The Cheapest Acoustic Guitar On Amazon vs $7500 Froggy Bottom!
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- What is the cheapest guitar on Amazon (£31.99) really like? is it playable? How does it compare with a Froggy Bottom that costs 250 times more? In the coming months I'll be exploring what we can do to improve it, adjusting the action, nut and bridge heights, new strings and a setup with luthier legend Charlie Chandler!
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That's what I bought my 5 year old kid so he can "play" with me. He likes the sound it makes when he drags it up and down the stairs.
Boone Docker I bought my son a first act from Wal-Mart for the same reason lol
I wonder if Hendrix or Page ever thought of that trick?
Might be cool with some reverb or delay?
Just don't show him how Hendrix set his on fire......!
😂
Lol why not just get him the foggy bottom I mean cmon mate
@@toriancromar Better that one than one of mine friend. He autographed it in crayon though.
The poor beginner doesn't know that the action is high and can be improved. They think, "playing the guitar is painful".
Is a high action automatically bad? Is a low one automatically better?
Yes and yes, for 3 reasons: 1. As he mentioned in the video, if the action is too high, then bending the string down to the fret will make the note sound sharp and the guitar will sound out of tune even if the open notes are in tune.
2. He also mentioned in the video that if you're trying to hold one string down, a higher action makes it more likely that the strings above and below will unintentionally touch your finger, muting those strings when you don't want to.
3. Putting the needed pressure on the strings gets old fast - especially for a beginner. This not only causes needless muscle fatigue, but it hurts!
Thanks for the instruction. I should have paid better attention!
Justin has shared some great advice here on The Cheapest Acoustic Guitar On Amazon vs $7500 Froggy Bottom.
Well, to be honest, for a beginner, playing the guitar is painful no matter what. Steel strings hurt a bit if you're not used to it... but a high action could probably make the difference between "still enjoyable" and "torture" for a beginner.
I had an acoustic Guitar that looked EXACTLY like that when I was a kid. Couldn't play it at all and my Mom just kept telling me to practice and it wasn't until my Uncle who played every instrument ever for his entire life tried it out and said "Yep, this Guitar is crap, the nut's off center, the neck is warped and the tuning keys won't hold so it can't stay in tune." Crap Guitar lol
Superstardom killed by a crap guitar. Oh well, next life....
@@rancidfarts8993 I don't know why you're freaking out dude.
@@rancidfarts8993 Chill the fuck out man
@@levis5230 he ran out of his normal morning meth dose...
Hey Mom, I want a Guitar
No we have a guitar at home
Guitar at home xD
I got drunk one night while listening to John Denver... three days later I'm the owner of an Amazon Guitar.
I got drunk one night at Disney. I came home to a commercial waffle maker on my porch from Amazon.
One day I got drunk at home. I woke up to find my shoes in the refrigerator and my nice shirts in the toilet. 😅
i got drunk one night and ordered the whole girls gone wild dvds.............good 'ol Army days ..........
Got drunk one night and when I woke up I was still getting drunk one night.. did I miss something?
I got drunk one night, and ended up with a fiddle from amazon... Guess it was Bluegrass night. 😂
I always fear that the e string is gonna snap when he's tuning it 😂
mine snapped 20 minutes after tuning it... now im scarred for life im just gonna tune it down to D
I know man. I was cringing at how he was going after it.
Can the E string really break that easily? I've been messing with a cheap strat before I get a better one, and I've never feared the string breaking.
Because it hasn't happened to you yet. Once it does you'll never be the same.
Seriously though, yeah if you run a light gauge string take your time with the high E
I get scared when the tuner is getting harder, and when that happens I try to tune in slowly
I've just turned 30 and I always wanted to learn guitar. 5 months ago I bought this very same cheapest guitar (looks identical with what Justin's presenting here). Never played guitar before so I thought, I just want to learn, so I don't really need more than the cheapest one. :) Frankly, a more expensive guitar would have been more easier to learn on but, I regret nothing since my desire and passion were and still are HUGE. Hard and painful?! No doubt! Even with new strings, after the first weekend of playing it, I was literally almost unable to play it anymore due to the fresh corns on my fingertips. But the grit was skyrocketing. Ignored the pain and went on and on and on, playing it every single day. Now I'm learning my second cover, Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", first one being "Through glass" of Stone Sour. When I think of my passion on this guitar and the sacrifice I made with it, I can only metaphorically think of love: it can be painful and sometimes it will be very, but in the end it worths the effort. (please keep in mind that I'm a grown man and I would never recommend such thing to a child xD). Now I'm ready to move on to a better guitar and I think it will make me shine much more after learning on this motherfucker. :)) Keep the fire burning! \m/ Bless and love from Bucharest, Romania!
