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Inexpensive acoustic (electric)
#1 · May 21, 2010, 2:26 pm
Posted by: srolfe <srolfe@...>
In that price range, my very strong suggestion would be to avoid an acoustic-electric with electronics already installed.
Buy the acoustic you like best that costs about $100 less than your total budget, then buy and install a Baggs Element.
The Baggs is a pro setup, and will sound 100% better than the cheap all-in-one preamplifier/EQ boxes that come in affordable A-E guitars. It's a very classy install, with only a small wafer volume control inside the edge of the soundhole.
A popular knockabout stage guitar up here, is the Art & Luthiery line. They come in a variety of sizes from Parlour guitars to Dreadnaughts. Very durable (perfect for youth work, barn jams, etc.), plain cosmetics, but with a nicely-braced solid cedar top.
I've built a bunch of these up for friends, and everybody has been thrilled. They won't knock your socks off acoustically, but the Element mostly "reads" the cedar top, so when you plug one in, it sounds like a $1,200 acoustic-electric.
Not bad for well under $500! Your only worry will be that the new guitar may sound better than your Tak! (plugged-in only, of course)
If you want the same deal but with a nicer finish, you could probably stay within budget on a used Seagull, which is basically a nicely trimmed out A&L.
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On 2010-05-21, at 1:17 PM, Douglas Anderson <rxdca@usa.net> wrote:
Today is our 5th anniversary. I bought my wife a nice ring. She wants to buy me a new guitar. I get to pick it out. What I want is an inexpensive (read under $500) acoustic, with electronics if possible. I have a very nice Takamine, but I want something to keep sitting around the living room to pick up whenever I feel like picking. Also, since I have been leading the youth worship we have been doing primarily acoustic music and sometimes we play outside or in an old barn, and I hate taking my Tak into the barn. So, something dependable, durable, sounds good, and doesn't cost a fortune. Suggestions?
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