Which Acoustic Guitar Is Best?

Question

i'm fixin to buy an acoustic guitar and i'm wondering which company makes the most reliable guitar :]

Answer 1

Reliability, huh, now that's a quality that doesn't come to mind among the first few...
The best guitars are small companies or, better yet, hand-made pieces, and they go at $7000 and above. I'll assume you don't really think about those.
Then there are big names like Taylor (awesome guitars), Martin (great guitars), adn Gibson (mediovre but heavily overpriced). They go between $1500 and 6000. I'll assume you don't quite want those, either.
Then you want to look at cheap but very, very good guitars like Takamine, pretty good guitars like Carvin Cobalt or some Alvarez and Yamaha models. Those at about $650 and up usually have solid-wood top, which is better for the sound. If you have to go under $600, you should stay with Takamine, Yamaha or Ibanez - they will be laminate tops, but, for example, Ibanez Exotic Woods series (see them at ibanez.com) are reallybeatufiul and great sounding guitars. If yi\ou cannot spend $380 or more (and you want to save money by buying from an online store like musiciansfriend.com, music123.com and such), then don't buy anything. You cannot get a decent instrument for less. Find a way to save some more and get a good instrument to use, as a bad instrument slows down and hurts everyone, especially beginners.

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

Most acoustic guitars are reliable. If you want the best you'll be looking at Martin D35H, Gibson, Taylor, Collings or Henderson, but you're going to pay a fortune for them. Good beginner guitars are made by Ibanez, Epiphone, Fender, Dean, Samick, Ovation, Yamaha or Blue Ridge. I think the Blue Ridges are the best guitar for the money. I think they start around $400.00 U.S.

Answer 4

undeniably martin guitars are the best, but they are very high priced, even at pawn shops, if money is an issue for you, I recommend washburns oscar schidt, they are pretty good guitars and usually run about $150 to $200, most all acoustic guitars are pretty good, I do suggest you try several in all price ranges, its really all about personnal preferance. Alot also depends on what type of music you intend on playing

Answer 5

Guitarman is correct. Taylor has the most fantastic sound of any guitar I have played and that comes from a man who owns a Martin, Gibson and Ovation.

Answer 6

Estabans

Answer 7

what guitarman said is the best advice on here. Don't buy a really cheap one, unless you have no way to save money for another month or two.

Answer 8

They're all reliable. The best is a Martin.

Answer 9

If affordable & decent is your goal, I'd go for a Fender or Yamaha.