Guitar Journal - Semi Acoustic.

by daNi • 1 Feb 2011, 16:43 • Journals
Sup crossfire,

Im thinking of buying a new Semi Acoustic guitar, but since its my first semi acoustic i could use some tips.

Been to the guitar shop near my city and they had a richwood semi acoustic.
image: p3974_richwood_rd_17_ce_main

So i was thinking of buying this one but since its my first somewhat electric powered guitar i was curious if any of you guys have tips.

Nice thing about it is you dont have to play it on a amplifier so thats why i basically want to get one.

Thanks in advance!
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rAmbo 1 Feb 2011, 16:48
how much you are paying for that?
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 16:51
well depends, he has different versions of them with price ranges from €189,- till €369,-
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rAmbo 1 Feb 2011, 16:53
models will also be different then -_-
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 16:54
that's what i ment with versions, couldn't find the word! ;)
I believe the cutaway version i was most comfortable with was €289,-
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plekter 1 Feb 2011, 17:00
I really wouldn't buy a cutaway guitar in that pricerange, doesn't sound nearly as good :(
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:21
well ive tested the cutaway with steel strings. sounds pretty nice in my opinion.
then again i dont have any knowledge about semi acoustics!
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plekter 1 Feb 2011, 17:43
I realized i just shot myself in the foot, I think you should go for whatever guitar sounds best in your hands. A guitar with awesome sound that is very hard to play won't sound very good until you're like uberskilled, so go ahead and buy what works :P
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spiROZE 1 Feb 2011, 16:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4af-C2axXc

I made that :XXX
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:22
not bad! how long u been playing?
ill upload some of my stuff soon! :)
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spiROZE 1 Feb 2011, 17:55
well I had my first guitar 5years ago but I almost don't play anymore.. I just pick up my acoustic guitar sometimes and play some random stuff on it :p gl with your guitar carreer ;)
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:56
its more of a hobby for me tough! :) but thx!
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spiROZE 1 Feb 2011, 17:59
yeah I meant carreer as in a hobby :p anyway, hf playing :) It's really fun to be able to play songs that you adore
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 18:22
I know, been focusing on paradise city and some own created tunes lately!
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slifer 1 Feb 2011, 16:59
Semi Accoustic is an es 335 for example.
This is just an accoustic + pickup.
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Sungi 1 Feb 2011, 17:02
I can only tell you that you shouldn't buy any cheap shit, because it's no fun playing on those :o)
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plekter 1 Feb 2011, 17:05
But then again, you don't want to overinvest in something that you don't know you'll continue doing :/
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Sungi 1 Feb 2011, 17:07
But if you buy a cheap and poorly made guitar you definitely won't continue playing!
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:24
ive had a ibanez acoustic wich was totally working out for me, but before that i had one of those beginner €40,- guitars.
What u say is true! ;)
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plekter 1 Feb 2011, 17:41
I started out on a very cheap Cort guitar, and I did continue.. I have much better guitars now though!
However, when buying a first guitar, playability should be the primary concern until you're actually good enough to be able to tell that a guitar sounds good or not
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:55
But ive been playing for 3 years so falling back to a beginners guitar would be ridiculous right? :P
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plekter 1 Feb 2011, 19:32
In that case, I guess you know what you want, right? :P
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dualinity 1 Feb 2011, 17:55
i started out on a 80 euros acoustic guitar from the local music store, unknown brand, bad build quality, a string broke a couple of hours after i had it (my friend broke it, not me...)

had the string replace and I'm still playing.
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Sungi 1 Feb 2011, 20:13
Well I only know from electric guitars :) The poor ones sound awful even if the strings are good, which may not be the case in acoustics
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niSmO 1 Feb 2011, 17:40
looks nice!

saving up to buy myself ones of these
image: squier-telecaster-thinline-vintage-modified-102848

SO nice, but also SO out of my price range :<
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 17:44
Brutal, Looks a bit like Fender Stratocaster, mate of me has one of those but he cant play it for shit!
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niSmO 1 Feb 2011, 17:49
its based on a telecaster, just with a slightly different body

the guitar i have is some fake version of a Stratocaster, but ideally i want the guitar above or just a normal telecaster

image: fender-standard-telecaster-mn-lpb

so hot for these
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Phazor 1 Feb 2011, 17:58
How long do you play guitar?

The longer you play, the higher you should go with the price imo...im playing for 12 years, means my accoustic guitar is quite expensive :)!

E: and ofc it depens on how you would like to use the guitar...only for freetime? or also for giving concerts, "serious business"? =)

I use mine especially for concerts and entertainment :)
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 18:21
ive played from like my 6th till i was 8. and now again for like 2 years or so.
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xeoxis 1 Feb 2011, 18:01
image: tsfce

My guitar, about 400 euro's
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daNi 1 Feb 2011, 18:20
Looks pretty nice dude! :)
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necr0m4ncer 1 Feb 2011, 18:14
image: damien4
mine :P
Guitar players gonna hate :D
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Mephzjizz 1 Feb 2011, 19:04
Mine:

image: EG01759

Getting some money for this:

image: 00062778
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