139 - The Definitive Acoustic Guitar Buying Guide

<p>This definitive acoustic guitar buying guide uses a 5-step framework to help you choose what acoustic guitar to buy. For the 5-step framework and examples on tons of guitars, be sure to watch this episode of Acoustic Tuesday!</p> <p>Buying an acoustic guitar can be a tricky process. By following my 5-step framework, you'll have a guitar you feel confident purchasing. Before you watch the video, be sure to invite your significant other/partner to watch with you! Having your +1 on board will help during the buying process.</p> <p>To get things started, let's dive right into the acoustic guitar buying guide...</p> <p>Step 1. Evaluate the Guitar's Looks You might be thinking that this is not that important. You might think the sound is the most important part of a guitar. But you need to be attracted to your guitar visually. This doesn't mean the guitar needs to be flashy and blingy.</p> <p>Instead, you want to feel as if the guitar is calling to you and you are inspired by just the "look" of the guitar — whether it's worn, straight grain, or matte finish. If you're drawn to a guitar visually, you're more likely to look at it and feel the need to play it.</p> <p>Step 2. Evaluate the Guitar's Sound Ideally, you want to be able to play the guitar you're thinking of purchasing. If you can't play it try finding a variety of demo videos with high-quality sound. When you listen or play the guitar, I want you to stop for a moment and ask yourself, "Can I still feel that guitar resonating in my body?"</p> <p>I want you to find a guitar that feels so amazing, you can't see yourself without it. This means something different for everyone. Every guitar player has their own preference on timbre and tone and volume, so just make sure the guitar you pick resonates with you.</p> <p>Step 3. Evaluate the Guitar's Playability When buying a guitar, playability is an extremely important factor. For this step, I want you to take into account the things you cannot change about a particular guitar. For example, you can