What acoustic should i go for?

[Mercenary]

im looking for a acoustic guitar in the 500 to 700$ price range. what is a good brand to look out for?

[panhandler]

There's a LOT of great guitars in that price range. Maybe too many to list em all. What style of music do you play? That narrows the field a little.

[Hudman]

New: Yamaha LL6, Epiphone Masterbilt (all models), Guild GAD Series, Takamine, Breedlove, Taylor 100 Series and Parkwood.

 

Used: Martin, Yamaha LL16, Larrivee 03 Series, Taylor 200 Series, Breedlove and Takamine.

[knockwood]

There's a LOT of great guitars in that price range. Maybe too many to list em all. What style of music do you play? That narrows the field a little.

 

 

This.

 

Do you mostly play fingerstyle? Flatpick? Strum/sing? There's an amazing range of good choices out there. I like everything Hud suggested, but you can narrow down still further into specific models by considering what you'll use it for most.

[ThtsQuacktastic]

I think Seagulls are nice guitars for that price.

[Mercenary]

i mainly strum. i like to play acoustic stuff from many different bands:
The Who
Hendrix
Third Eye Blind
Green Day
goo goo dolls
Johnny Cash

[seagullplayer77]

There's a LOT of great guitars in that price range. Maybe too many to list em all. What style of music do you play? That narrows the field a little.

 

 

Pretty much this.

 

Hud listed a bunch of good suggestions. A few other brands you might want to check out are Seagull (and anything else made by Godin) and Alvarez. If you're in the market for a good acoustic-electric, Ovation would definitely be worth a look as well.

[bfloyd6969]

i mainly strum. i like to play acoustic stuff from many different bands: The Who Hendrix Third Eye Blind Green Day goo goo dolls Johnny Cash

 

 

Strumming lends itself nicely to dreads and jumbos. As mentioned, have a look at Seagull (or other Godin family acoustics) and Yamahas, as well as Takamines. Those are my favs but not to say that there aren't any others out there. There really is alot of nice gits in that price range...

[mjuenem]

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-ALV-MJ813-LIST

[bfloyd6969]

I almost forgot...I'd like to add Blueridge guitars to my list of strummers. Nice bargains.

[Mercenary]

thanks guys.

[DJ in FL]

An OPTION you should probably consider is buying USED. Lots of quality stuff out there right now with the tough economy. Lots of folks having to part with some great gits and for a whole lot less than they ever thought.
If you check the local Craigslist, Evil-Bay and online forums in FOR SALE section, you can get a great idea of what is available and price range.

If you are not knowledgable get a friend to go with you to look at USED stuff so you do not get a lemon.

Many quality ONLINE dealers to consider. They usually can knock 40% off the list price for NEW and they always have good clean USED which they might have taken on trade. Check out the web sites of the names you see often on this and other forums. For example, My Favorite Guitars, Maury's, Jim's Guitar Rodeo; come on guys, give us some OTHER quality sites to check.
Take your time...enjoy the search...deals out there to be made if you are patient.

[guildfire]

Another vote for going used. You can get a lot of great deals now.

[deekien]

crafter makes great guitars for that price range! i owned a tc035/n beautiful guitar, great sound, great price!!

[DeepEnd]

Another vote for going used. You can get a lot of great deals now.

^This. Let us know where you are and someone (me, for example ) will be glad to check out your local Craigslist.

[garthman]

Crafter, Tanglewood, Cort, Yamaha - top quality guitars with lots of different models to choose from in that price range.

Check out the Crafter DV and TV series at http://www.crafterguitars.com/ - all-solid instruments at a great price.

Look at this: http://gearhounds.com/crafterdv200nvacousticguitar.aspx

[Tartanlad]

I'd take someone with experience whom knows all about acoustics

that way u wont walk out the store with a dud and more so with a

good guitar for your money.

[werkout52]

^This. Let us know where you are and someone (me, for example ) will be glad to check out your local Craigslist.

As far as Craigslist goes you can check all over the world.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Search-engine-tools-submiting/CraigsPalFree.shtml
So many guitars, so little time.

[werkout52]

With a little dealing I got my new Taylor 114ce for $679. The 110 might fit your needs a little better though.

[DeepEnd]

 

As far as Craigslist goes you can check all over the world. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Search-engine-tools-submiting/CraigsPalFree.shtml So many guitars, so little time.

 

Yes, but it's helpful to find guitars that are actually close enough to buy. The point of Craigslist at least IMHO is that it lets you find stuff that's local, that you can try first. If you're going to search "all over the world" you might as well use eBay.