Same feels man.
Wow romanians
Should've just got a pick 👋🏻😂
Of course it doesn’t have a brand, who would want to claim that they built that. LOL
lmao
It sounds so bad let’s be honest
I luv non brand
Hahaha
lol that looks just like my guitar. wait a minute that is my guitar.
Oof
Mine too lol I'm hoping if I can play on a crappy on like this I can play on a better one 😅
Laughing so hard. Enjoyed your comment. It sounds great if you ask me.
Please note that the series on fixing this thing up to make it better (lessons on how to set up your guitar) is a couple of months off yet :) but it's coming!
BTW - this guitar needs a name - what you think her name should be??
No Name Jane
Flat Action Jack
Would you recommend a low end and mid guitar for a beginner? That would be helpful.
Frog foot
I was thinking maybe Bertha.
The action was so high on my first guitar it destroyed my fingers, the nerves are damaged now...but damn my skill when from 0-100 once I bought my Taylor. Best thing I ever did
My friend has a ridiculously cheap electric guitar. I've been playing instruments for around 15 years, when I tried to play that piece of junk, it actually was difficult. The action was a quarter mile high, having to press the strings down so far put any form of shredding out of the play. The tone sustained for a quarter second, bending strings resulted in the pickups losing signal. Legato was very difficult to make audible and when tapping, there was almost no sound coming from the pickups at all. And I know the guitar takes blame for all of that, because I own a Fender Tele that is a pleasure to play. I told him to buy a better guitar if he could afford it, but he said it's not necessary, because he sucks anyways. Well, I wonder why.
I wish I had known not to buy a cheap guitar 20 years ago for all those years I thought I was useless I bought a Washburn heritage jumbo a couple of weeks ago turns out I sound 100 times better on it
Lol same I played two cheap ass £50 guitars from age 11-19 and just assumed I was bad because I couldn’t get anything to sound good. Then got a £500 guitar and I’m still bad 😖
@@thelickpolice1210 You friend could probably get the guitar "setup" to play more reasonably. Lowering the action on an electric guitar shouldn't be that difficult.
Yes. My fingers hurt when Im touching things its like phantom pain. And they are festroyed. The action is 0.9 mm at the first fret. Got to change it even tho i might break a 200$ guitar
My first guitar bought in 1966 cost $15.00. I knew nothing about string height or intonation. With a mel bey chord book and 45 rpm country music I learned. When I got my Gibson and fender silver face my hand could outplay everyone. I was called the best-rythem man around.
Dumb question but how do you learn by listening to music
@@miggymogel9217 I'm no expert - but as I understand it a lot of people can play by ear. Ray probably learnt the chords from his chord book, listened to the songs and identified the chords which allowed him to learn how to play the tunes.
Twitchy easy
@@hunterxbox11 how
@@miggymogel9217 notes and phrases come into your memory, obviously you have to play countless hours to develop your technique, but inspiration comes from listening to others. You begin by emulating your favorite performer, but soon you will develop a voice and tone of your own.
I can't tell you how much I want Norm MacDonald to come walking in wearing the same grey scally cap and asking for a lesson.
He shows no fear in tuning.
He is ultimate guitar player by default.
My wife bought me a Froggy Bottom about 10 years ago. To be honest, when I found out how much they are, I was a little shocked. But, what a wife!!!
Hey Justin! I'm happy you're still making videos. I first found your website 10 years ago when I was first learning guitar. I had finished chemotherapy just a few months prior and I was looking for something to get my mind off of everything.
