Hi,
Does anyone know where I can buy an acoustic guitar in Santiago? Also, any idea of price?
Thanks
Does anyone know where I can buy an acoustic guitar in Santiago? Also, any idea of price?
Thanks
Hello,
My friends and I have purchased various instruments from this company:
rondomusic.com
Rondo Music Acoustics
We have purchased mainly the electric guitars and basses that they import to the US from Asia to resell and they are very good for the price.
You should be able to order a guitar and a case from them, have it shipped here via TransExpress/Western Union/Vimenca and come out ahead on the deal compared to what you can find here.
Good luck.
By-the-way, any good "seasoned" musician will tell you that it is not always the price, shape, the wood, even the intonation of a guitar that can make it sound good. It's the player.
Give me a cheap guitar and I'll shred on it and make it sound like a million bucks
Happy strumming!
Look at it this way. MJ (one of the greatest basketball players of all time) would perform a lot better wearing the latest Jordans than he would wearing a pair of old school Chuck Taylors (Converse).
Vince.
P.S. I recently plunked down 3g's and some change for a Taylor 814-CE so I appreciate a quality instrument, but I also know it doesn't make me a better player by itself, thought the fact that it is so much fun to play does make me practice harder.
An excellent point was made about the humidity and salt air and the problems this can cause.
There are a few manufacturers of guitar strings that make coated strings to increase their life time. Some examples (from Musician's Friend, I might add) are
Musician's Friend - Cleartone Guitar Strings Hands-On Review at Musician's Friend
another brand called Elixir is at
Musician's Friend - Search Results
Happy playing regardless of the guitar you end up purchasing.
Hello,
My friends and I have purchased various instruments from this company:
rondomusic.com
Rondo Music Acoustics
We have purchased mainly the electric guitars and basses that they import to the US from Asia to resell and they are very good for the price.
You should be able to order a guitar and a case from them, have it shipped here via TransExpress/Western Union/Vimenca and come out ahead on the deal compared to what you can find here.
Good luck.
I can't believe their prices... I just ordered a Macaferi copy acoustic... guitars which even as copies and imitations traded well over USD 500.oo, when available at all.
Thanks for the link!
... J-D.
PS: I'll let everybody know if it arrives here in one piece and what the reaction at the customs was (using Transexpress/Vimenca).
I hope the guitar works out!. I take it you ordered the Gypsy guitar at $199 with the case? For that price there should be no duty owed since it is under $200 US.
SX DJG1 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic With Case at HomeOld
Here is a review of that guitar
SX DJG1: Harmony Central User Reviews
I am looking at the links and I have serious doubts that this guitar will hold up well in a tropical climate, assuming the owner does not have a way to keep it in an air conditioned environment.
I am not an expert on wood, but I suspect the cedar top will have difficulty holding its shape in high humidity.
Also I have yet to see a steel string guitar with a trapeeze style tailpiece that can stay in tune in any climate.
If I get a chance to play one of these I would be very pleased if I discovered I was wrong, but to date have never seen a $200 guitar that was good for anything but an ornament.