Classical Guitars sub £150. Suggestions

fazza82 · 14 January 2013 at 9:38PM

Hi all,
I've been playing guitar for a while. Have an electric and an electro-acoustic guitar. However, after discovering lickbyneck.com and the solo arrangements on it...

Well... I've now decided I'd like a classical guitar.

Having no knowledge of the 'classical guitar market'. I've decided to come to you trusty MSE individuals for advice.

So any highly reccomended guitars, in a budget of about £150. Like i said I don't know how much you'd pay for a decent classical guitar so I'm unsure if £150 is even enough.

Thanks in advance,
Fazza82

Avoriaz · 15 January 2013 at 3:09AM

It depends on how you define "decent".

A few years ago I bought a Yamaha C-40, second hand but in as new condition, for about £40 on Ebay. Cash on collection so I didn't pay p&p or risk damage in transit.

It is a fairly budget classical guitar but I like it. It has a nice mellow sound, has good intonation and stays in tune reasonably well.

Here are some new and used currently listed on Ebay.

Something like that might be a good inexpensive introduction to Classical guitars. If you don't like it or decide you don't enjoy playing classical, you can easily resell it and get most of your money back.

I can't advise on more expensive alternatives as I don't really know enough about them.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy whatever you buy. :beer:

Nukumai · 15 January 2013 at 9:06AM

I'm not a trained classical guitarist but I, too, am a big fan of Yamaha for good value classical guitars. From memory, I paid something in the region of £80 (new) some 4 or 5 years ago for my current Yamaha classical and am more than pleased with it.

I've had a few Yamaha classicals, and am confident enough in the quality of what I have bought, that I will order them online, without trying them first. Of course, if I were paying, say, £300 upwards, then I would want to play it before committing myself.

My advice would be, don't pay too much - if classical is to your liking, then you will enjoy upgrading to a higher quality (ie. more expensive) instrument at the appropriate time in the future. All you need right now is an instrument that will stay in tune and has a playable neck.

Good luck.

misiek404 · 15 January 2013 at 6:33PM

Like previous users, I also have Yamaha. Mine is F310. I had it ever since it was recommended to me by my teacher several years ago. Have tried other ones since then but always went back to my yamaha. Good guitar.