Your website helped me to learn how to play and the lessons you taught me back then are still fresh in my memory, despite my "chemo brain" symptoms. I've been playing for 10 years and I would never have been able to get this far if it wasn't for you and your free knowledge that you freely shared. Thank you so much!
It's actually really reassuring to see such a good guitar player have such difficulty with a cheap guitar. Wish that back when I was 16 and starting out that I had realized ow much of the difficulty was on the cheap guitar instead of on my ability.
Moral of the story, if you're a great guitar player you can make the cheapest of guitars sound good
It is similar in bicycle racing. Peter Sagan can make a € 600 bicycle go nearly as fast as a € 7500 one, but even he is out of luck at the € 100 bicycle category.
😂
Well that Froggy Bottom is good, but it isn't £7500 good.
Onion Ring with my lack of skill it would sound the same lmao
I was thinking the same thing, Doesn't sound as good as a Martin.
No guitar is £7500 good.
@@Josh_Read Exactly. So why the hell on earth are some brands sell like that?!
@@justkath512Because people will pay the asking price. If someone is willing to pay, someone will charge the price.
"I'm fairly decent at playing...a C cord...usually"
British understatement at its best, chaps.
I think he's an Aussie. Not sure but his accent..
Salma Theurgist He is Aussie
@@matthewstephens5937 From his official page: Justin Sandercoe is a UK based guitarist who grew up in Tasmania (an island off the South East coast of Australia) but has been based in West London since 1996, though moved out to the countryside in 2017.
@@hjubris this is what happens when everyone thinks it really matters if your British, Aussie, or Kiwi.... they're all the same people, and only Americans think theres really a difference.
@@lpburke86 how did you use the correct "they're" but messed up the "you're"
I'm pretty sure I own that exact guitar from Amazon...I kept practicing on it and it didn't sound exactly good, but as soon as I got my hands on a nicer guitar I could hear all the practice. Any guitar is better than nothing!
5:46 anyway, here's Wonderwall
the best bit!
Hey man what is the name of that song
Kabir Hussain Wonderwall by oasis
i’m a beginner and i’ve learned that song just so i can say that sentence lmao
Sadly, with CZcams's new algorithms he won't be making any money for this video, just because he played 3 seconds of Wonderwall.
The cheap one sounds awesome for blues!!! Probably because blues and roots stuff was invented by poorer people on crappy instruments😂
Garrett Arnold damn straight lol. Get a cheap guitar put the action a mile high and use it for slide guitar loo
Garrett Arnold very true
Garrett Arnold yeah i was about to say the same! That part actually sounds pretty cool. In some sort of earthy and dirty way~hahahah
No wonder my guitar is good for blues
so damn correct. 😂
The amazon guitar sounds like a banjo 😂😂😂
Justin : *tunes guitar under 4 minutes*
Me : *starts tuning at 4.30 pm, finishes tuning at 4.34, the next day*
It's like an elite gladiator using a carrot. It's very funny to watch for some reason 😂 love the work Justin. Cheers. Love from India
the cheap guitar is horrible, even our "givson" sounds better, lol
I always thought and was told as well that beginners should start with acoustic guitar, but he says to go electric.
I think it is just an indian thing coz acoustic guitars are cheaper
+NotAMuggle in India acoustic is the cheapest ? That's cool , in Syria acoustics are very pricy , classical guitars are the cheapest ...... it sucks how expensive guitars are in here and how they usually come with bad quality like buzzing sounds or high action problems or even a shitty nut , even the strings are fucking expensive
Cod Zilla Oh come on buddy. Everybody's entitled to use fucks and shits.
vedant bhusari an elite gladiator could kill with a carrot
This is why you don't buy a kid a cheap guitar. Most likely it will be so hard to play that even a good guitar player would have trouble playing it. Also, I say set a price point, around $250 to $300 and let the kid pick the guitar. The more they like it the more likely they'll be picking it up a lot and spending more time trying to learn how to play it. Also, it's a good idea to get them a few lessons with a good guitar teacher who can keep them from acquiring any bad habits and point them in the right direction.
Oletta Liano You can get a good guitar for way less at a pawn shop
+Oletta Liano What if mummy/daddy can't afford to drop $250 ~$300 on one child's self indulgent likely transient whim?
