Thursday, December 25, 2008

Acoustic Guitar Reviews

By Jay Tyler

Before purchasing a new acoustic guitar, you should take the time to read some acoustic guitar reviews. You can find reviews at your local bookstore or on the internet. This will give you a wide range of information and what experiences people have had with a variety of acoustic guitars. There are also consumer and expert reviews available, which usually require some type of subscription. Someone well-versed in acoustic guitars can give you a detailed review about a particular brand, the expert reviews will prove helpful. Or, if you just want to know what the average person thinks about a guitar they have used, the consumer reviews will give you that information. Also you can get quite a bit of information from your local music store.

An expert acoustic guitar review should be one that is written by someone who has had several years of guitar-related experience. The reviewer should also have several different models from different manufacturers. The reviewer should be able to put aside personal preference and objectively point out a guitar's pros and cons. Should a bias be present, it should be admitted and explained. A degree in music is not necessary for evaluating acoustic guitars. Applicants should really know their stuff, and should be able to explain why their opinion is valid and should be taken into consideration when buying a new guitar.

If you want acoustic guitar reviews, you should look for a site that has multiple reviews of each guitar by many different musicians. Many music stores also have websites with user reviews. Each guitarist plays in different types of venues, different kinds of bands and has a unique style of music. A guitarist from a band that plays at wedding receptions has much different instrument preferences from a guitarist who plays in a rock band. Look for reviews for people who play in the same area that you do, or someday hope to.

Searching for acoustic guitar reviews online will bring millions of results, which can be quite frustrating and leave you asking yourself where do I start. There are a couple of tricks that you can use to find the type of review you are looking for. In your search bar, put the search term in quotes, like this- "acoustic guitar reviews". Try this on a Yahoo search and it decreases the hits from about 17 million for acoustic guitar reviews to about 6000 for "acoustic guitar reviews".

When searching for specific individual acoustic guitar reviews, this trick will also work. Let's say you want to find reviews about the Martin DX1. Typle in that phrase in Yahoo search and you'll end up with about 38,000 results. But if you type in the same phrase using quotes like this "martin dx1" you'll get only about 10,000.

To narrow your search for specific acoustic guitar reviews down even more, try adding a plus (+) sign after the phrase and the word "review". That will give you only the sites that contain that exact phrase on the website.

If you try something new by entering this- "martin dx1" into your search bar, you'll get upwards of 500 hits. To find something more specific, like the action on a particular guitar, you can add that to the query as long as you add a plus sign to it. Acoustic guitar reviews will be easier to find, which will make your decision easier if you take advantage of these two small search tips. - 15634

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