VHTrading » Topic: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy? http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/feed http://bbpress.org/?v=2.0 en http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21196<![CDATA[Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21196 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:19:36 +0000 Dave

To all the guitar players on this site, your help is appreciated………………

My son has started taking guitar lessons, so my wife and I want to buy him an acoustic guitar for Christmas.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a first time acoustic guitar that’s reasonably priced?

Also, I’ve been told that a dreadnought guitar will be too big for him. But that seems to be all I can find. Any opinions on that?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

~Dave

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21197<![CDATA[Reply To: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21197 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:52:17 +0000 sickman

Ibanez has a nice acoustic electric. I bought one for my son a few years ago and it has been great. It’s an Ibanez AEG10E. Got it at Guitar Center for $270.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ibanez-AEG10E-Cutaway-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-102960127-i1150882.gc

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21225<![CDATA[Reply To: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21225 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:10:05 +0000 ffoner

Absolutely love my Martin. If you think your son is gonna stick with guitar for the long haul, get him a Martin.

My .02

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21226<![CDATA[Reply To: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21226 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:13:04 +0000 Gilligan

How old is your son? I’d buy inexpensive first and then upgrade if he really takes to it. I got my 11 yr old daughter a cheapo Gibson Maestro ($60 at Best Buy – includes gig bag & instructional CD!) for Christmas last year and we’ve had no problems with it. I’m glad we didn’t pay more, though, because she doesn’t play it much outside of her lessons and occasional noodling.

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21240<![CDATA[Reply To: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21240 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:00:34 +0000 jroundy

I would buy something inexpensive, but not cheap. If you go cheap, and the instrument cannot be played properly, you’re just wasting money, and time. No reason to spend a lot of money if your kid loses interest. You can always upgrade later if your son really gets into it. Take the EVH approach. Look at what he started on.

The poor folks play for keeps down here…They’re the living dead. Nobody rules these streets at night like Van Halen!!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21260<![CDATA[Reply To: Acoustic guitar – what do I buy?]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/acoustic-guitar-what-do-i-buy/#post-21260 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:20:34 +0000 videoman320

I would take him to a guitar shop and see what he can handle in size. Especially the neck. You don’t want to buy a guitar that he can’t get his hand around comfortably it may cause him to struggle and lose interest.

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