Buying A New Acoustic, Acoustic guitar buying Options

[Yash]

Hey guys I missed you all !! How is everyone ? I haven't posted in ages. But, I am back and more active than ever ! This one's gonna be a long post. Hope you read till the end

I have 1200 Euros (around $1600) at hand And, I am gonna spend it on my second and third guitars So glad. Finally, I'll have a good weapon to play and shred and make music. For the electric, I have decided to go for the guitar of my dreams. a Jackson King V. It's a Pro series model with Floyd Rose and EMGs (Gonna make a thread on that). I initially wanted to buy a second electric, but Cosmin said it's better to buy an acoustic first, and he's 100% right, as I wanted to buy the second electric only because I wanted to. A second electric is an overkill (More details in the thread about the Jackson)

Now, on to the topic, I wanna buy an acoustic, and I don't know a thing. I don't know what to look for in one, how should it play, how should it sound. I start from zero. But, I wanna buy one that stays with me a long way And, I don't want to spend a lot on it. I have no idea whatsoever how much should I be looking to spend ? I have money. But I wanna save it for another electric And later a 12 string because it has a godly effect Greedy me

So, what to look for ? In terms of playability, I prefer thin necks, so, whenever I pick up an acoustic, I always go - fat neck, fat neck I have stubby fingers I guess Not a guitar players fingers ? Tone wise - I don't know. I like the acoustic sound from Metallica's Fade To Black and Led Zeppelin's Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (My Favorite acoustic tone of all time probably) and Tangerine, Megadeth's 13, Iron Maiden's (second most favorite) Dance of Death (live from Death on the Road) Three Days Grace's Never Too Late and Wake Up. Guns N' Roses' Patience (not much though )

I think these songs would give you people a little idea of what I like ? Because, I myself don't know what I like But what I know is - I love to write clean moody stuff So, I'll need an acoustic

So, let's make the best acoustic guitar buying guide ever ? The materials, construction, neck shapes. Let's include all of it ? We can do it !! We are GMC

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[Spock]

The best acoustic I had was a Tacoma, it cost me about $700 when I purchased it in the mid 90s. Man I miss that guitar. It had a cut away at the neck and the wood used for the guitar was so light, it almost felt like balsa wood. It had no finish on it, maybe some sort of wood sealer, and it smelled like pepper. The guitar played and felt so good.

Mine looked like this - except it didn't have pegs to hold the strings in. From what I understand, Fender purchased Tacoma, so they are probably much different now, but if you get a chance to locate one that looks like this, give it a feel and see what you think. If the guitar is the same weight as a regular acoustic, that would not be the right one, the one I'm talking about is noticeably lighter than a regular acoustic of the same size...

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