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11/20/2023 11:36 pm
#1 Originally Posted by: ajprado90

Hi all,


I've been playing for a bit more than a year (Acoustic mainly although I've also have a spanish classical one but I don't play it often) and now want 2 things:



  1. I want to upgrade my current accoustic (although it's quite good for my current level tbh). I've a Cort Earth 100: https://www.cortguitars.com/product/item.php?ca_id=102010&it_id=143&page=1. Now as I said, this guitar is fine, but sometimes I feel the Dreadnought body too big so any suggestion on below $500-$600?

  2. I want to try electric for the first time ever but I'm completely lost there, I don't really know which type of guitar should I pick. I don't want to be attached to any particular music style, so maybe there's some good "all-rounded" electric guitar? I don't want to spend too much on this one, so maybe some good suggestion below $300-$350?


Thanks a lot for reading!


Andrés

This would be a great upgrade/alternate from your Cort Earth if wanting an e-acoustic. It won't break the bank and has a tonne of features you're probably subconsciously wanting to try/looking for. I've been playing six years and I'd be happy with it. Cort make fine guitars which offer outstanding value. You can pay more and go to higher specfication from here, but it's difficult to justify unless your skills are commensurate or what you spend is immaterial. 

If skipping another acoustic and wanting to move to an electric, until you already know what you want and the style/genre of music you want to play is cast in stone, can't beat a HSS Strat style guitar for a great all rounder confirming what Christopher has already suggested. "H" stands for a humbucker in the bridge. It's the shifting spanner of electric guitars. I have many electric instruments to choose from, but if I was restarting again today as I did once with a single electric guitar, a HSS Strat style guitar would again be my choice.

In your price range Squier Classic Vibe or Yamaha Pacifica 112V and a myriad of brand alternatives.  Fender Player or Pacifica 612VII if wanting/prepared to spend more. Pick a neck you like at a price point which is amenable, and triage from there.


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