Ok, i've owned my 1st guitar for almost 2 years already and i think it's time for me to change to a better one. My budget is around 1k or can exceed a little bit for a good quality Acoustic Guitar with pickup. I went to a guitar shop and saw some really nice SX guitars that cost around RM800++. I am not sure if SX is good or not. What im looking a guitar must be made from a good quality wood, nice looking, cutaway, has pickup, and the most important part is the playing quality/sound. I want something that is easy to press chords, soft stings to put it in other words.

Do you know any good quality guitar that i can get my hands on? Planning to get one end of the year. Branded one would be better, but not too expensive la. Im really tempted to get a brand new Taylor or Ibanez Acoustic Guitar with pickups. Can i get one with that budget of mine?

I usually go to the guitar shop in Petaling Street called "Woh Fat" there to shop. Do you know any other place that has a wide variety of Acoustic Guitars that's selling at a reasonable price (especially Taylor and Ibanez)? Thanks~

This post has been edited by barney: Jul 18 2007, 11:54 AM

Bentley has both Ibanez acoustics while SMX has a small collection of taylors........ but Taylors are WAAAAAAAAAAAAY off your budget. Those are actually more towards the "premium" guitars.

Why not try out Yamaha guitars? Go over to BeatSpot at the Curve and test a few out........ great value for money and good sounds as well/.

art&lutherie has some guitars around that price range, all made in canada.
http://www.artandlutherieguitars.com/intro.htm
guitar collection are the dealers here.

Taylors are WAAAAAAAY off my budget??? Awwww man....just when im starting to get serious of getting a Taylor.

Yamaha...hm....didn't thought of Yamaha in the 1st place but wth, i'll go to the curve and try it out myself. Who knows Yamaha could really steal my heart away. But i would prefer Ibanez or Taylor 1st before going to get others.

Anyone here would like to give some suggestions please do so as i need more informations.

Personally I prefer Gibson Hummingbird.

For Taylors, it's really out of your budget.

Anyway, go try Yamaha's first.

Gibson Hummingbirds are even more waaaaaaaay off budget.

Try out the Yammys and some of the Epiphone lying around there too...... you'll be quite surprised.

And if you try out a Taylor, you won't want to try out anything else

1k u cant even get a taylor baby (unless u can find a rare deal like how i got mine)

I'm just saying it's my own preferences.

Again, I recommend Yamaha within that budget.

Have you played a Hummingbird before? I've never seen anyone here who owns it. Not even second hands.. I was looking for a good second hand. Wonder why it's hard to find one here. Damn even the Epiphone Dove costs a bomb.

Yes, I played before. I own one.

Other than that..no idea about that.

where to buy the Gibson hummingbird in Malaysia? I'm keen on getting the Dove instead

now u should post that gibson in the flash us thread

TS, have you tried Seagull guitars before? they are Canadian guitars with great build and sound. Entry model should be around 1.4k (a relative of mine bought one). Just an added info, they are the Acoustics division for Godin guitars.

Their entry model comes with a simple acoustic pickup which should suffice. The beauty of the guitar really shines after a few months of seasoning and playing. And they are the only few brands which have LR.Baggs acoustic systems built in. iMix anyone?

Personally, i'm using a Fender acoustics from US which i got it for a bargain price. Had to do some minor modifications but overall the sound is pretty good. IMO, you can ask for those which are made in Korea which are cheaper while maintaining a standard of quality.

Just to add abit.
why don't you save up abit more and go for a baby taylor or a Takamine? honestly, with RM 1k, it's kinda hard to get a good guitar(my perspective) as it's just a borderline of entry and upper entry level. I'd assume that you're already fairly proficient in your guitar skills, why not reward yourself with a great guitar?

This post has been edited by raist86: Jul 17 2007, 09:11 PM

yea i certainly agree wit raist86. why dont u save up a lil bit more just to get a great guitar since u already got proficient guitar skills. its not a waste u noe dat. really worth it n bring lots of satisfactionary 2 urself.

I didn't bring my bird to Malaysia, sorry. I really missed it.

Ok, my 1k budget is just a rough figure. I can double up that figure for an awesome guitar or beyond that if i really like what i'm seing. I really don't plan to get a "so-so" guitar. If i change 1 now, it'll be a very very very long time before i change to a even better one.

I would like to reward myself with an AWESOME guitar so please shoot me those guitar that are worth getting!!!

How about Freeman guitars? I haven't personally tried them though...

for the bluesy sound, I'd recommend the big baby Taylor. Shoould be around RM1800. Maybe you can get it cheaper in Singapore from SMX

TS,go for a freeman guitar....it's a great bargain...sound wise is comparable to middle range taylor...thrust me...i've played freeman guitars for so many times...i've try every single model he built...even some of his custom built ones...i've been staying with the luthiers place for so long...i think he got a dreadnaught wiht lr baggs pickup for sale...it's a freaking good bargain...it's only rm2500....think abt it...if u interested juz let me know...i go there with u n try it out...maybe u get a better deal....since i'm his student...

Or wait for Taylor's distributorship to be returned to SMX.
Should be happening very soon.