Oletta Liano on the other hand, if the kid is stubborn and manage to learn with a shitty guitar, he will develop an unnatural strength in the fingers, and any other guitar will be a piece of cake
Oletta Liano can’t agree enough with letting a kid pick their own instrument, regardless of the budget set
juantxorena I learned on a guitar that wasn’t the best, when I switched a better one, my skill advanced better than the original guitar. When the action is too high like that, it’s difficult to use. You can play scales, but barre chords and progressions can become a bit hard. But it’s a good start for basic chords. I would recommend taking it in to have it worked on to lower the action.
He always has a smile in his face:)
He loves what he does.
He's probably on some anti-depressants. My best friend now smiles at everything and finds the world interesting for the first time. It's called being a drug addict.
@@c_farther5208 I'd probably be a drug addict if you were my friend too.
funfact johnny cash's first guitar which he played many times at tours with was 2$
point is if you got a cheap guitar and just watched this, it's obviously not as good as a 2000$ guitar but it's still your damn guitar so just learn how to play it then spend on a good one
Back when Johnny had little Cash
It was also the 50s and things were obviously cheaper
Anakin Skywalker funfact, John Lennon either used a guitar that cost like 15$ back in the days
A cheap guitar is fine, but you do need a well made one.
Gabriele K S the average weekly wage back then was around 30-40 dollars
"I'm fairly decent at playing C chord" - Justin Sandercoe :p
Balaji Prasad ii
If all you can afford is a cheap guitar, then it's a lot better than no guitar.
There are elitists in every form of creative endeavor.
true, yet it is crucial to not get discouraged to continue learning to play guitar. A cheap acoustic guitar can be (too) hard to learn basics on, whereas more expensive guitars will be easier and much more enjoyable to play on
dimlocator44: Well, from Dictionary.com:
A person or class of persons considered superior by others or by themselves, as in intellect, talent, power, wealth, or position in society.
So, I believe that arrogance is built in to being an elitist.
I am not knocking folks who can afford and prefer an expensive instrument. I'm just saying that a lot of people can't afford those instruments, or want to try out playing a guitar to see if they like it.
If a person is serious about playing and learning the guitar, they will gradually move into better instruments.
psteeg: I agree to that. Almost all cheap guitars have action issues, and some have serious intonation problems as well. That can discourage a new player from progressing, or even continuing.
However, as I have been modifying and repairing guitars for over 30 years now, I can say that many 'cheap' guitars can play and sound just fine with some attention and a bit of TLC.
The fact that someone can't afford a Martin should not prevent that person from enjoying the guitar experience. Just sayin'...
It's a piece of shit mate! I wouldn't shit on it if I hadn't shit for a week! Not worth shit!
Marc: Why do you feel it's necessary to use the word 'sh!t' 3 times in a short sentence showing your disdain for that particular guitar?
I could make that guitar sound pretty good with a new set of strings and a couple of hours of work.
Such cheap instruments are really well suitable for learning how to fix your guitar (replace strings, frets etc.). Even if you break it, it's not a big loss. If you do that with even a couple of hundreds of pounds instruments, you might get a heart attack.
This is exactly how I see it. Before doing anything to my James Neligan (if at any point), I will attempt doing whatever it is on a cheap guitar first.
That's actually a really good point that hadn't occurred to me, good idea.
You are right bro, exactly what happened to me when am trying to work on my first guitar i almost damage it cos am still new to it then.
Where is part 2 to this Video?? I want to hear how the cheap guitar sounds after being all set up.
Good anser . I`m in doubt that this neck will be quiet straight without an ancor for a long time .I`d had a guitar like this cheap one .
Cheap acoustics are always the best to play blues of for some reason. i got a few gibsons, a breedlove a martin and a cheap no name garbage acoustic that has a Popsicle stick as the saddle and the blues just comes out sweet on that thing hahaha. so weird.
Ben Haven or any school acoustic guitar will do just as good they are always cheap about it but sound great for blues!
Like my bass has a popsicle stick as a nut
Needs to be changed to bone
That's all the early blues players could afford. Think Mississippi Delta Blues.
