Good morning, day or evening wherever you are!
My name's Ross, currently found myself with my savings account looking nice for a university student. So I decided to invest it in a new hobby as I'm finding myself with a spare few hours a day where I have not much to do other than trawl through facebook or play on the xbox. Neither are particularly productive.
So, I came to the conclusion I need to teach myself an instrument. I've always loved the acoustic guitar, I love Antoine Dufour, Mckee, Don Ross etc, and thought I might as well begin somewhere. Whilst my savings account is healthy for a student, it's not exactly a large amount. So I've narrowed my choices down to these few, I was hoping for some advice on them before I go to the shop to check them out. I want an idea of what I'm looking for as I'm a complete nub when it comes to guitars.
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/01061491/details.html > This one's sort of pushing my maximum I can spend, but if it's a positive one among the acoustic players here, I may well concentrate on this one,
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/0701143/details.html > I like the colour of this one, but aesthetics aside, I'm skeptical of this one due to the branding, or is that me being a little pedantic?
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/01037575/details.html > and this one, due to me being a newb when it comes to acoustics, is there really much difference between them?
Any advice would be really, really appreciated.
Kind regards,
Ross.
All good names. You cannot go wrong with a Yamaha, in my opinion, and the Epiphone/ Fender models will also last you forever.
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Ive never picked up a Fender acoustic that I realy cared for, so Im not one to ask on that one..
As for the Epi. I have what seems to be a older model of that Epiphone. Mine is a older DR150. I tell you, wile no high end, solid wood acoustic, the thing doesn't sound half bad. And most of all this thing is built like a tank!!! I got mine free, with a twisted neck that I fixed, but I tell you, with the lamanted body, and thick finish, its very stable, and has survived many tip overs, and rough handling. As I said, its a tank. I play fingerstyle, with no pick, and its a little flat sounding most of the time, unless you realy dig in, but with a pick it wakes right up. Sounds OK, tough as a rock, good affordable price.... that would be my vote.
the down side... it is a big guitar. A vary large body, so if your smaller, you would want to play one first. And you really should try some out anyways.
Paul B
Thanks for the replies, I went into store and looked for the epiphone, they didn't have it in stock and wouldn't be able to get one for a few weeks. So I ended up getting the fender, feels nice.
I have another question though, trying to learn everlong by Foo Fighters, however the A string on the 9th fret appears to 'rattle' or vibrate a little more than desired, is there a particular reason for this?
Kind regards,
Ross.
