The Best Beginner Acoustic Guitars and Electric Guita

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Having trouble choosing the best starter acoustic guitar or best beginner electric guitar? Read on for the Musician’s Friend guide to the Best Guitars for Beginners.

Start strumming: A guitar overview

Most all guitars, both acoustic and electric, share some basic characteristics. What follows are the most important ones for beginners to know and understand.

Guitars generally have six strings. All guitars have a body (the bulky part), a neck (the long skinny part), and a headstock (located at the far of the neck from the body where the strings attach to tuners).

All guitars need to be tuned to play properly and sound on pitch. This is done with the tuning pegs (also referred to as tuning machines) on the headstock. On the top side of of the neck is the fingerboard, also called a fretboard, over which the strings are routed. Pressed into the fingerboard are small metal ridges called frets. They help delineate individual notes along the fretboard and also make it easier play on pitch.

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At the top of the fingerboard, just below the headstock, is a slotted piece of material called the nut. The strings are routed through the slots in the nut and terminate at the bridge, located on the far end of the body. When the strings are plucked or strummed, they vibrate between the nut and the bridge. This vibration is where the sound of a guitar begins. How that vibration translates into sound depends on whether the guitar is acoustic or electric, as we’ll see in a moment.

Acoustic vs electric: What you should know

If you’re just starting out, you may not know there is a difference between acoustic and electric guitars. Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

Best beginner acoustic guitars

Here are our suggestions for three of the best beginner acoustic guitars available. These offer excellent quality and value for any budding musician.

The beauty of the Yamaha FG800 Acoustic goes way beyond skin deep with its solid Sitka spruce top complemented by a Nato back and side. The mellow, well balanced tone offers excellent note definition, worthy of dreadnoughts costing far more. Quality materials such as a rosewood bridge and fingerboard, black and white body binding and more make FG Series acoustics sweet buys with a great reputation.

Martin LX Little Martin ¾ Scale Acoustic Guitar

Martin guitars have been around for over 180 years, and are widely considered to be some of the best guitars currently in production. The Little Martin is a ¾ scale guitar perfect for kids and beginners with a smaller stature. Featuring professional-grade construction and hardware, the Little Martin has a big sound in a small package. Also great for travel, the compact body stows easily.

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