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Topic: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Hey guys,

On a 1000-dollar budget, what are some good (quality) acoustic guitars?

Hope to hear from ya,

Rick

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Rick49 wrote:

Hey guys,

On a 1000-dollar budget, what are some good (quality) acoustic guitars?

Hope to hear from ya,

Rick

Yamaha provide awesome bang for your buck.... their high mid range/top of the line models would be a good choice...

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

stefanhauk wrote:
Rick49 wrote:

Hey guys,

On a 1000-dollar budget, what are some good (quality) acoustic guitars?

Hope to hear from ya,

Rick

Yamaha provide awesome bang for your buck.... their high mid range/top of the line models would be a good choice...

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

If your going for a 100% acoustic guitar $1000 will take you to a lot of places.  I've seen some sweet sounding Taylor guitars for around $899 on Wildwoodguitars.com  Breed love has some excellent choices as well.  If your wanting acoustic Electric Yamaha might be your best choice.  You can find some Breed Love guitars under $1000 acoustic electric.  I would try looking on Ebay for used guitars that would have been in the $1200 to $1400 range.  Sometimes you can snage a great deal on a guitar like that for under a grand.  If it was me I would shoot for a Taylor, but thats just me.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Second on the Breedlove. I paid somewhere around $600 for mine, and got rid of my Taylor which was much more expensive. I absolutely love the Breedlove.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Takamine have some excellent acoustics and I agree with the Yamaha suggestion too.  I think Gibson have just released a J-200 'Studio' costing a little over the $1000 mark that might be worth a shot, although I have not personally tried one.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Tanglewood make really good acoustic's also at a good price.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Coolaxeman wrote:

Takamine have some excellent acoustics and I agree with the Yamaha suggestion too.  I think Gibson have just released a J-200 'Studio' costing a little over the $1000 mark that might be worth a shot, although I have not personally tried one.

I will second the Takaimine...

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ … ric-guitar

I have this model and it sounds and plays great. The action is just as low as my electrics.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Takamine, Breedlove, or Martin's import brand - Sigma. Quite good (at least mine from 1983 was).

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

I like my Martin OM-1

Its a Sitka Spruce top, Sapele sides (both solid) and a laminate neck.

American made.

They also have acoustic models at 899, acoustic electric and acoustic electric cutaway.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Somebody has to ask: what's the make/model of the acoustic Joe plays in concert?

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

kestrou wrote:

Somebody has to ask: what's the make/model of the acoustic Joe plays in concert?

kestrou

I believe an Alvarez Yairi is his latest. Maybe Koa wood?

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

I'd be using that 1,000 bucks toward a Martin if I were looking to buy a nice acoustic. I've played several and owned a few Ibanez's in the 400-500 dollar range and they played and felt nice. I was doing a lot of solos and stuff when I was playing acoustic gigs and they worked well for that. The electronics weren't as loud as higher end guitars, but the guitars themselves weren't bad in my experience.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

RickB wrote:
kestrou wrote:

Somebody has to ask: what's the make/model of the acoustic Joe plays in concert?

kestrou

I believe an Alvarez Yairi is his latest. Maybe Koa wood?

I believe we have a winner. Last I knew it was an Alvarez.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

He's uses a Bob Weir signature Alvarez I believe

Yamaha FJX are great guitars (I have one) and they sound just like Joe's old high end LJX models

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

I don't think I've ever played a bad Yamaha.
Many of their mid-priced instruments are nicer straight out the box than some at double the price or more.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

What about the PRS SE acoustic series? I'm sure they are good too, but I have no experience with them.

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Re: Best acoustic guitars under $1000 ?

Breedlove and Bedell(same owner), are some of the best acoustic guitars under 1K I've heard.  They are a sponsor of Blue Star Connection as well.  Great people. 

www.bluestarconnection.org

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