What is the best acoustic guitar for beginners?

Answer 1

seagull, they are cheap but have a very good sound

Yamaha, they're the best but it can be slightly costly. Just think of it as not having to spend much on guitar strings. It's an investment! Buy the very best that you can afford. Go to a store with a large range of Guitars and find all that are in your price range. If you can play a little, play and see how each feels and sounds. If you can't play yet, get someone to go with you who can or find a salesperson who can play and see which sounds best to your own ear. Most important is how it feels, though (strings close to fingerboard; neck not too wide). We would have a lot more new guitar players joining our dwindling ranks if new students did NOT try to learn in the beginning on acoustic Guitars. They are too hard to fret and too hard on the fingers unless set up like a $5000 guitar. Get a medium to cheap electric with 9---42 strings and you will see what I mean !!!! I just bought a new acoustic myself, with wonderful action, and it hurts MY fingers, and I have been playing 43 years !!!! I have big, tough hands. I can just imagine a 12 year old. Ouch. ================== Ovation Celebrities are pretty good first guitars for the price, I got mine for less than $300 and it plays pretty well. I want a better guitar now that I've learned how to play though. ================ At the lowest end of the price spectrum (under $300), I believe Yamahas and Epiphones give the best value. With Epiphone, try to find its Hummingbird and Dove models. Sound and price are only two factors. The most important aspect of a starter guitar is playability. If your hands feel comfortable playing a guitar, you will play more -- and you will feel better and play better. Yamahas are popular, but I've always found them not very friendly to the hands because of the narrow string spacing and often high action. I also own a low-priced Alvarez which plays quite well and, with its shallow body, is comfortable to wear. In the mid-range, from $400 to $900, I swear by Takamines, which often sound and feel better than guitars costing more. Taylors tend to go for at least $700, but its Baby Taylor (around $300) and Big Baby (around $450) are absolute winners that even players used to more expensive instruments sing their praises. And if you can afford a Taylor, such as a 210 or 310, you won't be able to fault its playing comfort, even though Taylors' treble, sparkly sound is not for all tastes. Ibanez makes good instruments in this range, with especially attractive visual touches. Though Martin is the #1 acoustic brand, low-to-mid-range Martins tend to be iffy -- its 000CXE and DCXE guitars, for example, are literally the worst-sounding live guitars I've ever heard. However, the $700 DCX1E is superb, with fabulous feel and good sound, as is the OMCX1KE.

Answer 2

Seagull guitars are an amazing value and are all built in Canada (not China) using native Canadian woods. Just pick one up and you can really feel a difference in quality when compared to similarly priced guitars of other brands.

I prefer Ibanez and Epiphones. Anything under $600.00 is made in China, no matter the name. I feel Ibanez has the very best quality control. No matter what, ALWAYS PLAY BEFORE YOU BUY. Never buy on the net from someone you do not know. Two ".com's" I trust are "musiciansfriend.com" and "guitarcenter.com" When playing a possible "new" guitar, there is only one concern. It's all about the neck, the neck, and the neck. It is the most expensive component on a guitar and when it's noisy the guitar will sound lousy. Fixing this type of defect is very expensive.

For a beginer I would say look in the 300-400 dollar range. Anything else will not sound as good and with a newbie it's all about results fast.

On a final note. I strongly recomend an electric first. You will get farther and faster on one. There are many raesons for this but I still recomend playing anything first. Good luck!