thank you all for confirming Rockin Robin's sound advice offered 7 years ago: Seagull is the way to go.

I'll sell you a Martin DCM Acoustic/Electric for $300. Natural mahogany finish, nice electronics, onboard Fishman preamp. Bought it about 10 years ago for a grand. Original Martin case.

It's got its share of little dings and war wounds, but that just adds personality right? I'm not trying to unload it. I just never play it anymore bc I bought a really high end Taylor Concert body a few years back.

Oh, PS, if it's inappropriate to make a sales pitch on TexAgs, feel free to delete this post. Just trying to help out!

^^^^ I'd take the freaking Martin. Guitars like Martins only get better with age after the wood has time to expand. I'd run with this offer as long as there are only cosmetic issues.

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seagull's are good starter guitars.

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Seagull's arent just beginners guitars. They do in fact have a model at 300, but most of them are well over 500 and 1000 dollar ranges. Thats not a beginner guitar. They are very quality made products (from canada)

Yeah the issues are purely cosmetic. Guitar sounds awesome, I just never play it.

I don't know what part of the world you're in, but you are certainly welcome to play it first. In fact, I wouldn't feel right if you didn't.

I live up in the DFW area just south of Dallas.

I live in Uptown. PM me if you wanna drop by. We can arrange a time.

Reply sent

My first was a Yamaha for $180 and I liked it. I got a new Martin DR at Brook Mays outlet for $600, which I will keep forever. If you don't have to have a full size, Baby Taylors sound awesome for $300.

I'm a big guy and will need a full size most likely

What I might suggest is waiting until Guitarcenter has a big sale. I got my Yamaha for 50% off with a free hard case and free tuner. They have such a huge selection, you could also sit down and play lots of guitars and see what you like best.

I went to GC last night with the intent of playing some Seagulls to see what I thought. I played three different Seagulls, some Takamines, a couple of Breedloves, and several Mexico-made Martins. I was all set to by a Seagull (which I really liked and agree with the previous posters - great guitars) until I picked up a Taylor. The Taylor went home with me. I also strummed Fender's SRV Lenny Legend guitar and got a free SRV poster. It was a good night - that's change when the MasterCard bill comes in.

The question is would you drop $17,000 on the Lenny.

Post a pic or you don't have it.

$199!!!!!!!

Heya AggieSouth06...PM sent

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the under 300 Washburns beat out the under 300 Takamines, yamahas etc

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This is very true.

I actually just bought a new Breedlove AC25/SM this past week and it is awesome. I was pretty much hell bent on a Takamine or Taylor and walked in to Guitar Center having no idea how awesome the Breedlove's sound.

I played the Takamine EG541SCC and really liked it. Then, I played the Taylor 110e and really liked that as well.

Then, the guy handed me the Breedlove and I was blown away. The action is perfect, the tone is great, it's vibrant. It's a concert style and it gives up no volume compared to the dreadnoughts.

I went home and read up on the Breedlove's on the internet for about 5 hours and didn't find a single bad review. I called the guy back at the Guitar Center and told him I wanted it and went back up that evening to buy it.

It was normally $799 and I got it for $599 on sale. For a $800-1200 guitar, I don't think you can beat the Breedlove quality right now.

Read this thread to see what others thought and how my decision making went down:
http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?forum_id=12&topic_id=1196845


If you want a great guitar for $500, go with a Zager modified Martin:
http://www.zagerguitar.com/index.php?event=public.store.guitars.list

Back to the original point though, if you are only willing to spend $300, go used and get a nicer guitar than what you can get for new. They had a very nice Takamine at the North Dallas GC for $359.

My first acoustic was a Washburn an it was great. The only thing I didn't care for was it had very high action, but other than that, it was an awesome guitar.

If you aren't ready to go for the $500-800 range, go used.

The Big Baby is what I have as well. I like it a lot, and you can find good deals on used ones. I feel I've outgrown it at this point, but it's a wonderful beginner guitar.