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Guitar players - how are these for starter guitars?
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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3060877" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>So I am going to get a basic starter guitar each for my wife and son for Christmas. I think plain old acoustics would be fine, not too expensive, nothing fancy. We can and will upgrade in 6 months or a year if/when they take to it and decide they like it and are going to stick with it.</p><p></p><p>I used to own a Mashburn electric acoustic I bought for myself that I thought was pretty nice for a starter guitar, but I bought it right before going back to school and never really learned to play and ended up essentially giving it away. Think I paid around $350 for it at the time.</p><p></p><p>The wife is on the small side - about 5'5", 115 lbs, so I've picked a slightly slimmer version for her. Her hands are fine size-wise, not too small to reach a regular-size neck, I don't think. Here's what I came up with for her:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GRO2D3E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2MEAEA9LRVLVE&psc=1" target="_blank">Yamaha FS800 T</a> - just slightly shallower than the FG800, not too expensive, but not a cheap-ass POS, either.</p><p></p><p>For The Boy, I chose a 3/4 size. He's 12 and most places I read recommended full-size once they hit teenage years, but he IS one of the smallest in his class, only about 74 lbs and I think right around 60" tall.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CPX5ODM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3M2O3U6L5DL0B&psc=1" target="_blank">Yamaha JR2 TBS</a> - 3/4 size</p><p></p><p>So what do you guys think? I know, they're not super great, they're just beginner guitars, but should have a decent enough sound and be easy enough to play to not be discouraging, right? Couple hundred bucks apiece, that's about all I can want, I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3060877, member: 9374"] So I am going to get a basic starter guitar each for my wife and son for Christmas. I think plain old acoustics would be fine, not too expensive, nothing fancy. We can and will upgrade in 6 months or a year if/when they take to it and decide they like it and are going to stick with it. I used to own a Mashburn electric acoustic I bought for myself that I thought was pretty nice for a starter guitar, but I bought it right before going back to school and never really learned to play and ended up essentially giving it away. Think I paid around $350 for it at the time. The wife is on the small side - about 5'5", 115 lbs, so I've picked a slightly slimmer version for her. Her hands are fine size-wise, not too small to reach a regular-size neck, I don't think. Here's what I came up with for her: [URL='https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GRO2D3E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2MEAEA9LRVLVE&psc=1']Yamaha FS800 T[/URL] - just slightly shallower than the FG800, not too expensive, but not a cheap-ass POS, either. For The Boy, I chose a 3/4 size. He's 12 and most places I read recommended full-size once they hit teenage years, but he IS one of the smallest in his class, only about 74 lbs and I think right around 60" tall. [URL='https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CPX5ODM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3M2O3U6L5DL0B&psc=1']Yamaha JR2 TBS[/URL] - 3/4 size So what do you guys think? I know, they're not super great, they're just beginner guitars, but should have a decent enough sound and be easy enough to play to not be discouraging, right? Couple hundred bucks apiece, that's about all I can want, I think. [/QUOTE]
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