Yeah. Jack up the action and use it as a bottleneck blues machine.
Because the sound is brighter
"I'm fairly decent at playing a C chord." LOL.
VERY helpful! Love the little ditty you played at the end (after you compared both guitars). I LIKE the way it sounded on the Amazon acoustic! Thanks Justin
I’ve got a $100. Rogue Acoustic and I tweaked everything on it, changed out the saddle, nut and pins, strings, filed the frets smooth, added a preamp/ equalizer to play through an amp. The trussrod adjustment was the biggest help. Of course I would love to have the money to buy a better brand/model but if you know or are willing to learn about the guitar setup you can make it work. I love my cheap guitar
that tuning was the hardest thing to watch
Why
@@Luci_The_Radio_Femboy now its 3 months ago
MADMAN now it’s 3 months ago
Sounds somewhere between a banjo and a resonator (and out of tune of course)
8:45 I absolutely agree!! Loved the vid, Keep up the great work
It's great to see a 'cheap vs expensive' video were the playability is talked about and not just the sound, and what's more it's a genuinely cheap guitar. Well done Justin.
It's kinda lovely that someone finally brought the mutt home from the pound, into a loving home.
It's funny I'm so used to playing cheap guitars I watch Justin playing and tuning that cheap guitar watching the expressions on his face makes me laugh. I found a guitar in my alley in Tucson someone pounded holes in it with a 🔨 so I took it home and repaired the holes with drywall tape and drywall mud and I would trade it for anything!!! It's got more tone and deep Rich tone then any other guitar I have, I left one of the holes in it I think it's what gives it that extra Rich sounds
The first acoustic guitar i bought was roughly about £80 from Argos. It is a squire fender Chinese thing. I had to get the bridge reglued as it came away. With a decent set of strings and the action lowered slightly it is one of my favourite guitars. I play it more often than my £500 Breedlove
Justin my main man for tutorials, love your work. Vids like this are a great idea as well! Keep it up!
Yeah I bought a $60 guitar when I first started out. The D chord on those really cheap guitars take a long time get right. Those strings like to touch the side of your fingers and make a bbbzzzz.
is that what it is. i thought it was me?
I just got a guitar as I am on quarantine in Virginia, US and I am so happy to have seen this video. I’m guilty of getting the cheap amazon guitar that I can learn to play on. I’m having a really hard time keeping it tuned mid song and the strings really, really hurt my fingertips. Wasn’t sure if all guitars are like this in the beginning or if it was me. I’m sure it’s a bit of Both. Thank you for explaining the string setting situation. I will defiantly have that looked at.
I love your blues improv towards the end.
Somehow watching this makes me relieved because my guitar sounds like this. And i always tought i was doing stuff wrong. I found it so hard. Barring hurts and everything you just said was the stuff i struggle with on a daily basis.
Looking forward to this. I just bought myself a few luthier tools because I have enough guitars now that it was getting expensive to keep them setup properly. This will be a very popular series as most of us are not professional musicians so our smaller guitar budget means we are buying Epiphones rather than Gibsons. Getting the best out of a cheaper guitar is going to be invaluable information.
Is this Norm MacDonald's english brother?
I thought the same
He's actually Australian.
hahaha that's what I was thinking
I was gonna say the same thing haha
Hes lost some of the Taz compared to early vids. LOL I hear the Londoner a lot now.
Enjoyed the video, nice work :)
I bought this just to learn and I had no issue with it. It helped me get into the hobby, and that’s what it’s all about
Bone nut, file the slot, adjust the truss rod, polish frets, new good strings, bone saddle, filed for low action, and maybe you are less pressed to use it to kindle the 🔥
Ok, now I feel a little better about my 100$ guitar that I always thought is the worst :D
Nesta CZ I have a 120 quid squier telecaster and it easily one of my favourite guitars.
James Somogyi same
Congrats on a million subz Justin.. Awesome videos. Thank you..
Man some of those Blues riffs were absolutely rocking, nice vid!
I have just started your beginner course on your website and have the D, A and E chords down and am moving to the minor chords! You rock dude. Hands down the best guitar instructor on the web.
