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Advice buying new acoustic guitar
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12-06-2001 8:54pm#1
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I got a damned awkward bog-standard Johnson for £95. Personally, I'd recommend getting something crap for a low cost, so that then you know what you want, and what problems to look out for. I love my Johnson.
That way you've got enough left to buy a decent new one that you can be more certain of liking.
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Ok here's something you need to consider.
You say it must be electro-acoustic, but do you want it to sound good when it's not plugged into an amp? If your answer is yes, well then you're going to either have to chose guitar carefully or buy a great sounding acoustic and simply have a pickup fitted to it when you buy it. That's what i did with mine.
I've got a really nice Yamaha, it sounds great unplugged and i have a pickup in it so i can amp it up. The guitar cost me £405 a few years back and the pickup( the make escapes me, sorry ) was £100 or so.
The only change made was that the button on the bottom for a strap was replaced with a jack plug for the lead.
If you do it this way, you'll have the best all round sound.
I can also recommend Takamine and their cheaper Jasmine alternatives. Fenders can be good at times, you just need to find the right one.
You should definitely be able to find something to suit you withing your price range.
Good luck, let us know what you get.
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Don't and I repeat don't buy a guitar because someone told you "I have a one of these and there great". Go into Walton’s and Music Maker and play as many as possible. Don't worry too much about brand names if you like the sound the guitar gives then it's the guitar for you.
The problem with mass produced guitars is that they can be very inconsistent. So your best mate might have this model guitar and his is great does not mean there all going to be great. Give yourself a few hours some day. Go around a few music shops. Play as many as possible. Go off have a coffee make a shortlist of the guitars you liked, then go and play them again. Once the people in the music shops know your not a time waster they will be more than happy to let you try as many guitars as possible.
Or just go and buy a Fender I don't really care
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I'd recommend Fender or Martin for Acoustic.
Takamine and Yamaha as K!ll!@n mentioned are very nice too.
AngelWhore - that's an electric guitar so shut up!
All the best!
Dav
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Paladin:
Well I was going to kind of take up Fanj's advice anyway.</font>
Yes I win!
In your face everybody else
If your going to Dublin to try out guitars the two best shops are Waltons and Music Maker. They should have a good enough selection for you to pick the semi accoustic of your dreams. Waltons are much more helpful then Music Maker so talk to them first.
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black_wizardd: No, i'm not from sligo. I'm from dublin.
I would have to say avoid Music Maker at all costs. From my personal experience, they are ignorant and unhelpful in there ( this may have changed? ). When i was looking for my first guitar i went in there ( not knowing any better ), i picked up a guitar strummed it and it practically fell to pieces in my hands. This kinda put me off buying anything from the place. Waltons are pretty good. But Musician Inc. are great. I've bought 3 guitars from them, all have been great. The staff were very friendly and helpful. And the are reasonably priced.
As reguards fitting a pickup to an acoustic guitar, well it makes sense really if you want to get the best all round sound. In my experience semi-acoustic guitars don't match up to acoustic guitars when it comes to unplugged sound. I'm not saying semi-acoustics are bad, i'm just saying their sound can sometimes be a bit muted compared to a plain acoustic guitar.
Obviously the best thing for you to do is play as many as you can, and chose the one that sounds and plays best.
Oh one more thing, make sure they give you lots of plecs and maybe a spare set of strings. 0 -
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K!LL!@N -> Hmmmm, I think I might possibly know you, your not from Sligo by any chance are you ???.
AngelWhore -> What's the Virgin like to play and setup (good points/bad points), what series is it NJ, Handmade (doubtful, unless your loaded
) etc, please be honest. I'm thinking of getting either a Virgin, a Warlock or a Jackson Kelly/Dinky series, I dunno which I want yet. I'm gonna go into Instrumental and play test the new shipment of Rich's and Jackson's they have coming in 
, but there's only so much you can learn from a guitar when you play test it in a shop.
Cheers.
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Well I was going to kind of take up Fanj's advice anyway. Of course Id have to play them a bit b4 Id spend that money on them, but the thing is, like I said, Id have to get to city and home same day, so I wouldnt have hours and hours to waste.
Basically I wanted to say to the guys
"I wanna try a XX guitar, a YY and a ZZ" instead of taking ages trying everything.
Anyway, thanks for the advice lads.
mmmmmmm.....Fender.... 0 -
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Been out of the mucis "scene" for quite a few years now...
The nicest acoustic I have heard/played was a Gretsch something or other.. http://www.gretsch.com/
Think I saw one in waltons before? probably incredibly expensive though.. as I say, I am way out of touch...0 -
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by black_wizardd:
AngelWhore -> What's the Virgin like to play and setup (good points/bad points), what series is it NJ, Handmade (doubtful, unless your loaded) etc, please be honest. I'm thinking of getting either a Virgin, a Warlock or a Jackson Kelly/Dinky series, I dunno which I want yet. I'm gonna go into Instrumental and play test the new shipment of Rich's and Jackson's they have coming in , but there's only so much you can learn from a guitar when you play test it in a shop.
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Well... Personaly it's the best guitar I've ever played in my life, and I'm glad I've got one, because you cannot buy them any more.
It's very light, just like I like it, but many people I've talked to don't like it like this...
But it's just pure fantastic, great action, strings are locked and all. It's just a dream to play on.
I was talking to this band Mael Morda last night after their gig, and I was playing their guitars, ESP, I think, but the Virgin is a lot smoother.
It's all about personaly preffernce, but the Virgin is very light, if thats what you like...
It's not handmade though... NJ series I think.
The new one is out now though, The Beast, and I've heard it's something else alltogether, haven't played one myself, but it's meant to be fantastic!
I'd say go for that or the Warlock, or if you'd like something light, the Virgin, if you can find one.
Personaly I don't like Jacksons, but they are pretty good none the less, haven't really played many though...
Gibsons would be a nice choice, the Epiphone's are really good.
It's what Tony Iommi plays.
Personaly BC Rich or Epiphone are the only real heavy metal brands...
There's also a Specialist company called Lloyds that do gothic guitars, but I don't really know anything about them.0 -
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AngelWhore:
I've got one, because you cannot buy them any more.</font>
Virgins are available in the 2001 Platnum and NJ series, woo-hoo.
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