How do YOU "rate" an acoustic guitar ???

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Permalink Reply by Ray on April 12, 2012 at 12:54pm

other - does it have an active forum on AC with cool people like me on it.

playability -  if it doesn't feel right, it's not a keeper

sound - how the guitar sounds, not how I make it sound

overall value - always a factor

materials - good components and workmanship

looks - especially if it makes me look good

brand name - something I can pronounce

durability - and a company that stands behind its product

cost - I'm a cheapskate, so this is always a factor

resale - I doubt I'll be selling it right away

Permalink Reply by DJ on April 12, 2012 at 1:28pm

Sound 1st and foremost

Playability 1st and foremost  

yeah... 2 first and foremosts yeah.... Pick one and if it good I will bet the other follows. Good sounding guitars will be easy to play, easy to play than I would bet it sounds pretty good.

Materials/Construction/Durability - any of these cheap - everything above this will show it

looks - most guitars look like... ummmmm a guitar.

These last three only matter if your poor.  Bill Gates wouldn't care nor would Leo Kottke.

cost

Total Valus/Resale value

Brand  -  If I had put brand above any of these I would have never bought my Seagull and my Seagull sounds and plays as well as any guitar twice its value.

Permalink Reply by Peter Pauer on May 2, 2012 at 11:47am

My 2.5 Cents(now endangered item) worth:

-Sound

-Playability

-Materials (tone woods, etc.)

-Durability

-other (Location made, I will always pick local product way over anything foreign made.)

-Overall value for the money

-Looks

-Initial Cost

-Brand name

-Resale value (I never buy anything with a view to ever selling it)

Permalink Reply by Alan Williams on May 2, 2012 at 3:14pm

For me I think that the order is  sound, playability, material, workmanship, looks, then price.  I prefer guitars that are solid wood rather than plywood because I know that they sound better the more they are played.  These days I also look at where they are made, with the economy like it is I prefer guitars made in North America. 

Permalink Reply by Lennie Schoonover on May 3, 2012 at 10:19pm

-Sound

-Initial Cost (it’s no good to me if I can’t afford it--That is not to say that it is not a good guitar, its just not good to me)

-Looks (life’s too short to play an ugly guitar)

-Materials (tone woods, etc.)

-Durability  ( the more I learn about guitars the higher on the list this becomes)

-Brand name ( I really don’t know where to put this one so I’ll leave it in the middle)

--Overall value for the money - when you start spending over 600, to me this goes up higher on the list

-other - Box shape or "fit" when in the playing position - no fun if it hurts your shoulder to play it.

-Playability (to a point I can have that fixed by a luthier, but box size and shape is important- see other)

-Resale value (a guitar to me is a ‘sound’ investment not a monetary one)

This is tougher than I had thought.  When I started my quest for a replacement guitar, Seagull was an unknown to me.  But after a little research it became the main pursuit.  Then after playing one and buying it, I feel the need to put Brand higher on the list…but my heart tells me that brand doesn’t matter so much as the sound I hear.  Seagull rates well for me because they make an instrument with a great tone and I can afford them.  So how does that factor in?

 

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on May 4, 2012 at 5:29am

It makes Seagull perfect for you... :-)

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