Acoustic Guitar Lessons - How Vital Is Guitar Quality To A Performance?
This is proof of a common myth concerning a guitarist's performance, basically that it's the guitar rather than the musician that makes the music! People don't consider all the guitar lessons and hundreds of hours practicing!
All guitarists dream of having the best quality and most expensive instrument, and somehow think that it will improve their talents.
Small or Large Guitars Best For Fingerpicking?
Naturally, it all depends on the instrument, and there are normally
exceptions at either extreme.
For instance, Vintage market a small
bodied guitar which costs well under 200 dollars which was given the
'Best Acoustic Parlor Guitar Under $1000' award from Acoustic Guitar Magazine
several years ago.
On the other hand, I went to visit an acquaintance
who owns no less than five expensive Martin guitars of different ages, and none
of them were that 'special'.
It additionally depends on what you use the guitar for. If you perform
acoustically to a really appreciative audience, then the full acoustic
range and harmonics are very important for the overall effect.
Nonetheless, if you use the instrument amplified by a pickup inside the
guitar body or located under the bridge, then the more delicate features of the
fabrication intended to improve the acoustic guitar sound are just wasted.
What Is the Cost Of A Good Quality Fingerstyle Guitar?
The best advice is to commit over $200 but something less than $800. You
will definitely get something between those limits that will fit your
style. Search prudently, and think about a decent used acoustic guitar, if you
are sure it has been looked after.
Not long ago I saw an advert on Ebay for an ancient Stella guitar which sold for 300 dollars. Of course, it wouldn't sound like a top quality guitar, but it's a piece of history and I bet it was a very mellow blues guitar. It definitely looked wonderful.
