I bought the CHEAPEST GUITAR on AMAZON - A bargain or...

Keep that 50$ guitar for 80 years, it will be a priceless antic and people will compare its unique sound to the cheapest guitar, in 2100.

If anybody haf a clue what strings the expensive one had please tell me

All you need is a two by four and a cardboard box taped at one end

PLAYABILITY is numero uno! "Tone" is always secondary! It's the balance of both that matter most!

I just got a 1979 D35 Martin I am decent player but no D35 level so I began watching this guys videos and learning

Self taught guitar playing I think makes u a more Intresting guitar player and learning the basics later in life

U gotta play from the heart ❤️ everytime

Hahah lol 😂 good comment but keep trying 😂

Let's be honest. The cheap one doesn't sound bad at all in this video. But that's probably because a pro is playing it.

yes

what are the alternatives called?

My new Guild D55 sounds as good I think. But at 4K it better. I absolutely love acoustic guitars and have many high end acoustics. It’s my passion and that’s why I buy them. My dream is to have a vintage J200.

Do they have same brand of strings....does make difference also...try to used fake elixir strings on Martin and use the original elixir strings on cheap guitar....😊😊😊

my mother owns a tanglewood, she says the action is low yet it is about the same as said $50 guitar

Someone laughed their ass all the way to the bank with 50k in their pocket.

My first guitar was even worse than that, if you can believe it. The body was painted over with a thick layer of oil paint, the neck was probably from a different guitar altogether, crudely bolted on. No wonder I quit for so many years.

Just don't tell Martin you're a friend of Kurt Russell..... 🤯🤯😢😢

maybe its my speakers, but i cant tell the difference lol

Yes, informative video. Thank you. now ...where'd you get that shirt?

Ya know, I have always had a soft spot for really cheap guitars. When I was far from home volunteering, we had a couple of absolutely bottom of the barrel guitars on base that must have just been found somewhere and donated or left behind. A few of us could play and we would trade off for hours on those things! The guitars were garbage (they may have been literal garbage pulled from a dumpster or the side of the road for all I know) but we didn’t care. It was a wonderful way to end every night!

Thank you!!!

Uff... I was debating between buying one of these 2 guitars, I almost went for the Amazon one because I like the color better but thanks to this video I will now get the Martin, I almost wasted $50.. thank you! 😒...🤭🤭

The most expensive thing you can buy is a cheap guitar. It'll cost you a lifetime of playing when you invariably give up.

Thank you. More reviews please in the future.

Whats the name of the song he played at first in demo 1?

the yamaha fg 800 would be your answer

Buy an Martin DSS Hops and Barley and test it please, maybe sounds better and a good price

Sounds just the same to me.

Piece of advice to beginer players. Don't buy guitars online.

For sound and ease of playing, I find Cort Guitars to be very good. Even tge cheapest in the range are very playable. Admitedly, the two I actually own I have lowered the action considerably by filing down the bridge/saddle and nut. To get volume whilst maintaining lighter tension I have size 11 strings but swapped out the high E and B string to the even lighter ones from a set of size 10 strings. So, cost wise in UK £ The guitars were £130 for a Cort Mini AD and £230 for a Cort SFX. I payed an extra £14 for an Artec passive soundhole pickup for the Mini AD. Im currently having the SFX upgraded with Real Bone Nut and Bridge which is £70 and then I will consider whether fret adjustment is worth it or not for £60 to bring it to the lowest possible action professional set up. So that will bring it to a total cost of £360. At that point I will be looking for a second hand Fishman EQ and pickup Rod to replace the factory budget one. Looking at new and second hand guitars, at the level I am at, £450 will get me a nice new one or an excellent second hand model. For a beginner, its well worth looking at second hand shops and pawn shops. For £50 you can get some really good first guitars but its important to know what youre looking at. Make sure theres no cracks or dents in the top board, no major cracks in the back and sides and make sure the neck isnt split or cracks between the fretboard and neck. Check the head stock is sturdy and On nylon strung guitars, check that the fret board all the way up is paralell with the body of the guitar.

Why tf is that acoustic "worth" 50k

The only difference to me between those two guitars is a lot of hookers and blow.

bought used Stagg SW 205 for $60 - sounds great.

A good guitarist can make just about any guitar sound good (as long as it is playable) and a poor guitarist can make any guitar sound bad.

If it's under $300 and sounds decent, thats my guitar

My wife bought me an acoustic guitar from Amazon, cost was around $165. First thing I did was take it to the local guitar store to get it set up, now all I here is compliments on how it sounds. So for a starter guitar it was a good deal

Test a Lamborghini with a Trabant seems like unfair!

