Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

[phil_104]

Re: Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

UPDATE :

Played a few guitars at the store.

- I didn't like the Ovations as much as I thought I would. The ones in my price range lacked low end projection.
- Art & Lutherie, and Simon Patrick are really nice guitars, I had played them before, and they don't disappoint.
- Could not find a Yamaha that I liked. The plastic feel things again.
- Takamine was the surprise of the day! Holy crap! For the price, what an amazing instrument!

So a day after that, an old friend views one of my adds online, about looking for an acoustic, and calls me to offer up a G series Takamine for a really good deal. I ask him about the guitar, and he tells me it's real nice, and he hand picked it. I really, really trust this guy, so I decided to go with this option.

It's a G series, not sure what model, but it is acoustic electric, with a cut-away, and is black gloss. I am meeting with him later this week, and will be the happy new owner of a Takamine, a brand of guitar I had only tried once in the last 10 years or so.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

I'm glad that you have found what you wanted/needed. I am also glad that you gave a wide assortment of makes and models a fair go before deciding. Enjoy.

 

[phil_104]

Re: Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

I'm glad that you have found what you wanted/needed. I am also glad that you gave a wide assortment of makes and models a fair go before deciding. Enjoy.

It was a long, long, long process. The store I went to has 2 huge walls, about 50ft long each, plastered in wall racks covered in acoustics. I literally had a bar stool, and just slid it down as I was going down the wall, playing literally everything in my price range, even if it didn't fit what I wanted in terms of top wood, or looks. I must have been there a good 3 hours. The reason I went Takamine, is for the price, they where all very consistently resonant and very playable. The fact that a friend can hook me up with one doesn't hurt either.

 

[Uk Ant]

Re: Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

Hope it's what you're after when it arrives, and welcome to the Takemine club.

 

[phil_104]

Re: Best bang-for-buck acoustic electric?

Hope it's what you're after when it arrives, and welcome to the Takemine club.

Thanks man. My friend lives about 15 mins drive from my house, so I will drive over in the next few days and complete the trade. I'll be sure to post pics of it, and of my ''gig rig'' when I have all the pieces.