Well, some of you may know that my guitar has gone all wonky and "bended". *ahem* Meep. I only asked my parents for another guitar recently (with the excuse of Christmas..hehe). Since YL is full of guitarist peoples, I want your opinions on what guitar I should get. This will be my second guitar, so yeah, nothing too expensive. Considering I want other things for Christmas too (greedy me), maybe around $200-300ish.

Oh crap, I forgot what else I was going to say.

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RECOMMEND!
NOW!

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Would that be $200-300 AUD? That's about $172-260 CAD. Hm, you'll be looking at basic acoustic brands like:

Yamaha
Cort
Aria
Ashton
Washburn...

...and see if you can find Art & Lutherie, Norman, Simon & Patrick
(Canadian brands, great starter guitar brands and quality is decent, however, I don't know if they're available in Australia but you can ask around).

You can probably buy those 'Guitar in a Kit' packages... they usually include a light gig bag, guitar picks, strap, tuner, maybe an extra pack of strings etc.

Of course, it always helps to bring along a guitar friend(s) to help give you advice or tips on which guitar would work for you.

The truth is.. as long as you get guitar you like and feel comfortable playing with.. that's the perfect guitar for you.

Maestro? Mines Maestro :sry

Natalie said it all~
*Passing by*

im not sure wts availaible in australia..;
but i have a friend in australia, who came back to canada for a while. she has an art and lutherie. so i think they carry canadian brands.

check if they have Takamines... for 315 i got mine brand new at a store, its only a tad more expensive. its better to get something slightly more expensive, one u really like, and has like electronics so u dont have to upgrade anytime soon. lol

Takamine EG340SC

Specs:
Type: Acoustic-Electric
Body Shape: Dreadnought Cutaway
Finish： Gloss (Polyurethane)
Binding: Black Plastic, Black-White Purfling
Colour: Natural
Top： Solid Spruce
Side & Back： Solid Mahogany Back, Laminated Mahogany Sides
Neck： Nato (Eastern Mahogany)
Fingerboard： Rosewood
Inlays: Abalone Dots
No of Frets： 20
Bridge： Rosewood
Electronics： Takamine TP-4T Piezo Preamp w/ Tuner
Hardware: Gold-tone
Scale Length： 25 ¼ inch
Width at Nut： 1 5/8 inch
Current Strings： Elixir Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Medium (.013-.056)
Case： Hard Case

cool! mine's a Maestro too =) really good singaporean brand, though i find the string tension rather tight. not sure if u can get it in australia, costs around $150-$350 SGD

i saw takamines and taylors at a guitar store in KL (i'm there now lol). they look and sound really great :good

pricewise... :sayw

Oh..just so you know I got my new guitar yesterday. I got to pick it out and stuff, but I can't open it until Christmas. >_<

Ooooh ... you must play something for us then on Christmas day. :hee

Hm... what about 'We wish you a Merry Christmas!'??

play YUI's Merii Kurismasu to you you!

LOL. i really hope she sings that someday.

I'm in Melbourne, and I know u can get Yamaha, Cort, Fender acoustics for this price range..
Cort acoustics are pretty gud..
For electric gits, u get same brands as above but the Fender are obviously much more expensive..
But in general, guitars are way very expensive in Melbourne, dunno if it's same everywhere in Australia..

Jingle bells~!!

I only know the chorus LOL.

Hahah atheon, I can play Jingle bells on the keyboard. XD So easy..

Well I've been staring at the box where my guitar is inside of. >_< It's so pretty. Lol.

How about...I play a song and you sing along? Hehehe. =P

^ I think you sing better than me, haha.

you haven't heard me sing, so you don't know yet.

grr...my fingers are too tired to even play the 'C' chord. Only two more days! One of my siblings are going to take my old one. I'm still deciding on whether I'll tell them to be careful with it or not...lol.

RANDOM: Weird! I just did a half-sneeze and it sounded really strange. But then again, all my sneezes sound strange.

waitttt wt did u get?

and LOL Merry Christmas To You You hahahaha thats AWESOME she should so do that. get someone to suggest it to her i think its a great idea hahah

I got a Yamaha F310P. It was only $200 AUD, but it was a BIG price cut from $300 or so. (Christmas is goooooooood.)

yukio, you do that. =P

Really? Buying guitar in Aussie is really quite expensive. The F310 is only around $140.00 CAD here in Canada ... which exchange to roughly $160 AUD.

Yeah, I've heard that buying guitars over here compared to other countries is pretty expensive.

Oh well.

Should I follow the YL tradition and post up photos of my new guitar?

^ yes yes

^ its a tradition? i havent done that yet =O

er, well not really a traditional tradition. BUT enough people have done it for it to be called a tradition, even though it's not an official tradition. i'll be happy if I've confused you.

^ someone is getting sarcastic-er after getting a new guitar.

=P

Post it post it~

With the title sounds something like this: Yay I got my new guitar which looks exactly like YUI's la la la~

Ok Maybe not.

Haha. I'm not even sure. Haven't gotten to see it yet, since it's still in the box. It'll continue to be confined in that box until tomorrow morning. >_< I'm so anxious!!

I hope it does look like YUI's. XD (you never know..)

>_< What crap photos. Well...yeah, that's it. :clap I need to name it...

Congrats. I hope you`re having fun with your guitar.

:good

lucky! i want a new guitar too. (greedy as well) my guitar is all scratched for some REASONS :rolleye eek..

cooliooz nice guitar. i always liked the way a yamaha looks, i prefer pickguardless and cutaway but out of all dreadnoughts without cutaways and with pickguard, i would only get a yamaha lol it has that classic, very playable look. and i love the yamaha design on their headstocks

yeah...i love my new guitar. just wish the body wasn't so big...tires my right arm quicker now...

haha yeah that happens. but i think ull get used to it. lmao... i have shoulder/back problems cuz of playing guitar too much = = lol. true gutiarists :good

didn't know putting in pics of your nw guitar is a tradition here LOL. should've put mine too XD. well I know that feeling of excitement, congrats to you and enjoy! :good

:sayw lol.....dj dj u gtta show me ur guitar on msn.. coz my credit card is maestro lol!! neeways :clap yays u got a new guitar havn fun wit it... en don snap the strings like mine >.< :what @@