Reddit reviews Fender 0950816021-COMBO-DLX Acoustic Guitar Bundle with Gig Bag, Tuner, Strings, Strap, Picks, Austin Bazaar Instructional DVD, and Polishing Cloth

I have this guitar. Like many others here I went aggressive while tuning and ting... string snapped. Happened after 3 months of purchasing it. After that I realized it's hard to change strings with the guitar head it has. I should have bought something with head like this one.

I'm good with A, D, E, G chords and can change between them now.

Tutorials I use are:

• justing This one is really good.
  
  
• For chords and strumming I check out videos from this channel.
  
  Took me ~5-6 months to get hold of aforementioned chords. Only weekends ~20-30 mins practise.
  
  Long way to go and become good. :)

So don’t get the nylon string classical guitar. It is purpose built with its nylon strings and wide neck for classical music.

Acoustic-electrics are made to take acoustic sound and amplify it louder. An acoustic-electric still produces sound from its body like an acoustic guitar, so plugging it in won’t help make it quiet.

If you want to play acoustic, just get an acoustic. You can get a better guitar for less not spending extra on electronics you won’t use. You can play an acoustic guitar softly enough to not disturb neighbors, and if you want to play pop get a steel string guitar. Finger picking/strumming is great for pop music and can be played as softly as you like. This would be an example of a good starter Yamaha acoustic. There are some even cheaper ones too. Here’s an even more budget friendly starter pack

If you would prefer an electric guitar, they have solid bodies and produce noise though magnets called pick-ups rather than the shape of their hollow bodies via sound holes like acoustics and acoustic-electrics. An amp is required to project this sound from the pick-ups, and with a headphones you can direct all the sound to the headphones. You can technically play without an amp but it’s very quiet and doesn’t sound good. These are great starter guitars but you’ll need an amp and headphones.

You can also find cheap electric starter kits that come with amps from squire and epiphone.

Just to reiterate once more, an acoustic-electric seems like the worst choice for you because it’s sole purpose is to make the acoustic sound louder, which is the opposite of what you want. Get an acoustic or electric, but not an acoustic-electric imo.

I'd probably advise against both of those guitars. Its best to go with a well known brand if you're going for something around that price. A lot of those really cheap guitars are garbage (trust me, I have one). Paying a little bit more for a well known brand can sometimes guarantee a little bit of better quality since they wont want to slap their name on something very bad as it would hurt their more expensive models. Fender is one of the most well known brands out there, next to Gibson. This guitar will probably be a lot better quality, although it is a little more expensive.


http://www.amazon.com/Fender-FA-100-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar/dp/B0071NO7I0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406810964&sr=8-1&keywords=fender+acoustic


http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Acoustic-Instructional-Strings-Polishing/dp/B0092V7WJ0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406810964&sr=8-2&keywords=fender+acoustic


http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Acoustic-Hardshell-Instructional-Polishing/dp/B0092V7EJ8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406810964&sr=8-3&keywords=fender+acoustic


I've put 3 links to the same guitar. One is just the guitar and a gig bag. The second is a guitar, gig bag, lessons DVD, strap, picks, cleaning cloth, tuner and strings. The last is the second package, only will a hardshell case instead of gig bag, a stand and a string winder (don't need the winder at all). I'd recommend the middle package.