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Guitar recommendations for beginners

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Looking to get started (or back into) playing and on the verge of purchasing a new guitar. I've been doing some research, reading various forums, visited several local guitar shops etc. Looking to spend some where in the $150 - $200 range.

Any advice/suggestions/opinions regarding brand, model, style (dreadnaught vs. cutaway)?

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Try Washburns and Yamahas at that price range
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Id look into maybe a Fender, or a Tak...Jasmine has a nice one that runs near a 100
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my first guitar was a jumbo jb player. amazing guitar, cost 150 bucks, and i still play it sometimes even though i have a martin. love that guitar
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you can get a rogue dreadnaught and a mandolin for 100 bucks. fuckin do eet
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Appfro wrote:my first guitar was a jumbo jb player. amazing guitar, cost 150 bucks, and i still play it sometimes even though i have a martin. love that guitar
A Jumbo might be a good guitar to start with...
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Seagull or Norman man.. A great solid top guitar for a very affordable price..
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yeah my first guitar was a Seagull and it was about 300 bucks...

well technically it was my 2nd guitar but i don't consider a fender squier a guitar
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Alvarez AD8
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onid41 wrote:yeah my first guitar was a Seagull and it was about 300 bucks...

well technically it was my 2nd guitar but i don't consider a fender squier a guitar
Better than a lot of guitars I know! :)

EDIT: Well, not many...
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sfmartins wrote:
onid41 wrote:yeah my first guitar was a Seagull and it was about 300 bucks...

well technically it was my 2nd guitar but i don't consider a fender squier a guitar
Better than a lot of guitars I know! :)

EDIT: Well, not many...
my buddy has a squier strat and a gibson sg. he still somestimes picks up that squier over his sg. it is at that point that i kill him.
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jsgksu wrote:
checkii wrote:Alvarez RD8
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get the Esteban one
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