Audio Planning to buy Acoustic Guitar under 10k to 12k with pickup,tunner.

BEST ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN 10-12K


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harshalzz

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Guys am planning for to buy a good acoustic guitar for basic use in this range i have shortlisted some brand are
1.GB&A 2.FENDER CD-60 but it doesnt consist of pickup ,tunner.
3.yamaha
4.pluto,
5.granada is not to good i have heard is it.?
so guys can you help me in this buying if you know other brand u can suggest.
after all am not well know about the wood of guitar which wood is best mohogony,spruce,rosewood are these wood are good for an guitar.
and guys is their is an any EXTERNAL PICKUP is in market and what it cost..? :)
 
Before the dollar went mad, this was actually pretty close to your budget: http://bajaao.com/shop/5-guitars/51...tar-with-fishman-transducer.html?keyword=cort One of the best guitars under 20k, price no bar.

First thing, no guitar is about the brand but about that specific instrument. Price and brand have limited influence on a guitar, even in these days of machine-manufactured guitars. Play through some guitars in your price range to get a feel for the setup and the sound, also try a few guitars from above and below your price range to get a feel for how guitars progress as they move up the price scale. Also, to read this post, use Google if you can't understand before asking questions. It's important to know a few things before you start, a visit to the Acoustic Guitar forums will help you out a lot http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/index.php Read about how guitars work, and how the sound is actually produced. It is not the strings, but the vibration of the guitar itself that is responsible for most of the sound of an acoustic guitar.

Guitars are made with plywood at the cheap end of the scale, more expensive guitars may add a solid top and the most expensive guitars will be crafted out of all solid wood. Solid basically means it's sliced from the tree trunk, no gluing to another sheet. Plywood, as you know, is multiple layers of wood glued together. Plywood guitars are stronger if made properly, though cheap guitars are never made properly. And they resonate less, and less predictably, meaning the tone usually comes only from the strings and the body provides very little tonal support. Guitars of this construction will tend to sound thin, and usually have very low volume. To compensate, most cheap plywood bodies are made in a large body style to help with a larger resonating surface. This may or may not work, and the only way to get decent sound of a ply guitar is to play a bunch of them till you find the right one.

A solid top makes a massive difference. The top is much more resonant (though also more delicate, bear in mind) and the attack, sustain and tone are far improved over the cheaper cousins. This is one of that kind: http://bajaao.com/shop/5-guitars/7886-cort-mr-e-ns-acoustic-guitar.html?keyword=cort (using Cort as an example, not a recommendation). Cheap solid top guitars will have plastic and metal used in their construction, which do mash up the sound a bit but not significantly. As these guitars get better built, bone and wood are added in the trim and hardware. An all-solid guitar tends to be very expensive (~50k or more) but is immediately identifiable as the sound is very distinct, and sound like or better than guitars in recordings. Solid guitars are identifiable when the wood of the sides and back show the same grain from inside and outside the guitar.

One word about pickups. If your guitar is not loud enough to be heard while flatpicking in a shop without a pickup, it's probably not worth buying in the first place. You shouldn't have to connect a guitar to an amp to hear it properly, which is why it is known as an acoustic. Pickups tend to reduce the volume and projection of an acoustic guitar significantly, due to the large hole in the body for the control panel and the loss of direct contact with the bottom of the saddle, which is now sitting on a pickup instead of on the wood that is actually used to transmit vibrations to the top. If you had to buy a guitar with a pickup, you should have to use it only on stage, and then most pickups have huge issues with feedback. A purpose-built stage guitar is your best bet for performing on stage, quite a surprising fact. If you are pottering about at home, there is no need for a guitar with a pickup. You do get soundhole pickups, for retrofitting but those are usually quite bad too. And for studio use or self-recording, you should be directly micing the guitar.

Finally to your question on woods, at your budget range, finding a good solid-top guitar will be very challenging. If you are buying plywood, it doesn't matter, there are no differences between plywoods, the construction is more important. If you do manage a solid top, all you will get is low grade spruce - which may or may not sound better. You will have to play through a lot of guitars, or take friend who can. Basically, Spruce is bright and loud, whereas Cedar is warmer and mellower, with very complex sounding overtones. Cedar can sound less loud than Spruce most often, but is better for fingerpicking and if you play with a light touch. The wood for the top is either Cedar or Spruce, and has the most influence in the sound, followed by the back and finally the sides - which can be Rosewood or Mahogany in most guitars. No good solid tops are possible below the price of the Cort, which is quite a remarkable guitar.

And 'guy', can you please do us the courtesy of using proper grammar and case when typing posts? If you're in a tearing hurry to post then maybe you shouldn't post at all.

Good Luck with your search.
 
Yup mate am agree with you.. guitar are not recognize by brands sound is more important while choosing.. This thread is very helpful for me to get known about stuffs releated with a guitar ( pickups,tuner,wood types) thankyou very much..
I was in hurry while posting thread so I have made grammatical mistakes sorry.. Next time I will be careful. :)
 
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