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Good guitar around $300

Unread post by 1eyed_jack » Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:52 pm

Hey guys, for Christmas I'm asking Santa for an acoustic guitar, and my mom said that santa's budget is $300. So I was wondering what some good guitars are for around that price that I should check out.
Thanks in advance!
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Unread post by chosta » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:01 pm

i have an olympia OD5, it was 250 and i love it, plays amazing for a guitar of it's cost, and you can prolly get it with a cutout/pickup for the extra money
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Unread post by w0odman » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:34 pm

Ephiphone AJ15E Acoustic/electric
http://www.music123.com/Item/?itemno=29845

price: $200
Epiphone case: 30 bucks

still enough left over for some strings. :)

I own this guitar and it is a good cheap guitar. Decent sounding, can take a beating and has a nice skinny neck for easy playing.
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Unread post by thejoe » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:13 pm

check out some used ones, but make sure you play them first
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Unread post by ryopan » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:22 pm

deans. they have some cheap acoustics that sound great. i have two. check out the exoticas (crazy woods, good looks).
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Unread post by EnFuego » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:00 pm

i agree with ryopan...i have a dean exotica BB...sounds good, and i got it for like 400
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Unread post by Duffman » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:34 pm

i have a fender acoustic. dg14s. i like it
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Re: Good guitar around $300

Unread post by Coldchillin » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:47 pm

1eyed_jack wrote:Hey guys, for Christmas I'm asking Santa for an acoustic guitar, and my mom said that santa's budget is $300. So I was wondering what some good guitars are for around that price that I should check out.
Thanks in advance!
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Unread post by horsmar15 » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:52 pm

My friend has a Simon and Patrick guitar and it sounds beautiful. It cost him around $300. They are hard to find, but are worth every penny
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Unread post by QuattroDore » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:28 pm

Takamine EG240

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Unread post by Coldchillin » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:55 pm

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Unread post by Speenis » Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:05 pm

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Unread post by mlee » Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:06 pm

w0odman wrote:Ephiphone AJ15E Acoustic/electric
http://www.music123.com/Item/?itemno=29845

price: $200
Epiphone case: 30 bucks

still enough left over for some strings. :)

I own this guitar and it is a good cheap guitar. Decent sounding, can take a beating and has a nice skinny neck for easy playing.
I too own this guitar must say it's quite exceptional for the price and sounds pretty good for a select spruce top. If you were gonna go with something else I'd say go for an Alvarez...I think you can get a RD20 which has a solid spruce top, for 199.99 or something like that.
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Unread post by PlayLikeDave » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:07 pm

For $300, you could get a pretty decent Washburn...I have one, and it is the cheapest model. All of my guitar friends love it. They love the fact that I paid $140 for it too. I am sure that you can get a better model for $225-$300 that would be fantastic. btw, I second the post about Dean Guitars. I played one priced @ $250...it was really sweet.

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Unread post by Pickles » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:29 pm

i have an Alvarez RD20S thats really really good for the $200 i paid for it
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