It’s high time. People around me have known for a while it’s high time, and just yesterday, as a gift, a family member has given me the opportunity to pick out a new one!!!
My Rogue RD-100... after which comes...?
Don’t get me wrong, I love the guitar I have, but it’s one of those “only a mother could love” kind of things. It’s a black Rogue RD-100, and I’ve played it now for years. Somewhere in the body, it’s developed a very undesirable buzz. I had that assessed, and the guitar shop guy told me it would cost more to repair it than the worth of the guitar. So be it. I’ve kept on playing it anyway, knowing that I’ll never get rid of it, even once I replace it… my first guitar, you know?
Now what I’m eying is the Seagull / Godin guitars out of Montreal Canada. I’ve heard they’re a tremendous bang for the buck. I’ve gotten to play a few of them too, and they seem great… but here’s the catch. I played them at a Godin-only dealership. Then I went to a Guitar Center and tried playing some of those $2k or $3k guitars, and quite honestly, I couldn’t tell the difference.
Great, right? Maybe, but maybe not.
I’ve heard teachers, friends, etc get all geeked out this guitar brand or that guitar brand, and so far, (at least on the acoustic side) I can’t tell the difference in any of them. (Pretty much. I can tell a $90 guitar from a $5k guitar, but those are the extremes) Am I an idiot? Am I missing some big secret? Or is it something you’re supposed to learn after weeks and months of playing a set of guitars over and over?
If you had somewhere between $400 and $600, what kind of acoustic guitar would you buy?
