I've never found an acoustic that hits the spot in the way my favourite electrics do. This means that, even though I try and leave an acoustic out to grab and noodle as and when, I tend to just strum an unplugged electric more often than not and it's not a good habit.
What should I be looking out for? I'd like something:
-Small body
-small neck with a narrow nut (41mm or less would be ideal)
-less than £300
-slightly esoteric like a lawsuit or old European brand
I'm not bothered about whether it's a flat top, resonator, archtop, nylon strung as long as it makes me want to play
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
another vote for Taylor GS mini here , since I got mine it's my go to guitar .
Get off your lazy ass boy and try one out!
My suggestion is to buy a Martin D28, bask in the rich expansive sound and realise it's there without fiddling with tone controls, pedal boards or assorted other settings, all you have
to do is pick it up and play it : >
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I'd had loads of cheaper acoustics over the years (nylon and steel string) but kept going back to my electrics until I got a really good acoustic (a Lowden). That was transformative for me - I stopped playing electric pretty much overnight.
A really good acoustic is a thing of great, great beauty. Even if you don't have the budget for one at the moment, try a few just so you know what you're shooting for. There can be some great used bargains out there, especially in this climate.
How about a Gretsch Jim Dandy? Not the best strummer, more suited to blues noodling but under £200.
Sigma do some good value 000 and parlours. The 000m hog top is a great sofa guitar.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I could probably manage a 43mm but the reason I thought an MIJ/lawsuit brand might be appropriate is that japanese guitars tend to be made with smaller necks (from my experience with MIJ vs MIM/A Fender types).
That meant I actually played it rather than looked at it.
Which meant that I started playing material which was "acoustic" rather than electric noodlings played on an acoustic.
Which meant that I eventually went and got a nice nylon acoustic and that's my go-to guitar these days.