# Recommend an electro acoustic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261 "2009-01-07T18:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/1 "2009-01-07T18:43:57Z")
I’ve got my first gig at the end of April! My acoustic guitar is well loved but old, with a bit of fret buzz, and has a hole in the back. Since I need a pickup for the gig anyway, I thought I’d get an electro acoustic guitar. My price range is not huge, so can anyone recommend a guitar at the lower end of the market that will provide a good acoustic sound, as well as decent transfer into an amp? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/2 "2009-01-07T19:02:41Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I’ve got my first gig at the end of April! > > My acoustic guitar is well loved but old, with a bit of fret buzz, and has a hole in the back. > > Since I need a pickup for the gig anyway, I thought I’d get an electro acoustic guitar. > > My price range is not huge, so can anyone recommend a guitar at the lower end of the market that will provide a good acoustic sound, as well as decent transfer into an amp? > > Thanks! Takamine’s and Yamaha’s are decent in the few-hundred US$$ range and often come equipped with decent acoustic pickups for amplification purposes. As for an amp - do you really need one? Does the gig involve a PA system where you might be able to plug straight into that? Acoustic amps (and be sure you get one that is for acoustic guitars - electric guitar amps are different) can be had for reasonably cheap, to my knowledge… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/3 "2009-01-08T07:59:57Z")
The gig is in a pub and it doesn’t have a PA - I have to provide mics and amps, which I’ll rent. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/4 "2009-01-14T11:02:21Z")
Thanks for your advice **WordMan**. In the end I got [this](http://www.247guitar.com/products/TW145-SC-Medium.jpg), a Tanglewood small-body with solid mahogany back and solid cedar front, and a cutaway. It’s absolutely gorgeous and a really lovely tone acoustically, and a good reproduction via an amp. And it has a built-in tuner, which I didn’t expect! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/5 "2009-01-14T16:40:36Z")
jeez - that looks totally bitchin! How much was that??? Just a couple hundred $$?? And it plays well? Sounds like a score to me! Well done. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electro-acoustic/480261/6 "2009-01-14T22:15:12Z")
It’s sweet, man. Was £300 - about £100 more than I wanted to spend but I fell in love. Been rehearsing tonight and wow, it really sounds gorgeous.