Acoustic Guitar, advice / tips Options

[Hanyo]

Hi all,

Anyone own an acoustic guitar or play an acoustic guitar professionally?

I'm looking to get a beginner guitar, and like always I research the hell out of it before I put out money.

Right now I am eyeing the Yamaha fg700s guitar from guitarcenter for around 200 bucks.

I know the Solid top matters with sound and also the wood its made of determines how good it sound. But this is what i need help with:

I see used guitars sell for 50-100 bucks like the Ibanez SGT130 SAGE, is it worth the savings?



And will i get a better-bang-for-the-buck if i buy a 300 dollar guitar compared to the fg700s?

everyone says test out the guitar before you buy because same model guitars will play differently even when they are brand new. So what am i looking for? I've played other instruments before but that was a very long time ago, so basically i know nothing.

I know i want low action (distance between the strings and the frets) and an adjustable neck. Anything else?

thanks alot.

[Taskbot]

If you're just starting, honestly, look for something with a thinner radius neck, if you can. You'll thank yourself later.

Then again that's really dependent on what you want to play.

I learned to play bass before I played guitar but when I started playing guitar I started on a Stratocaster and I later got myself like a collection of guitars. The most comfortable guitars for me at least have a thinner radius and are designed for jazz, however that's just my style. For acoustic guitars I have a Ovation Celebrity and I have a Classical Guitar. The Ovation is good for when you want to plug in and have that twangy electric/acoustic sound, think "Make it wit chu (acoustic)" by Queens of the Stone Age, its on the Era Vulgaris Double Disc.

A lot of folk players prefer large radius necks simply because the neck is fatter and its much easier to chord on, they're not playing so many scales and solos. So "real" accoustic guitars like Gibsons and such have massive necks.


So, what's your style? What do you want to get out of playing an acoustic guitar? What sound do you want to achieve?

Maybe I'm complicating things too much. Also a good guitar is determined by the money you put into it. I've never played a guitar that was not worth the asking price, like there's a substantial difference in playability between a $3000 Gibson Les Paul Silverburst Reissue and my $380 Squier Stratocaster.