| Best buy on a budget under £200? |
| Tanglewood TW28
ST USA (Solid spruce top with improved tone) Our Price £179 (including free set up) |
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| Many people come
into our shop requesting an acoustic guitar, - not too expensive but they
"want it to be reasonable", "about £150 -£200".
My feelings here are as follows. If the above comment really means "no more than £150", I would suggest that they save some money and go for a model in the Tanglewood range called a TW28SNQ (£129). The problem is, there is not a huge choice worth considering from £130 - £200 that is any better in build quality, tone etc. until you make alittle jump up in price to £200. So what can I say about this model and why do I sing its praises so highly? Build quality - Have you ever looked inside an acoustic? I think you should. To me, it represents the "pride" of the company who are building the guitars. Tanglewoods are ALWAYS clean - no glue marks, no rough edges, even the joins are always very tight. I am not the technician but this tidy interior is a very rare sight to see when looking at other manufacturers instruments. As far as the exterior goes, you have a solid spruce top, quality machine heads and a very nice satin feel to the guitar which I always prefer over high gloss (which can look very cheap if not applied correctly). We will always continue to sell more Fender & Yamaha acoustics mail order (Brand names sell guitars) but through the shop we will sell 20-1 Tanglewood acoustics at this price range. |
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| Yamaha FG403MS
(Solid spruce top with improved tone) Our Price £179 (including free set up) |
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| Regardless of my
personal opinions, the Yamaha range of guitars are the best selling acoustic
range in the UK. The FG403MS is a beautiful guitar and this is the one to go
for if you want a comparitive instrument to the Tanglewood highlighted
above. Yamaha stand out from the crowd due to their incredibly good quality control levels. We have less "rejected" Yamahas than any other brand and the playability of their guitars straight from the box is also pretty good. I believe this to be the main reason why Yamaha guitars are stocked by so many stores - many shops do not have a trained technician and they need the guitar to play as well as possible out of the box! We now have 2 full time technicians, headed by the one and only Peter Allen (highly respected UK guitar tech.) so you can be assured that any guitar you buy from us will play beautifully. The FG403MS - You can't go wrong with this one and it makes an ideal alternative to the TW28ST. To give you an idea - If we are out of stock of the TW28ST we would happily recommend this guitar to you. Sometimes too many choices can get confusing but I can assure you that both the guitars on this page are, in my opinion, the best value acoustics you will find on the market today. As always - If you think you know otherwise, please do tell us all on the forum and you can also read other RG visitors views and comments too. We rely on your feedback so go ahead! |
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