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Buying a guitar.

ShamuuuShamuuu regular
edited March 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So I've longed for an acoustic guitar and decided that I'm gonna start soon.

Is any of these brands favoured over the other?

Ibanez, Cort, J&D or Fender.

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  • blakfeldblakfeld Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ibanez can make good guitars, but their cheaper acoustics all are way to bright and sound almost plastic, Fender can make an all around pretty alright guitar, but don't be afraid to find strange brands. I lucked onto an acoustic electric/case combo made by hohner that is actually one of the better guitars I've owned

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  • ascannerlightlyascannerlightly Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    takamine <3

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  • Anon the FelonAnon the Felon In bat country.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Taylor.

    If you can find one of the old hand crafted Taylor guitars...buy it.

    Before they switched over the machine crafted guitars (don't get me wrong they still make some of the best guitars in the world...they just used to be better), the hand crafted variety produces peerless sound.

    I also like Dean guitars, I use my Dean as my travel guitar. Lug it around to places and play since it still is a nice guitar, but much cheaper so its a little easier to justify the punishment a guitar might take during travel. Taylor's are like precious gems.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Honestly, brand is pretty meaningless.

    The most important thing when you're buying a guitar (or any instrument, really) is to try it out in the store. Play it for long enough to get a good feel for its sound. Music stores like Guitar Center don't care if you do this, and usually have guitars set up for this express purpose; it's even easier to try acoustics because you can just grab them off the wall and start playing instead of having to find an amp that's plugged in, get cables, etc.

    Play around with a few acoustics and see which ones you like the sound of; don't lock yourself into buying a specific guitar because of its brand.

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