jpfeifer
December 23rd, 2007, 09:46 AM
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to pass along a tip for a great inexpensive acoustic guitar for anyone who might be looking for a good "starter" guitar as a gift.
One of my neighbors asked me to look for an acoustic guitar for their son who is just starting out on guitar. They wanted something less than $200. I went to the local music store and tried several different models in this price range.
I was looking for something that played well (first), since it needs to be easy playing for a beginner, otherwise they will quickly loose interest and become discouraged. Second, I wanted decent tone as long as it had acceptable playability.
I discovered this brand called "Mitchell". These seem to be Chinese made acoustics and they are really good guitars for the money. I was shocked at had good they played and sounded for the price range. I found one particular model that I really liked, the MD100S. It was $149 at the store but you can get them for even less online. Here is a link:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Mitchell-MD100S-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar-100261031-i1166438.gc
This guitar even has a pearl inlay around the soundhole. (looks like mother or pearl.) I couldn't believe you could get a guitar like this for $149.
This guitar has a solid top, and sounds great. I played it for about 30 minutes and I couldn't hardly put it down. I wish that they would have had guitars this good at this price when I was first starting out. I paid about the same price for my first acoustic guitar back in the 70's and it wasn't nearly this good.
-- Jim
I wanted to pass along a tip for a great inexpensive acoustic guitar for anyone who might be looking for a good "starter" guitar as a gift.
One of my neighbors asked me to look for an acoustic guitar for their son who is just starting out on guitar. They wanted something less than $200. I went to the local music store and tried several different models in this price range.
I was looking for something that played well (first), since it needs to be easy playing for a beginner, otherwise they will quickly loose interest and become discouraged. Second, I wanted decent tone as long as it had acceptable playability.
I discovered this brand called "Mitchell". These seem to be Chinese made acoustics and they are really good guitars for the money. I was shocked at had good they played and sounded for the price range. I found one particular model that I really liked, the MD100S. It was $149 at the store but you can get them for even less online. Here is a link:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Mitchell-MD100S-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar-100261031-i1166438.gc
This guitar even has a pearl inlay around the soundhole. (looks like mother or pearl.) I couldn't believe you could get a guitar like this for $149.
This guitar has a solid top, and sounds great. I played it for about 30 minutes and I couldn't hardly put it down. I wish that they would have had guitars this good at this price when I was first starting out. I paid about the same price for my first acoustic guitar back in the 70's and it wasn't nearly this good.
-- Jim