makes Jasmine, Washburn makes Oscar Schmidt, Fender makes Squire...and so on...most other brands make guitars that are either crappy or too expensive for the average person to buy...with the exception of Alvarez (which could be argued as an off-brand of Yairi) The quality of those off-brands vary in different areas. I've found that the Jasmine guitars are easy on the fingers if you don't have calouses built up yet...but Epiphone usually outdoes most of the other off-brands with tone and sound quality. Alvarez usually finds a very nice place to settle between the quality of Epiphones and Jasmines, which is why they are so popular for beginning guitarists...but Alvarez has so many models, that you might want to get an experienced guitarist to try it out first if you choose to go with that brand.

Answer 2

Classical guitar style is very different from normal acoustic playing. The most obvious difference is that while an acoustic guitarist will normally use a pick to play, the classical guitarist uses his fingernails. This is not to say you can't fingerpick on a normal steel string acoustic, lots of people do, it's just that classical guitar style is exclusively fingerpicking. Keep in mind, however, that there is nothing about an acoustic guitar that prevents a person from using their fingernails to play, it's just that normally classical guitarists play on classical guitars. It is somewhat difficult to use a pick on a classical guitar. The other major differences is that structurally, on a classical guitar the space between each string is wider and the fretboard is generally flatter and broader. This makes it more difficult to perform bar chords on a classical guitar than on an acoustic, but the gap between the strings also makes right handed finger picking easy. Switching between the two is very doable it just takes a little getting used to. I would say it's easier to switch from playing a classical guitar to an acoustic than from an acoustic to a classical.

Answer 3

I haven't found a name brand that sells guitar for less than 150 that also has a bridge that won't bend in a month or anything else.

I got an electric/acoustic ibanez for about 200 dollars, which has the best sound quality of all of my guitars -- plus ibanez is top quality and can be found cheap (especially since you could probably find an acoustic only for less)

That's just my personal opinion, however.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

There is a program called Music Makers (Open to the public) that gives you lessons (It dose not mater if you had lessons before) and a Acoustic guitar for $160.

Answer 6

I heard (from someone that plays the guitar) that the acoustic guitar sold at Costco was pretty good for the price.

Answer 7

Yamaha makes some pretty good reasonably priced acoustic guitars-I've owned 2 of them and they've given me years of good sound on a shoestring budget

Answer 8

the brand named Johnson imported from China is a fair servicable instrument and can be had in many locations for less than a hundred for a six string and two hundred for twelve.

It is ok for parlor practice and sing alongs,and will break in a fit of anger if you need to show case your temper.

Answer 9

Go to your local pawn shop and check there stuff, there are many wanna be's that buy good instruments and then pawn them. I got a NICE strat for 150.00$. You can always talk the pawn shop down in price. I have a mandolin that costs 250.00-275.00$ for 60.00$ from my friendly pawn shop owner.

Answer 10

There is not such thing as a good cheap guitar....you get what you pay for. Try Ibanez, Martin, Takmine or fender.