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adonis

guys, im buying a second hand guitar...
i have 450-500
anyone recommend a good place to go / buy a nice guitar..
there was a nice one in that shop on capel street..takamime, sounds good eh?

Doctor J

What do you play/want to play? What type of guitar sound appeals to you?

adonis

i was using an ovation guitar, i didnt like it that much, its very tinny,.
the problem is my old suzuki one is warped and nearly impossible to tune/keep in tune.
i like a rich sound i guess...its hard to describe sound in words

mirv

Ask for the Tanglewood TW-15NS, in either perfect pitch or macullough piggots. It's there for €460 and €450 respectively, it's an all solid wood guitar, sounds good and the only plywood in there is in the bracing, as opposed to backs and sides of most of the competition at the same price range. Play them before going straight for brand names. Look for solid tops if you aren't going to go for an all solid guitar.

adonis

thks,
i was thinking of going for a tanglewood one, ive played them before and they are very nice indeed!

Kieran Fallon

My mate is selling a Tanglewood, not sure what model or for how much but I`ve played before and it`s sweet. Reply here if you`re interested and I`ll find out for ya.

TrickyRicky

im thinkin of taking up guitar in the summer after the college exams, saw a starter kit in argos catalogue for €100 . its your basic kit. is it worth buyin or should i look elsewhere, keeping in mind im not lookin to do anything serious with the guitar, its just for the craic

fitz

For that price you could pick up a spanish guitar.
Nylons trings are much easier to learn on.

TrickyRicky

well what make price etc would you recommend?

fitz

Go into Perfect Pitch on Exchequer Street and ask for Gerry or Andrew.
Tell them you're looking for a guitar to learn on and need advice on the different options open to you.
They're very helpful people.

TrickyRicky

cool

oneofakind32

I wouldnt recomend buying from argos. The guitar may not be set up propperly and hence very hard to play. Buy it from a music shop, most good place set them up before they put them on the walls.
The spacing between the strings on spanish guitars are bigger then on steel stinged ones so you may find it hard to adapt if u ever play on a steel stinged or electric guitar. The nylon strings are easyer to play on when your begining but after 3 months or so of playing on a steel stringed you wont feel the difference and the tone of the guitar may not suit if your are planing on play pop/rock stuff.

fitz

It's harder to adapt to Spanish after learning on steel-stringed, but if you go from Spanish to steel-stringed, yes, you have to adapt, but it's a lot easier, cause your reach is nice and big from the Spanish. You'll stunt your initial reach if you start on steel-stringed.

mirv

There's no definitive advantage - there's pros and cons. Likewise you can say spanish is harder to start on because of the reach and you are likely to give up because you cant finger chords because of reach as opposed to strength of string tension. It's all in the eye of the player. Go out and ask if you can play on a spanish and a steel string and make your own choice.

TrickyRicky

thanx guys