Of course it’s not bad in your hands. Put it in mine I’ll make it sound like a £30 guitar haha
Brilliant, been looking for quality lessons on how to set up a guitar to make it easier to play. Can’t wait for these. Thank you in advance 🤟🏻
a lot of the downsides you cannot hear when he is playing the cheap thing - your fingers will definitely show how cheap it will be
Haa
I have heard a D-28 sound like a $30 guitar. If you can't play, you can't play.
@2:36 “At least the strings are on” 😂🤣😭
Me: pauses video for fits of laughter 😄🤦🏾♂️🙈
Some of my best years on a guitar were spent on $200> guitars; mostly because I couldn't afford anything other then that. It took me 15 years to finally get into the top shelf...and what a difference it makes. You do a great job giving that little amazon guitar a fair shake...My first guitar came out of a Fingerhut catalog.
I bought a cheap Fender new from Toys-R-Us reduced to £35 after my friend bought it for her son for £80, got it home and there was one of those little plastic bridge pins missing, so she took it back and they gave her a Squire acoustic instead!
So I called them up and told them I’d take it as is and they sold it for less than half price!
And considering how cheap it was it was far better than the Squire they gave her!
Once I fettled around with it, and set it up it plays pretty good! The action is real low and it sounds fine, way better than the boxy sounding one in this vid.
I learned on a £30 guitar with high action, it did hurt at first to play properly, but it toughened my fingers a lot, to the point where when I moved to a much better guitar, it was so much easier to play. I'm grateful I learned on a not so good guitar for that reason
It's amazing how adaptive people can be, isn't it? I started with something about the same price, shorter scale, high action, wide fingerboard, because back then Chinese factories haven't realized that acoustic guitars have narrower necks than classical guitar, lol. None the less, I miss that little guitar, even if I can afford something $1000 now
Nicely explained thanks.
The best acoustic guitar I've ever played cost €30 in a toystore here in Ireland. I've had it for 12 years and have only changed the strings once but it's got the most amazing time and vibrancy to it. Knocks my Fender Villager out of the park.
when i was young i was gifted a guitar similar to this one and was told i was absolutely terrible and it sounded awful, i eventually bought a higher quality guitar and it sounded beautiful lol
I didn’t know Norm Macdonald played guitar
Ty justin. I get mine today. I will eventually get nylon strings. Im learning with your videos. Ty so much
Back in the 1940's, and 50's, Sears sold an acoustic called a Sivertone for about 12 to 15 dollars. They were as good as some Epiphones, Yamaha's and others made today. My first electric guitar was a Silvertone "LP." Great sounding, and playing guitar, but it weighed about as much as a city bus! I got into playing telecasters, and strats, so I sold the Silvertone LP and got exactly what I paid for it...250 dollars, and it was about 4 years old. Cheers, Justin, and Happy New Year to everyone! :)
9:05 " very pokey" I
laughed so hard
That last guitar riff sounded very "Cortez the Killer" influenced.
Great work Justin
5:54
Your face when you were playing those chords lmao
Cheapest guitar on amazon
*literally pulls out my hand me down *
Hopefully I can upgrade soon /:
God damn lmao
i believe in guitar karma...an upgrade and a good setup will change your playing immensely
💀💀💀i cant
Personally, my first guitar was a cheap acoustic steel string, and I learned to play bach on it. It was difficult, but it made me better when I moved to nylon because my hand strength was much higher.
Hi Justin! Firs off - thank you for all of your videos, I am following your courses and you are definitely among the best teachers. I wodner if the licks you played at the end are from a song or where can one listen to more of it?
I had one of these for about a year. Did me well. I learnt the basics and now have a much better Yamaha guitar. But for a beginner who’s not yet committed, this is for you
You're the one that made me learn the ukulele four years ago, THANK U
I bought my first and only guitar about a year ago with 12$
and I can play so many songs with it. It's a lot better than having no instrument.
Holy shit it's Justin, i remember you way back. You're still around? God damn man, nice to see you rocking. Watched you as a kid, great stuff.
Such a wonderful video! Would love to see videos on how to fix the amazon guitar, to be easier to play and to sound better!
