Acoustic Guitar

Juicebox

Im lookin to buy a new acoustic guitar been playing for 4 years now and its about time i got something decent...any ideas?im willing to spend 400 euros or less

Eoin Madsen

Save your money. Whatever you have can't possibly be so bad that a 400 euro guitar is any kind of reasonable improvement. Go 600+ secondhand, or 800+ firsthand, or don't waste your time...

...would be my opinion.

Paladin

The man makes a good point. E400 or less range is too expensive for a beginner guitar and not enough for a good guitar.

If you are adamant on buying one in this range then I personally have found Yamaha to be one of the best value for money. Most of my experience in acoustic guitars is guitar shop playing with Yamahas, and they had great action and a nice, if not fantastic sound. Some acoustic heads here might have more advice to offer

Blub2k4

I recently bought a nice Crafter Jumbo on offer for 500 euro, was reduced from 600 because of a little cosmetic damage probably due to someone putting it back in the rack roughly.
Nice guitar for the price and actually beats a similarly priced takamine and to get a takamine as good I would have paid another 200 or so.

Well worth a look.

jdc78

I'm a pretty big fan of Washburn guitars, if you can find one. I think one of the shops sells them on Exchequer St upstairs. Anyway, I've had a Yamaha and a Takamine but prefer the Washburn. The sound of a Takamine is better but I find the Washburn neck to be extremely easy to play on, thus probably 'MY' sound is better on a Washburn than other guitars:D

They are reasonably priced for the quality too.

Kenny_D

Check out Guild guitars. Not too expensive (try get one second hand) and wonderful tone

Juicebox

haha ya its a bad guitar i have an oakman right now cost me about 80 pounds.I prefer bassy sounding guitars...anybody have advice on epiphones?or are they just over rated?

sei046

over-rated? um i dunno what to think! i didnt think they were held in too high regard

Blub2k4

It depends very much on the Epiphone, there are high spec Epiphones that are better than some Gibson originals, not as a general rule, but they exist.

nedZeppelin

check out the washburns alright. i got one upstairs in that shop on exchequer st. when they were 35% off washburns. i doubt theyre still doing it but i got a beautiful looking washburn augusta for around €500 a couple of years ago. Great guitar, excellent machineheads, semi-acoustic and a great sound.

legologic

Guild are good as mentioned. They're part of the Fender corp tho so before buying one play the exact one you plan on buying and check it for fret-buzz, action (string height) etc, as it was set up in a factory with a few hundred others that day. Same goes for Epiphone although I really dont like most Epi acoustics. Washburns are great they've big sounds and warmth and are well built.

go online find a few you like the look of or buy "Acoustic Guitar" Magazine. They're a bit country but the reviews and articles they do are genuinely top-notch. Then upstairs in musicmaker or perfect pitch are a good bet for trying them out.

EDIT: the magazine i'm talkin about looks like this I've found it to be one of the best acoustic guides.