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Rogue RD80 $49.99 | 0 | 0% | |
Ibanez GD10 $119.99 | 5 | 7.81% | |
Epiphone PRO-1 $129.00 | 3 | 4.69% | |
Yamaha F335 $129.99 | 55 | 85.94% | |
Epiphone PR150 $129.99 | 6 | 9.38% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll |
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Its funny that this poll popped up, because I just compiled a short list the other night of inexpensive ("cheap") acoustics that come with a solid top. The list includes the following:
* Mitchell ME1 * Yamaha 700 & 800 series * Yamaha FDO1 * Epiphone Pro-1 Plus (only the "Plus" series--not the regular Pro-1) |
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Also since you're on such a tight budget, I would recommend that once you and your son figure out which guitar feels right, you scour Reverb, Music-Go-Round, or even the used section on Guitar Center and Sam Ash's sites for good deals on the guitars you like. For instance, here's a used FS800 (retails for $200) for only $140: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Ya...r-114210374.gc |
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Thanks for all the input!
TripleB Last edited by TripleB; 06-21-2018 at 08:52 AM. |
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I would definitely go for the Yamaha. Their guitars are great quality across all price points!
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you'll have to go play them all to make that decision. none seem to me to be of very good quality.
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Hope you come away with a good guitar; I can't stress enough how much I +1 pagedr's advice above about getting a FS800 or at least FS700 .. it's the difference between a quality instrument you can have & enjoy for years, and just all-around poor quality. and when they're used, they're basically the same price...maybe just barely over your $130 budget, but FULLY 2-3x the quality of anything else mentioned thus far. I know you're working with limited funds, but you'd be doing yourself a huge favor. Of your list, the only one I'd consider is the Yamaha, although it's not the model I'd recommend... Hopefully your GC might have an FS730 or 800 used in stock, but either way, good luck to you. Hope you come away with something decent and above all, playable! overall I applaud what you're doing to get the kiddo into playing. Cheers and good luck!!! SC
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in the interest of keeping to the rules of the poll, if I had to pick a 2nd option, it would (begrudgingly) be the epi PR150. but I think you'd still do much better to go the other route and find an FS700, FS730, FS800 etc etc .
good luck
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Actually I think this is the Best Buy:
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A quick search yielded almost endless "concert" or "OM" size guitars under $200 at GC. You can likely get 10-15% off any of these guitars at any time at a GC if you nicely push just a little bit.
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Since it seems you are going to Guitar Center...see if they have something nice used in stock, that may be an even higher level guitar for around the same money. As a thought...check into several just slightly older models, the FG700s, The FG730s, and the FS700s. Those all have solid tops and are wonderful guitars. The FG700s is a sitka/mahogany dread, the FG730s is Sitka/ Rosewood dread, and the FS700s is a smaller OM size/shape Sitka/Mahogany. GC usually has some of those used in many of their stores, or certainly a bunch of them throughout their chain that they can get to your store very quickly. Check them out...really great guitars! duff Be A Player...Not A Polisher |
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Your 11 year old is 5'3" and 150 lbs???
Don't waste time getting him a guitar. Spend the money on a good summer football camp. Then 10 years from now have him buy you a guitar with his NFL signing bonus. LOL |
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Thanks to everyone for all of your honest opinions, votes, help, advice, and words of encouragement!
My son and I are heading out tomorrow to look for our first acoustic guitar...he is soooooo excited!!! It appears that a true miracle happened today and it looks as though we are going to be able to afford a better guitar that will add greatly to the enjoyment of my 11 year old and I learning to play the guitar together!!! Because of this unforeseen miracle, I think we are going to be able to actually afford a $200 guitar (don't anyone say you should push your budget to $250, $300, etc.) as well as some accessories!!! I feel so much better knowing that we will be able to purchase a much better guitar that will bring us many more years of enjoyment and ease of play than if we had to "settle" for one of the ones I listed. Of course it will be a mutual decision and we will ultimately go with the one my son chooses (with probably some guidance from his dad), but with three different color options in each one, I'm thinking we may be getting either the Yamaha FG800 or the FS800!!! For the price it seems many people here feel like that's as good as we can do! What other accessories or necessary items do we need to look at while we are there? - Picks (we already have a variety of about 16 in different thicknesses and colors....he seems to like the thinner ones and I like the mediums) - Tuner (Korg PC1 Pitchclip is $12 there and the Snark SN-8 is $13 online, but some have said there are some great tuner apps that work just as well as clip on ones) - Stand (Proline HT1010 gets good reviews and is on sale for $16) - Case (Road Runner RR1AG is $36 and gets great reviews; but the Musicians Gear MGA20 may be good enough for us right now and it's only $20) - Strings (extra set): have no clue what I should be looking for here...maybe well known brand (Martin, D'Addario), thinner set since we are both new (.010?), not very expensive until we get to the point we know what we like ($6-$8). - Capo...probably not needed yet ($16.96 for a Kyser Quick Change one or $18.69 for Shubb Original C Series Steel String) Thank you again for all of the help!!! TripleB Last edited by TripleB; 06-21-2018 at 08:52 PM. |
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