Buying new guitar, need advice

pretentiouslad

Ola,

I'm thinking of buying a new guitar, I have a Peavey semi-acoustic guitar which is actually quite good and an acoustic G-Series Takamine guitar which I love, but I need another semi-acoustic guitar for performing because I mess around in different tunings a lot and I hate tuning up and down between songs... I've found this one, it looks pretty good and is good enough value, I think, but I don't want to splash out on an average enough guitar, I want a good one... Can anyone give me some feedback on this please?

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/10028-takamine-eg260c-wr-wine-red-.html

Gaspode

At that price, I'd say IMO its another average or even poor guitar you'd be getting.
For a 'good' one I'd be definitely looking at spending £300 at a minimum.

BSOM

Gaspode wrote: »

At that price, I'd say IMO its another average or even poor guitar you'd be getting.
For a 'good' one I'd be definitely looking at spending £300 at a minimum.

To be honest, Takamine is really good even with their budget range. Action is perfect out of the box, setup with D'Addarrio EXP16 (Phospher Bronze) strings.

punchdrunk

he said semi acoustic? like...



he's already got a takamine?

eoin5

pretentiouslad wrote: »

Ola,

I'm thinking of buying a new guitar, I have a Peavey semi-acoustic guitar which is actually quite good and an acoustic G-Series Takamine guitar which I love, but I need another semi-acoustic guitar for performing because I mess around in different tunings a lot and I hate tuning up and down between songs... I've found this one, it looks pretty good and is good enough value, I think, but I don't want to splash out on an average enough guitar, I want a good one... Can anyone give me some feedback on this please?

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/10028-takamine-eg260c-wr-wine-red-.html

That guitar looks like it doesnt have a solid top on it. Makes a big difference to the guitar. Itll be a well made machine but it'll probably have that boxy plywood sound.

punchdrunk

sorry you mean electro acoustic,gotcha!

why not just put a pickup in the takamine you have?

headway make great pickups for an acoustic

Blackhorse Slim

Yep, I think that guitar is a laminate.

This looks a much better bet to me, for a similar price

http://www.thomann.de/gb/takamine_eg440sc.htm

laminated body, but a solid top.
I would guess they would both sound ok when amplified, but the 440 would sound much better acoustically.

Zangetsu

Check out some of the lower ranged Yamaha's with solid tops, haven't played a bad one.

Tak is a great choice is any situation!

darrenw5094

Tanglewood are good bang for buck.

landsleaving

I think I have that takamine but in a natural finish, not sure the exact model number though, so I could be wrong, and I think I paid a decent bit more than that, but it was a good while ago now. It's a G-series anyway, and it sounds great, really nice sound. I couldn't be happier with it, to the point I've no interest in upgrading to something more expensive, even if I could spend a lot.