He is fairly decent at playing the C chord, usually. I can vouch for that.
my guitar teacher that same kind of froggy bottom but it is in a case on the wall
'...very pokey...' Lol you pulled out some cliches, but 'pokey'? Love it! Great word!
I started getting into rock a few months back and I decided to buy a guitar (student budget) I ended up buying this one before I’d seen your video and believe me it’s a struggle for a beginner, but I’m so willing to learn that I’m going to stick it XD following your course! Wish me luck!
I need to set the action on my strat, it's quite high and I'm only a beginner. The only shredding that's going on is to my fingers trying to fret notes. 🙂
The Amazon almost has a National steel guitar sound to it. It's really pretty cool. It has more personality than the expensive one. But I see strings breaking, pins popping out and flying across the room and bridges coming unglued and smacking you in the face.
That piece you played at 12.13 sounded pretty damn cool to me from where I'm sitting... and this from a cheap guitar on Amazon.... cool video Justin
When I watch you play I want to cry because I'll never play like that.superb all rounder with no hubris
Keith Richards said one time give me 5 minutes with any gutiar I will make them all sound the same anyway justin you are that good too
I put money on him failing.
The real comparison would be a $1000 guitar versus a $7500 guitar. That's still a very significant difference in price, but there are a lot of $1000 guitars that sound pretty awesome. I have a Yamaha whose sound defies its price ($300). It was a fun video anyway. Thanks!
Yamaha guitars are good guitars. Sigma Guitars are uniformly excellent also I've found and play like a much more expensive guitar.
plywood does sound good ! Same with my Washburn
I like that idea as most of us can relate to owning a decent $1000ish midrange type instrument and possibly wonder if it's worth ever splashing out $1000s on a top of the range guitar. I own a Gibson J45 and think it's worth every penny for the use and pleasure I get from playing it, or even just looking at it!
I purchased a faith for 800. It was orders of magnitude better than a 4k taylor!
Certainly its a good idea to try a few and pick the one that suits
Last year I bought a C.F. Mountain guitar (a Japanese 70s copy of a C.F. Martin 000, known as lawsuit guitars). It was for my niece, and I didn't even see it let alone play it, but I knew lawsuit axes can be good, and it was in the town where she lives. I bought it for £122. I didn't see it for a couple of months, but when I heard it I was amazed, even though I couldn't keep it in tune - sometimes you would turn a tuner a few times and the note wouldn't change - THAT bad! I lent her a nice little axe, and took hers home to sort it. The luthier I use put nice period Grovers, on it, and a bone nut, saddle (had carved etc), and bridge pins - £100 the lot. I can honestly say it's one of the loveliest guitars I've ever played - tone, intonation, volume, and playability. Total outlay of £220. The only guitar I have which can compare is a Santa Cruz 00, brazilian and Engleman spruce, which would now cost you about £6k. That's quite a comparison!
I LOVE these sort of videos...its a clear example of "only a bad workman blames his tools" ':D
One tip for begginers I have always use thick strings when u start out my first acoustic had really thick strings and everytime they broke I got thicker ones as time goes by you'll find bar chords very easy and will be able to play any acoustic guitar no matter the how thick the strings are
I've only ever been able to afford cheap guitars & get a good sound out of them after so long playing. It's always nice to play a more expensive one though!
I spent £370 on my first guitar 3 years ago and was still shite until I got a Luther to set it up properly for me
6 months and still anxiously awaiting the follow-up to this video. Every time I see you uploaded I get excited but so far no luck.
Thanks Justin. Might be just the ticket for a kick around beat down back water blues man.
You should put your signature on it Justin, then it would have its own unique brand. I would buy a Sandercoe guitar.
He could be the next Esteban. :-)
Justin, when you got on that cheap thing it sounded like a million dollar guitar.
My 11 year old daughter wants to learn to play Electric guitar, I have no clue on where or what kind to get herfot Christmas , she loves all different kinds of music , but she loves the sound of guitar, I’m glad I seen this before buying her just any ol guitar .
Get her an electric, not a 'child-size' or 'beginner-pack' mind.
Go here for help: justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?board=79.0
Cheers 😊
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I just upgraded from a very small hand me down to a luna gypsy spalt and i love it