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View Poll Results: Best Value Brand
Alvarez 15 5.08%
Blueridge 23 7.80%
Epiphone 13 4.41%
Fender (Fender, Guild GAD, Ovation Celebrity, Squier) 7 2.37%
Godin (Art & Lutherie, Norman, Seagull, Simon & Patrick) 79 26.78%
Ibanez 1 0.34%
Morgan Monroe 0 0%
Recording King 27 9.15%
Silver Creek 8 2.71%
Takamine 13 4.41%
Walden 10 3.39%
Washburn 7 2.37%
Yamaha 60 20.34%
Others (Please specify on your post) 32 10.85%
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Old 03-07-2017, 02:32 PM
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Halcyon guitars give you your best bang for your buck in a custom build without being a "budget" guitar. From there, Godin is next.

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Old 03-07-2017, 02:49 PM
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These days, there are a plethora of good budget guitars.

So how to choose ? Well, what is available locally and so you can evaluate.

I stumbled upon two interesting brands/lines these last 4 years : the Gretsch Roots line (I bought three of them resonators), and the new german Sigma brand (I have two of them Martin repros).
Definitely fine guitars for a price that makes your wallet smile.

Strangely, I don't like the Godin brand, although, living in Quebec, I tried them all, they are just everywhere.
(they even gave me a top of the line Seagull when I won the Montreal Guitar Grand Prix, and I sold it as soon as I could. Fine guitar BTW, I just didn't like it)
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Old 03-07-2017, 02:58 PM
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I voted for Seagull (Godin)
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