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Comment by FloridaGull on February 18, 2013 at 9:22am

Wolfe Guitars just posted this one - a brand new, basic Breedlove dread - solid Englemann spruce top - $299!

http://www.gbase.com/gear/breedlove-passport-d-em-2012

Enjoy!

Comment by Walt Pilcher on February 5, 2013 at 3:56pm

Welcome to the group, Terry Ramsey.  I see you've joined the Seagull group too.  Good choices to start with!  I hope you enjoy both and have a lot of fun on your guitar-learning journey.

Comment by Walt Pilcher on February 3, 2013 at 7:00am

Congratulations on your find, Mark!  And congrats to your friend Selwyn too!

Comment by FloridaGull on February 3, 2013 at 6:53am

Great find, Mark!

There was an Ibanez Concord on my local Craigslist about a year and a half ago - $100 - sold before I saw it.  Later found it was worth about $200-$250 or so...  There's an Ibanez Concord on Goodwill right now - it's been bid up to about $275...

Some people just don't bother to do any research... ;-)

Comment by Mark on February 3, 2013 at 6:30am

So... I had two exciting things happen yesterday.   First:  I bought a guitar at a garage sale for almost nothing...  Got home and did some research.  It's an alvarez/Yairi DY-45...      made in 1982,   That same model has been selling on ebay for around $400....     It plays and sounds fantastic!!!!

Also, and this really has nothing to do with acoustic guitar but i'm excited about it.   My friend Selwyn, who is a marvelous blues guitarist, recently won our local blues society's blues challenge.  Last night in Memphis he won the entire IBC blues challenge competition!  https://www.blues.org/#ref=index  

Comment by Walt Pilcher on February 2, 2013 at 11:43am

Welcome to the Newb group, Don Swart Jr.  Hope you will explore and find some helpful stuff here.  Seeing as you have a Godin Art & Lutherie, you might enjoy the Seagull Spoken Here group too.  It's not limited to Seagulls, but includes all things Godin.

Comment by Walt Pilcher on January 11, 2013 at 2:19pm

Announcement!  To my many fans who have lamented the mysterious disappearance from YouTube of my videos, "Recovering the Errant Plectrum" and "The County Library," I'm happy to announce that they are back! 

You may find them here: http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.com/video/video/listForContribut...  Enjoy!

Comment by Terry Angelli on January 5, 2013 at 7:03pm

Thanks for the comments from all. I haven't been in the market or to a decent acoustic retailer in quite a while. That put me out of touch with the price / quality ratio of today's instruments.

Comment by FloridaGull on January 5, 2013 at 5:21pm

I found my 1985 Aria LW15 at a pawn shop (since traded away)...

Comment by Fern on January 5, 2013 at 5:04pm

Mark said

"Your workmate's best bet will be to seek out a used, decent quality guitar, and take someone who know what to look for when making the purchase.  When talking about used guitars, you are going to find a myriad of decent, playable guitars that will last for years in that $200 price range."

+1  Last week I observed while an enthusiastic adult beginner purchased a new $100 guitar.  I couldn't help but think she'd be better off buying something used that would be better quality and easier to play. 

A classmate in my adult ed guitar class had a nice Alvarez with amazing tone.  He'd found it in a pawn shop of all places.  I'd say that was a particularly lucky find, but there are plenty of used guitars out there being offered at reasonable prices.

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