Need Help on Accoustic Guitar

[Lakerol]

1)how much are the starters pack for accoustic guitar selling at davis?

2)how much are Takamine accoustic guitar for beginners selling at davis?

3)isit really not worth it to get a guitar for $35 at davis?

4)are accoustic guitars better with non-nylon strings?

5)any other beginners accousic guitar recommended? budget less than $80

really hope someone can answer my doubts cus im really a noob on getting a guitar for a beginner for myself.

 

[slowth]

1) Don't know.. but at luther, their takamine package costs 235SGD with a very impressive solid top guitar, all well set up for you. With book, picks, tuner, strap. Not sure how well setup a package at davis will be.. but always had doubts about their work

2) you can get as low as 100+

3) Chances are, they don't sound very good, i.e. may not inspire you to play much. May not be very easy to play as well.

4) depends what you wanna play.. acoustic with steel definitely more common and can play more contemp songs.. nylon-stringed alot more mellow.

5) none that I can think of sorry!

 

[Stan_Kumar]

5) Jack and Danny at Ranking! Pay a bit more and you'll get a solid top guitar that sounds brilliant!

 

[EugeneSmasher]

A solid-top J&D will be more than twice his budget I think.

For that budget, I can only think of those 'Tribal'-branded guitars at By Left, but even then they cost slightly more. No idea what wood goes into those. :mrgreen:

One question: Are you definitely serious about guitar, or simply trying it out?

If you're just trying guitar out and not very into it as of yet, you can go for a cheap classical below $80 at Davis, and if you continue at it you can always upgrade to a nice steel-string acoustic when you have more money.

However, if you're serious about guitar, I'd definitely recommend you save up at least $200. Steel-string guitars of that price and more are really decent (even good, perhaps) and they'll go a long way.

 

[Rendezvous]

if stuff are cheap,likely it wont be good.
pay a bit more to get a solid top guitar its always worth it.
there are basically 2 kinds of guitar,solid top and laminated top.
unsure of what they are?google them.its way too long to explain it here.

oh for acoustic don't really need to get a starter pack.all you need basically its the guitar and a pick.
learn some chords from the net best is youtube,get chords of the song from ultimate guitar,practise and after a few weeks.im sure you can play a song or 2

Takamine guitars ranges from the D series(low end) to G series(high end).
are you looking for one with pre amp built in or a pure acoustic?
If you are unsure,head down to davis and ask the staffs.im sure they will be glad to help.

ps:non-nylon string guitars are steel string acoustics lol :mrgreen:

 

[EugeneSmasher]

A good guitar does not necessarily need to be a solid-top. It is just a basic rule of thumb that solid-tops cost more. Solid-tops generally sound better over time, but they require more maintenance as solid wood gets affected by high humidity a lot easier.

From personal experience, I'd say a well-made laminate-top is a lot better than a poorly-made solid-top. I'd also recommend laminate-tops for beginners because they don't have to worry too much about humidity and maintenance with a laminate-top.

My opinion.

 

[Rendezvous]

A good guitar does not necessarily need to be a solid-top. It is just a basic rule of thumb that solid-tops cost more. Solid-tops generally sound better over time, but they require more maintenance as solid wood gets affected by high humidity a lot easier.

From personal experience, I'd say a well-made laminate-top is a lot better than a poorly-made solid-top. I'd also recommend laminate-tops for beginners because they don't have to worry too much about humidity and maintenance with a laminate-top.

thats very true what you said there.
as long as the guitar sounds good to yourself,gives motivation to practise and play.but i still do prefer solid tops to even well-made laminated-top.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Yeah. Depends on the guitarist I suppose. Tone is not usually that important to me because I play plugged into an amplifier most of the time (rather than direct to the mixer), so most of the tone doesn't come from my guitar itself but from the amplifier. I don't like that arrangement myself but what to do.

I usually prefer the durability of either a solid-top or an all-laminate over a full-solid, especially if I have to leave my guitar on the stand in an air-conditioned room for long periods of time. I think when the TS goes really serious into guitar, a solid-top is suitable because it is still more resistant to humidity than a full-solid, yet the tone will improve over time. Kind of having the advantages of both.

 

[Rendezvous]

haha i prefer the sound of my pure acoustic

yea well every guitar should be maintained well even if its a laminated top.
oh and i have never tried a full solid acoustic before.so tempted to try one :mrgreen:

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I tried a Martin and an Ayers. Full-solid. Tonal heaven. The Martin played really well too.

 

[Rendezvous]

Martin *droooolllllssss* hahah.tonal heaven awesome description .