My 13 year old nephew is playing a classical acoustic and a mini epiphone special i sourced for him a couple of years ago. He is having lessons at school but didn't play much outside of his lessons. He recently mentioned to my brother a couple of songs he wanted to learn which I showed him and now he is getting really into it.
My brother wants to reward his enthusiasm with a steel string acoustic, budget is £200, I came up with a few suggestions including Fender CP60s (parlor) and CC60s (concert) based on the fact he is small for 13. Still full size but smaller bodied, he can play my jaguar okay so I think these would be fine.
Is there anything else in this price range we should be looking at. I took my daughter to PMT and she tried every acoustic in the price range and we picked a washburn as sounding the best. Due to current situation my brother wants to order without visiting the shop.
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I have the mahogany-top one, which is perhaps a bit more limited in tone range than the spruce, but I think actually sounds better.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Saw my nephew last night, he has decided pop punk is his thing and now has decided that a big boys electric is what he needs!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I went to PMT with £600 burning a hole in my pocket but only spent £120 because IMHO the Eastcoast played and sounded better.
I recommend he tries s a few together when he get chance.