Newbie. What accoustic?? upto $800

Hi everyone. I have been inspired for years by my brother and now have commited to learning. What guitar would you suggest. I would prefer a descent quality/brand and relativly easy to learn with? Thanks in advance

If you have those money I would reccomand you to get a Taylor.... these guitars are amazing.. you could get a Taylor 110CE or 114CE with less than 800$ I think. Or if you can go up to 950$ get a 210CE or 214CE. These are acoustic/electric guitars, in my opinion they blow away any other guitar and are really comfortable to play. I suggest you to go in a store, like guitarcenter (if you live in the States) and try one.

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the real sound can be much better that what you hear on youtube.

Another nice guitar, acoustic/electric that costs much less (about 500$ i think) is the laguna LG6CE-RW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSUVKqDvV2M

good luck, and let us know your final choice ;)

I purchased a year ago what I like to call a campfire accoustic guitar for 320$
(I bring it with me everywhere and im not scared to scratch it or something like that, since it didnt cost me much.) But the most amzing thing is the quality of soud and playability of that guitar (in my taste atleats) for that price.

They are called Art et Lutherie (a branch of the Godin guitars family). Its made here in Quebec so I'm not sure if there available everywhere but if you see one of them, try it. You will be suprised of the quality for price of that guitar.

When I was trying out guitars, I was stuck choosing between that one and a taylor. I went with this one since it was cheaper and sounded almost the same ( with a better feel...to my hands)

Make sure to try 5 or 6 guitars before you make a decision (in different price range). Sometimes you can be suprised by those so called "cheap guitars". I was least year :)

I never heard that guitar, but I m not a huge expert.
Can you plug that guitar into an amplifier too?

I agree with what Sebast is saying: there can be guitars that are in the average price that sound like a 1000$ guitar and you should to try several guitars before making a choice, don't rush. There are other things that you wanna consider, other than the quality of the sound, that is how that guitar is comfortable in your hands, for example, the size of the body and so on.
These things can be very personal. Make sure the strings are new when you try a guitar, because that will affect a lot the tone and sound.

Ya they do have the options to make there guitars acoustic/electric. The same company (Art and lutherie) used to do the Seagull and Simon & Patrick guitars. I'm not sure if they still build those. If you guys want to have a quick look at there guitars, heres the link.

http://www.artandlutherieguitars.com/

Have fun finding your instrument. Its always very exciting :)

Get a Takamine EG440C-STRY guitar. One of the most astounding guitars I've ever played. I got it for 450$ and it can go up against a taylor in sound quality.

Check out my review of the guitar in the gear review forum.

Hi and thanks for your comments. However i live in Australia and a number of the mentioned guitars are not available here. I ended up spending $500 on a Fender CD140SCE. Beautiful and sounds fantastic. Thanks again.