My nephew is getting an acoustic guitar for his birthday/christmas, he'll be 13. The sister asked me my advice on what might be good and what sort of things to look out for but the only acoustic guitar I've ever had was given to me for my birthday in 1990 and I still have it so I've never gone shopping for one before. I'm not really in to the guitars for their own sake, i just like bashing away at them.
I'm not entirely sure what the budget is, maybe €250ish. His main concern is that it should be a red guitar and i suspect it will be hard to get him to compromise on this but I'll try. Red guitars look shit. I don't particularly trust myself to spot proper action and intonation and tone and shit like that in a shop but i suppose the shops will have to be visited and guitars tried out. The sister reckons some shop in drogheda is worth a visit.
Can anyone make any helpful suggestions?
Thanks
I'm not entirely sure what the budget is, maybe €250ish. His main concern is that it should be a red guitar and i suspect it will be hard to get him to compromise on this but I'll try. Red guitars look shit. I don't particularly trust myself to spot proper action and intonation and tone and shit like that in a shop but i suppose the shops will have to be visited and guitars tried out. The sister reckons some shop in drogheda is worth a visit.
Can anyone make any helpful suggestions?
Thanks