$300< Classical Guitar?

atomicsushi · 23rd June 2012, 8:23 PM

Does anybody know what the best value $300ish classical guitar is?

kevincooper · 23rd June 2012, 10:55 PM

The place I do a bit of teaching at has a few Admiras knocking around, but I couldn't comment specifically on quality as I don't have that much to do with sales (other than tuning student's guitars).

But like all guitars you're probably best to have your budget and go into a store with a bit of a range and see what feels best to play.

BigandY · 26th June 2012, 1:01 PM

Ibanez G100

deejeta · 3rd August 2012, 10:26 PM

A few years ago i bought a Jose Ortaga? can't remember the exact spelling. The tone blew me away.
I'm sure it was around the 300 mark.
The ibanez stated above is also bloody nice.
Shop around and try as many as you can. You'll know when one feels just right.

Perko · 4th August 2012, 3:34 PM

There was a Takamine MIJ classical a guy had when I was in college that was hands down the best classical I've ever played... Wish I could remember the model

Agg · 10th August 2012, 7:39 PM

I have an Ashton nylon classical as a kitchen/party guitar and it's perfectly playable. I do a lot of practise on it. It was something like $80-100 in a pack with a bag and a heap of other stuff - my wife bought it originally. It'd be worth at least popping down to your local guitar shop and having a go on one.

pipsqeek · 22nd August 2012, 5:26 PM

I'm a music teacher and supply my beginner students with classical guitars from Artist Guitars. https://www.artistguitars.com.au/sho...cal-guitars/16

They're pretty good value.

strangerdanger · 22nd August 2012, 8:51 PM

Katoh, hands down best nylon string under $300
Check out there AU website

Phalanx · 24th August 2012, 3:02 PM

I find it really hard to go past used guitars for classical, because every man and his goat seems to have had one at some point. Finding that odd 1970's yamaha in decent nick is always a good way to go, I even picked up one of these for $30 when I moved and went shopping around for something to play at home (it's not worth anything near what they're asking for on that page though, sadly. I wouldn't part with it anyway, great little guitar)

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deejeta Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 260	A few years ago i bought a Jose Ortaga? can't remember the exact spelling. The tone blew me away. I'm sure it was around the 300 mark. The ibanez stated above is also bloody nice. Shop around and try as many as you can. You'll know when one feels just right. __________________ h20'd 2700k & HIS 7950, Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe, 16gb 2133 Kingston Predator, NZXT Switch 810, XFX 750Pro, Dell 3008WFP, M-Audio BX5A's

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Agg Lord of the Pings Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: A Reported Post near you Posts: 25,469	I have an Ashton nylon classical as a kitchen/party guitar and it's perfectly playable. I do a lot of practise on it. It was something like $80-100 in a pack with a bag and a heap of other stuff - my wife bought it originally. It'd be worth at least popping down to your local guitar shop and having a go on one. __________________ www.overclockers.com.au - also now on twitter and facebook.

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pipsqeek Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 684	I'm a music teacher and supply my beginner students with classical guitars from Artist Guitars. https://www.artistguitars.com.au/sho...cal-guitars/16 They're pretty good value. __________________ Now with Awesome Bar!

23rd June 2012, 10:55 PM	#2
kevincooper Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Epping Posts: 1,039	The place I do a bit of teaching at has a few Admiras knocking around, but I couldn't comment specifically on quality as I don't have that much to do with sales (other than tuning student's guitars). But like all guitars you're probably best to have your budget and go into a store with a bit of a range and see what feels best to play.

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strangerdanger Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 20	Katoh, hands down best nylon string under $300 Check out there AU website __________________ Main Rig - Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz - 6GB Corsair Ram - NVIDIA GeForce GTX275 - 12TB - 2x27 Asus VE278 - Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop - Apple Macbook Pro - Mid 2010 - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz - 4GB DDR3 - NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB - 320GB - MAC OSX Lion

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Phalanx Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,770	I find it really hard to go past used guitars for classical, because every man and his goat seems to have had one at some point. Finding that odd 1970's yamaha in decent nick is always a good way to go, I even picked up one of these for $30 when I moved and went shopping around for something to play at home (it's not worth anything near what they're asking for on that page though, sadly. I wouldn't part with it anyway, great little guitar) __________________ This post is coming to you LIVE in HD!