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Electro acoustic easy playing good sound for cheap money - your recommendations please

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rze99rze99 Frets: 2005
edited December 2022 in Acoustics

Just back form the pub with a pal. The neck on his old cheap Yamaha electro acoustic is not repairable (warped over years after decades of abuse). sort of OK for cowboy chords but up the neck it's a problem at the join with fixed the body getting worse that truss rod adjustments can't fix. It's not worth anything so repairs not really sensible. 

He asked me what he should do.  I said a buy a new one "there's loads of cheap good ones buy used to keep the family cash flow steady". He likes relatively slim body and single cutaway and the playing experience essentially electric in terms of playing action and plugging in. Nothing too complicated.

I reckon he has about 300 or so for used electro acoustic. Any ideas from experience?

eg

https://reverb.com/uk/item/54289031-yamaha-cpx-5-vs-vintage-sunburst-2002-electro-acoustic-guitar



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  • SnagsSnags Frets: 4987
    Yamaha APX500 are around that 2nd hand too, i think, and are OK. 

    Might get lucky and blag one of the lower end Faith models as well. They're not hugely slim, but I've never seen one that wasn't easy to play. 

    I know people who get acceptable plugged-in results with Tanglewood which would be even cheaper but I'm not conscious of having heard them acoustically. 

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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 8909
    I have recent experience of a couple of recent Tanglewoods - a cedar-topped non-electro which was just under £200, and an electro dread that my niece bought for something silly like £120. Both very impressive for the price. I think you’re unlikely to get a bad guitar for £300 these days, but there’s such an insane amount of choice in terms of body size/shape you really have to try a few in your hands.
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    Crafter
    Tanglewood
    and possibly Vintage


    but for every recommendation,  there'll be a counter/negative and something else :) 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • rze99rze99 Frets: 2005
    Snags said:
    Yamaha APX500 are around that 2nd hand too, i think, and are OK. 

    Might get lucky and blag one of the lower end Faith models as well. They're not hugely slim, but I've never seen one that wasn't easy to play. 

    I know people who get acceptable plugged-in results with Tanglewood which would be even cheaper but I'm not conscious of having heard them acoustically. 

    I'd say that was a contender - thank you
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  • shufflebeatshufflebeat Frets: 93
    * Vintage statesboro
    * Crafter
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    I got a Yamaha APX-5 in good nick about to go for sale here?
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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    Get a secondhand Epiphone Ej200 for that price range and maybe even a discounted new one if he likes jumbos,
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  • CharlieShawCharlieShaw Frets: 347
    I agree about Tanglewoods. You can get a really decent one for £300 secondhand.
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  • StratavariousStratavarious Frets: 3112
    Yamaha.. APX is a good call
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  • shufflebeatshufflebeat Frets: 93
    I've found the quality control of cheaper, newer Yamahas to be a bit flakey. Try (many) before you buy. 
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  • rze99rze99 Frets: 2005
    Ungulate said:
    I got a Yamaha APX-5 in good nick about to go for sale here?
    Thanks @Ungulate ;
    My pal is following this thread (though he's not a member of the forum). I'll PM you if he follows up.
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  • UngulateUngulate Frets: 161
    rze99 said:
    Ungulate said:
    I got a Yamaha APX-5 in good nick about to go for sale here?
    Thanks @Ungulate ;
    My pal is following this thread (though he's not a member of the forum). I'll PM you if he follows up.


    APX-5A now in the Acoustics FS section FYI.
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  • rze99rze99 Frets: 2005
    Ungulate said:
    rze99 said:
    Ungulate said:
    I got a Yamaha APX-5 in good nick about to go for sale here?
    Thanks @Ungulate ;
    My pal is following this thread (though he's not a member of the forum). I'll PM you if he follows up.


    APX-5A now in the Acoustics FS section FYI.
    thank you
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  • guitarjack66guitarjack66 Frets: 1397
    shufflebeat said:
    I've found the quality control of cheaper, newer Yamahas to be a bit flakey. Try (many) before you buy. 
    I would agree with this.
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