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Ovation has applied 40 years of guitar making to design an affordable guitar that doesn’t sound like an affordable guitar. The Celebrity Deluxe is proof of that. This guitar boasts bigger sound than guitars that cost twice as much. In a large part that’s due to the Lyrachord body — the same USA body found on it’s upscale Ovation brothers. Ovation’s award winning multi-sound hole technology is also incorporated in the Celebrity Deluxe Series to push out powerful acoustic tone and exceptional balance.
Price: $429.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
tuner and preamp
Quality:
I own $10,000.00 guitars that aren’t made as nice , thats right $10K , PRS tree of life and Dragon I
Desirability:
stupid question, its a guitar not a blow up doll
Sound:
sweet
Ease of Use:
the old roll of your lap thing with any Ovation bowl
Overall:
For $400 its reall a no brainer, looks, sound feel, features, all things you would expect from a $1000.00 axe, it should come with a case, raise the price $75 and toss in a medium case, good insurance
The AEG series’ slender, single-cutaway bodies deliver powerful and balanced acoustic sound, unplugged or through an amp or PA system. These guitars combine easy playability, classic solid and sunburst finishes and mahogany bodies with spruce tops to create a quality, workhorse acoustic guitar that will rise to any occasion. High quality Fishman(R) Sonicore(R) pickups and Ibanez AEQ-SST Shape Shifter(TM) preamps with onboard tuners provide the sparkling tones that sound great in any venue.
Price: $299.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
On board tuner and DI are a great plus. Action is not good after a little set-up. Materials are of good quality. The neck was a bit out of whack when it came off the dealers wall. Needed some basic work.
Quality:
Quality seems good — ask me in a year how it is holding up. Finish looks great and the fittings and machines seem to be equivilant to any other guitar in this price range.
Value:
Features, finish and sound are outstanding for it’s price.
Sound:
Great sounding for a thin-line guitar. Unplugged — not a bad tone. Plugged iin it is awesome.
Ease of Use:
Good sounds and easy to adjust. Very playable — again after some basic set-up.
You’ve played other dreadnought guitars before but you haven’t played a true dreadnought until you’ve played with the Martin DCE. Built from sustainable wood, specifically solid sitka spruce and poplar, which is fashioned into an immaculately shaped dreadnought body. This dreadnought shape provides smooth and easy access to all the reaches of the fretboard.
Price: $2599.00 Buy now!
The unique Talman body combines the rich sound of an acoustic with the size, upper fret access and radical looks of an electric. They’re perfect for the electric guitarist who wants to gain the full tones of an acoustic without losing the comfort and playability of their electric. The TCY20 features the clarity of a bridge pickup, combined with a figured ash top & body. This new Talman features an Ibanez piezo pickup with an Ibanez AE201 2-band EQ.
Price: $299.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
For what it has Ibanez did a good job of putting it all together. The new ash top and sides sounds much better than the TCY10 out of Spruce and Mahogany.
Quality:
Perfect conditon when recieved and have high hopes of keeping it this way. 1 Day shipping through UPS, boxed well. The finish makes this guitar that much more likable: more guitars should have a violin finish. The ash also took to the stain well not just the high gloss makes it look good but the wood used is beautiful.
Value:
For thinbody, double cutaway, electric-acoustics it’s a great buy.
Desirability:
The aesthetics are amazing from the eliptical sound hole with the inlays, and finally the gorgeous violin finish and the grain pattern from the ash wood this gutar attracts people to whomever is playing it.
Sound:
Thin bodied guitars are still in their own category for sound they can’t compete with full bodied guitars yet, and it’s not really that bad as an acoustic but when plugged in over a system I’ve gotten great results.
Support:
No problems, their customer service line is helpful.
Overall:
The only other reason to buy another guitar would supplement this Ibanez, you’re going to like playing this Talman and keep it around for a long time. I looked into Morgan Monroe and Talkamanie for their double cut electric-acoustics, and came up with this one instead. It was among the first I looked at and then after continual serching became the favorite.
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A figured maple top provides extra sizzle and style for this thinline electric. Yet with a flick of the 5-way switch, your tone goes from electric to acoustic, thanks to a combination of proprietary humbucking pickups and a Dynamic Body Sensor. Microdot fretboard inlays and chrome hardware are standard.
Price: $2399.00 Buy now!
The CD100CE brings Fender quality to just about anybody. Delivering great playability, great sound and great looks, the CD100CE features the Fender-designed dreadnought cutaway shape with a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, scalloped bracing, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge with compensated saddle, chrome die-cast tuners, satin polyurethane finish and a Fender FTE-3TN preamp with tuner.
Price: $269.99 Buy now!
This beautiful Acoustic-Electric features Gold Hardware, Crown Inlays, and a Mahogany body.
Price: $449.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Again, very nicely equipped for $400.
Quality:
Only a 9 because I would hope the more expensive would be a little better… Taylors sure are nice, but do they sound THAT much better? Not so sure.
Value:
OK, a 10. Honestly… for this price, it’s a steal.
Desirability:
Very nice curvy little creature. It only gets a 9 because I wanted the sunburst, but they were out of stock so I got the Ebony Princess.
Sound:
Great sound for a $400 guitar. I really expected less and was hopeful for pretty decent for a knockaround acoustic. This thing really sounds pretty damn decent. Blows me away everytime I pick her up and plug her in or by itself. Gorgeous booming lows and crisp highs. The electronics are very nice. good stuff. I’m still shaking my head that it only costs $400… wow. They don’t make cheap guitars like they used to! The only reason I don’t give it 10 is that surely the $2K acoustics have to sound better… don’t they?
Ease of Use:
If you can play guitar, you’ll love it.
Support:
Nada use for it. Warranty registration was pretty easy online.
Overall:
Just got it so the longevity is yet to be determined. If you mean, “Will I look for something better?” Nah, if it holds up to my banging around, I may get another one when the sunburst comes in stock. 
Really, it’s that good. I was very surprised and grateful.
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The Taylor 210CE has the classic look of a rosewood/spruce Dreadnought and is optimized for performance with cutaway access and Taylor electronics.
Price: $999.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
i gave this a nine because it only has two tone knobs and a volume job i think. but i personally like the simplicity of it the sound shouldn’t be altered to much
Quality:
just buy it if ur lookin for a good acoustic
Value:
i bought it localy so it was a lil pricy but definitely worth it
Sound:
ive played this right up against high end martins and well taylor may not have all the hype that martin gets but the sound of taylors just blows them away.
Support:
havnt needed them
Overall:
sounds gret. easy to use. ill hav this till i die.
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Martin and Eric Clapton have collaborated to bring you the Madagascar Rosewood Eric Clapton Limited Edition 000-28M acoustic guitar. Only 461 Martin 000-28M Eric Clapton Limited Edition guitars will be built, a number which coincides with the total for the very first Martin to bear his name: 1995′s groundbreaking 000-42EC Eric Clapton Signature Edition. The Limited Edition total includes both the 000-28M Eric Clapton Limited Edition with a natural top and the 000-28M Eric Clapton Sunburst Limited Edition with a classic 1935 style sunburst top.
Price: $5599.00 Buy now!
A versatile acoustic electric from Ibanez. The AES20E has a unique look with a diamond shaped soundhole. Perfect for the intermediate or professional musician.
Price: $399.95 Buy now!