[5I5T3M]

Hi, I'm just starting off playing guitar and I was wondering if anybody could give me advice on a good left handed acoustic guitar to buy within $100-$200. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pimp_vince]

you'd be best to save more and get something decent.

best advice i could give to you being a fellow lefty, is to go to a big guitar chain, like guitar center. i know you'd be selling out, but those are the only places selling enough left-handed models to actually be able define it as a 'selection' of leftys. if you can scrape the cash together try and get a baby taylor. they're more expensive than your average starter but there's a reason behind it. it's got an amazing tone. in fact james taylor (no realtion ) uses a baby taylor once in a while. also taylor has new lower priced stuff like the 110 and 214.

one thing to make sure of and to ask the salesman repeatedly is "is this ALL solid-wood?" because laminate sucks. so take a sniff of the soundhole and make damn sure you can't smell glue. if you do put it back.

if you're gonna be a budget nazi. get a cheaper fender (not squier), or a yamaha. and at least make sure it's a solid wood top.

[capo2nd]

See you get to play the guitars and make sure you buy the one you played. The EXACT one you played, not a guitar of the same model that's being pulled out of a box for you. It might sound different, even worse! Keep that in mind.

[pimp_vince]

and don't forget to haggle. if they won't drop the price, ask for free stuff.

sure you won't get a free suede strap. but you might get a free set of strings, handful of picks, a crappy strap, or something like that. the guys usually bend the rules on small stuff like that.

[grzegorz_panek]

I don't know, but perhaps for the price you can already buy a starter Korean Takamine model.

You can buy Fender acoustics, but unlike with electrics, here fender hasn't much to brag about.

Look for Hohner or Harmony guitars. Some of them may be quite good.

But Vince is right. The best thing you can do is still to save up a bit.

[stuartmerenbloom]

The A&L line makes a $199.99 guitar that will blow your _ss off. It is all wood too. Go on line and find their www site ...maybe with segul...anyway worth your time to find a place near you that has them...they come in cool colors too

[haggis]

Whatever you do, don't bother with the name...I bought my son a "Lorenzo" accoustic a year or so ago for £100...I had set out with the idea of buying him a second-hand Antoria or the likes; but the guy in the store made me "try out one of these"... for the money, it's a smashing guitar...nice looking, good action, lovely tone...the good thing about modern technology is that it's getting more and more difficult to buy a "bad" guitar.... the "beginner" stuff is not like the instruments of torture that your kind auntie got you off Santa when me and Dadfad were Ladfads!!

This post has been edited by haggis: 11 November 2003 - 06:41 PM

[annoying_2001]

ladfads...........that's a funny word

but, back to your question............u've gotta play the guitar to get a feel, or just get one on ebay, like i just did. it looks pretty.

[Calebp]

I started with a 163$ fender lefty acoustic from guitar center. it worked out just fine for me Now i've got a martin with custom inlay.