I bought a Fender Starcaster to start with about ten years ago. Sadly, a little less than ten years ago it went into the case and didn't come out again until my nephew took up guitar and played it a few times a month ago. That $150 guitar hasn't gotten $5 of playing yet. 😅

The truth is, the super cheap guitars are not far behind the super expensive ones. They are very good quality. They come from China, and their quality is greatly improving day by day. They are a much better alternative to the western built instruments, which are reduculously expensive. These days people's wallets around the world are getting skinnier and skinnier, the choice is obvious. Good on You China, keep up good work.

pov: you own that guitar 💀

I have a mid range acoustic (a bit > 1k) because when I was 18, I thought all players needed one to be taken seriously and after testing out a couple, it was just worth it to me. Worked a full summer for it. Even though I'm more intersted in rock than background music for restaurants, I still play the acoustic from time to time. Even live, e.g. at my grandmothers birthday not so long ago. It's a life time investment. A 300 bucks guitar would've saved me some money (to spend on stuff I wouldn't even remember anymore), but mine is such a joy to play. If it was some 50 bucks piece of c*, I wouldn't have touched it in a decade.

Btw, if you really want to torture your kid with an acoustic guitar, the gear is the least of your concerns. If you want them to stick with it, make sure they're actually having fun and stay motivated. For example, a lot of music schools offer band programs even for absolute beginners. That's a more important investment than the guitar itself. The way most people teach kids is just frightening, be super careful there. And if they like the instrument, they'll buy their own stuff later anyhow.

But also be real here, you wouldn't spend more than 50 bucks on a hobby that will take thousands of hours of your or your kid's time? That's the amount you probably spend on things you don't need each week. Save up for a month and you can afford a 200 bucks guitar even if you're dead broke (like I was with 18 - full circle, wasn't my first guitar though).

Right from the start I guessed that comfort and feel for the player was going to be the biggest part. If you close your eyes while watching this video they sound more similar than you might think. I don't think it's anywhere near as noticeable as the difference between, say, a cheap grand piano versus a legendary Steinway. But I knew this find it far less easy to make it sound good.

When it in my hand it look like guitar 10$

I got a very nice guitar off Amazon that's worth 200$. But their are plenty around the 160$< price range

Ive played since my dad taught me as a kid. Ive played every guitar I can get permission to play, including some very expensive. Three years ago i went into a Guitar Center in Ventura CA, with my daughter to buy her a guitar. We played 20 or so guitars, but i found a Breedlove PS Pursuit Concerto, Cinnamon burst. Before i even played a note the hairs stood on my neck. It was wildly out of tune. Tuned like a dream. Then i played some bits -- i cried. The sweetness, the profound simple strength, the nameless spiritual intensity... I had a budget of $400, with a max of $500. We got her a gorgeous, wonderful, and happy Martin. I flew home to Minnesota, and for a month i ached for that Breedlove sweetheart. I wanted to walk back to California. At a month i wven called the store to ask if they still had it. They did. I hung up distraught. By that time i had already bought and paid for the daughter's guitar, so i would need another $750. I had the money by that time, but that much money for a guitar! That's a LOT! Another two weeks later i called the store again, intending to just go ahead and buy it and ask them to gentle tuck it away until my daugjter couldget there. It was gone. I have pther wonderful guitars, but none have played or been so beautiful to play as that single guitar. Huge sigh...i made a big mistake, and i knew it at the time. Maybe some day the little friend will circle back to me, but i seriously doubt it. Lesson: when that "one" reaches up and slaps you across the heart, don't hesitate! Take her home!

My first guitar was a ten dollar no name bought at our local five and ten cent store in rural western Pennsylvania. I was about ten years old. I found out from a Mel Bey book from the nineteen 30’s how to tune it (this was in about 1963). It was very poor quality. The action was so high I bled when learning to play. But I could tune it and play it. I taught myself to read music from old method books and sheet music from the 1930’s and ‘40s. I certainly developed massive callouses. But learn I did. I also had old records of Delta blues artists and I copied the songs teaching myself fingerstyle by trial and error. Five years or so later I played a friend’s father’s dreadnaught Gibson (an old one) and finally found out what it felt like to play a good guitar. But I did play that junk guitar for about seven years before I got a decent used guitar from a music store in Pittsburgh. Our music journeys are all different. I think my playing that junk guitar made me a better player in the end.

Sounds fine to me.
What is the cheapest guitar u would buy that is good?
Good = feels good low action etc

i also bought the cheapest guitar once. the fretboard is made of plastic and i broke the saddle last week when tuning the g string.

Unless you buy a guitar from the guy who made it, you're buying something that was made on an assembly line. You might get a great one and you might get a middle of the road version no matter the price range (relatively speaking). All of them were created to generate a profit for the company that built them. I'm not implying that making things for money is a bad thing. It's just that with companies and corporations, money comes first. Just look at what Gibson puts out. Their quality isn't consistent over the years and even batches.