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									What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days? - Opinions and Polls				            </title>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351501</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ok,Thanks for the recommendations. I&#039;ll post back if he ends up getting one.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok,<br><br>Thanks for the recommendations. I'll post back if he ends up getting one.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Taso</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351457</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[+1 for Yamaha, and a big big big +1 for Ibanez - they do some pretty decent inexpensive electrics. My girlfriend&#039;s youngest has a low/mid-range Ibanez, and he left it with us for safekeeping...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[+1 for Yamaha, and a big big big +1 for Ibanez - they do some pretty decent inexpensive electrics. My girlfriend's youngest has a low/mid-range Ibanez, and he left it with us for safekeeping whilst he was backpacking the southern hemisphere - I was using it to record some of my stuff within a week.<br><br><br>A :-)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Alan Green</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351450</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Let me correct myself....it was an Alvarez guitar]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let me correct myself....it was an Alvarez guitar]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>tinsmith</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351441</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Check out Alvarez Guitars. A number of the beginning students in my area have started using them. They have a number of different models. My daughter got one last year. It sounds great and h...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Check out Alvarez Guitars. A number of the beginning students in my area have started using them. They have a number of different models. My daughter got one last year. It sounds great and has been very easy for her to play. It was about $300 US with a fairly nice case.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Morpheus</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351437</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I got my kid an Ibanez.....good shtuff for the price. I DID have a Yamaha FG300 when I was a kid...It was incredible.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I got my kid an Ibanez.....good shtuff for the price. I DID have a Yamaha FG300 when I was a kid...It was incredible.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>tinsmith</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351435</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[ibanez - the exotic woods series have some nice sounding distinctive axes, well made and cheap. great onboard pre for the price point, too. some of these are &quot;collector&#039;s items&quot; so might hav...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[ibanez - the exotic woods series have some nice sounding distinctive axes, well made and cheap. great onboard pre for the price point, too. some of these are "collector's items" so might have a better resale value if he ever wants to ditch it.<br><br>also try the yamaha apx range.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Scrybe</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351434</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[a few weeks ago at a GC I walked past a guitar on a stand. I strummed it as I walked by. I stopped dead. the sound was really good. I picked it up and was impressed by the finished feel. the...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[a few weeks ago at a GC I walked past a guitar on a stand. I strummed it as I walked by. I stopped dead. the sound was really good. I picked it up and was impressed by the finished feel. the action wasn't too high or too low. playing was easy.<br>I couldn't believe the price. <br><a href="http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-DR100-Acoustic-Guitar-?sku=518569">http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-DR100-Acoustic-Guitar-?sku=518569</a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>dogbite</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Agree with Ric - had a Yamaha myself that was fairly inexpensive, but was easy to play, well set-up and with a nice smooth mellow tone. Bought it as an upgrade on my cheapo Encore beginner a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Agree with Ric - had a Yamaha myself that was fairly inexpensive, but was easy to play, well set-up and with a nice smooth mellow tone. Bought it as an upgrade on my cheapo Encore beginner acoustic - and I'd probably still have it if I hadn't bought the SPT off Nick T....it was a little redundant after that!<br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Vic Lewis VL</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-351429</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s always been hard to go wrong with a Yamaha.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's always been hard to go wrong with a Yamaha.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>What&#039;s a good beginner&#039;s guitar these days?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/whats-a-good-beginners-guitar-these-days/#post-38941</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hey GN Forum,A guy I know is looking for recommendations for a beginners acoustic guitar - he&#039;s never played before, but plays violin. He&#039;s interest in jam-band type music like Phish, and do...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey GN Forum,<br><br>A guy I know is looking for recommendations for a beginners acoustic guitar - he's never played before, but plays violin. He's interest in jam-band type music like Phish, and doesn't want to spend more than a few hundred bucks.<br><br>I've been so out of this scene that I don't even know what people say is good anymore, so I come here.<br><br>Any recommendations?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Taso</dc:creator>
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