Since sold my Sigma DR28 I've been mulling over what to get next. Research starts now while I'm in plaster for a few months.
I've decided I don't like the size of a dreadnought, so a mid to small sized acoustic for picking and strumming at home.
Budget will be between £500 to £750 and I'm pretty sure I'll buy new as I really want to find the guitar that feels and sounds right, so will want to try lots.
Definitely on my list to try will be Faith, Yamaha and Guild. I really like the look of the new Art & Lutherie Legacy series, and I think Andertons carry an eastern European maker which looks good quality at that price.
What else should I look out for?
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youMaybe have a look at one of the Yamaha ARE series - pre-aged woods and IIRC one of those was the best sounding acoustic in that price range last time I had a good play of a few different models in a shop. The LS is the small body, with their discount code this can be yours for £463.60: Yamaha LS6 ARE
Edit: that's got passive electronics so will have an underwhelming plugged-in tone without the use of an outboard modeller.
https://www.andertons.co.uk/faith-natural-series-venus-electro-acoustic-guitar
Did you buy from Andertons?
and since the missus was paying, she wasn't up for the extra expense...
Guild, Recording King, Epiphone masterbilt, Seagull, Faith.
One of the other reasons I went for that model was that it had more basic electronics
I can get there, they are about half an hour from me. I noticed there is another small guitar shop in Guildford opposite the Post Office, not been I'm there yet.
PMT is also close by also and I really like Guitar Sound in Chichester, super chilled place to try things out and they have some good stock.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I did try the Gretsch Rancher which was brilliant fun and loved the V shaped neck but couldn't bring myself to buy one.
If I'm paying over £500 I really want to chose from a selection and to do that you have to buy from a store.
Also I personally believe that this price point represents the best value for money in the market so there are lots of really good guitars the chose from.
Looking at Eastman's range they do some gorgeous looking guitars for what looks to be very competitive prices. Do they sound any good?