http://www.guitarbuying.com/qa/when-your-buying-an-accoustic-guitar-any-good-qualities-i-should-look-for-when-i-am-buying-one Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:23:23 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.guitarbuying.com/qa/when-your-buying-an-accoustic-guitar-any-good-qualities-i-should-look-for-when-i-am-buying-one/comment-page-1#comment-406 bob k Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:05:58 +0000 http://www.guitarbuying.com/qa/when-your-buying-an-accoustic-guitar-any-good-qualities-i-should-look-for-when-i-am-buying-one#comment-406 Make sure it has the following:Hand-carved solid Sitka spruce top Hand-carved solid flamed maple back Solid flamed maple sides Bound rosewood fretboard with parallelogram inlays Bound headstock Fully bound body Layered pickguard Tulip tuners Classic trapeze tailpiece X-pattern bracing 25-1/2" scale 1-23/32" nut width Make sure it has the following:Hand-carved solid Sitka spruce top
Hand-carved solid flamed maple back
Solid flamed maple sides
Bound rosewood fretboard with parallelogram inlays
Bound headstock
Fully bound body
Layered pickguard
Tulip tuners
Classic trapeze tailpiece
X-pattern bracing
25-1/2″ scale
1-23/32″ nut width

]]> http://www.guitarbuying.com/qa/when-your-buying-an-accoustic-guitar-any-good-qualities-i-should-look-for-when-i-am-buying-one/comment-page-1#comment-405 Free Wordpress Plugins Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:06 +0000 http://www.guitarbuying.com/qa/when-your-buying-an-accoustic-guitar-any-good-qualities-i-should-look-for-when-i-am-buying-one#comment-405 You can always replace the strings. I always look for a low action (how high the strings are off the body), and mahogany is usually the best wood for a guitar, in my opinion. Most importantly, ask to try it out and see if it feels right. You can always replace the strings. I always look for a low action (how high the strings are off the body), and mahogany is usually the best wood for a guitar, in my opinion. Most importantly, ask to try it out and see if it feels right.

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