An acoustic guitar for a beginner

rayofash

I don't really know anything about buying a guitar, I don't know what to look for or anything. I know there are a lot of guitarists here, I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm looking to buy a good (yet cheap) acoustic guitar for myself. I don't really have a price range, preferably anything less than $300.

If it helps, I've owned a guitar before (if you can call it that, it was a cheap $40 Stargazer that sounded horrible and couldn't keep tuned) and have a basic concept of guitars/music theory.

LiQuid!

I'm not exactly a guitarist, but I do own an acoustic guitar that I keep in the closet for tooling around with when friends come over. It's a Washburn and it cost me just over $200 if I recall... It sounds great and hasn't given me any trouble in the three or four years I've owned it. I doubt it's a serious guitarists guitar, but if you just want something you can fiddle with or learn on it's been a pretty reliable brand...

Also, 9 out of 10 times, there's usually a really helpful dude at any guitar shop that can help you find something in your budget.

LiveWire

This isn't going to be a flashy answer but, you need to just go to a guitar store and pluck around, see what sounds best to you. This is a subjective thing.

That being said, Ibanez makes some pretty decent guitars for very cheap. So does Yamaha.

Ado-san

I got a Yamaha early last year ($300 AUS) to learn on and I think it's pretty awesome.

rayofash

Thanks guys, those Ibanez look pretty good. I'll go down to Guitar Center and fiddle around.

Edit: Oooo, come to poppa!

Crashtard

I have a Dean that I really like. Cost me just about 275 but it has a built in tuner and a pretty good pickup for the price range. I had it set up at the local guitar place and it plays as well as my $600 samick (big difference is that my samick has a bit more bass when it's not plugged in). Here's a link to it:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Dean-Performer-E-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-519820-i1150747.gc

This Ibanez is a pretty decent buy as well. 200 bucks and seems to have great reviews.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ibanez-V-Series-V70CE-Dreadnought-Cutaway-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-102567492-i1150613.gc

Whatever you buy, make sure you get them to set it up for you for free or very cheap.

virgilsamms

$300 is heaps for a starter guitar, you should be able to get something of reasonable quality to tide you over till you become awesome at guitar and know exactly what you're looking for. I found it great to learn on a nylon string, but it's really personal preference. The Little Martin looks gorgeous.