The Best Budget Priced Acoustic Guitars for your next Coffee Shop Gig!
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- One of the best parts of learning and instrument is showcasing your new found talent for friends, family and strangers in public. The coffee shop and bar gigs are some of the most common places for guitar players to stretch their creative performance muscles. Typically a laid back gig, a "coffee shop" style gig allows for a minimal setup in an inviting environment and intimate atmosphere. Not to mention, the benefit of caffeine to keep your energy up for the performance. If you are just starting out on your acoustic guitar performance journey we have some budget friendly guitar options to consider for your next or first coffee shop performance. Each of these selections were made by Cooper Greenberg, a seasoned gigging musician who shares some of his experiences and wisdom to prepare you for your gig.
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Love when you guys do the lower end priced guitars. Such incredible values to choose from!
Our pleasure!
That burst on Yamaha FS TA is stunning 😍😍😍
I've had 2 GS minis and they were great but my entire world was changed upgrading gigs to a Yamaha FS-TA. I use the effects about half of the time but the guitar itself sounds great on its own.
I love the end of these videos where they say "the guitar you're making music on is the best one."
Easy choice, Yamaha first and Martin second and Taylor third. I’ve already planed on getting a Yamaha ta series and this solidifies it for me. I’m a little tonal spoiled lately because my wife got me a Taylor ad17e blacktop for Christmas
All the guitar that most folks will need.
I’m commenting so the algorithm likes you more cause your videos are great! Thanks for everything.
Or if your gig is in your own living room, with just your Cocker Spanial in attendance... I like having something good for me... When you strum and the sound goes right through you... That's good! Or when you finger pick and you feel the sound of each note... It's awesome!
Am just beginning the search for my next guitar... Love the reviews you guys do!
Plugged in it it was definitely the Yamaha and the Epiphone for me. Unplugged, it was the Martin and the Cordoba.
Thanks for plugging in the guitars , love the GS Mini ,one of my favorites in my collection.
You guys ARE great together.Thank you , learn a lot from your great videos........ And don't forget, MASS DISPLAYS CREATES impulse buying !!!! Like the multiple guitar videos.
Feedback or not; they all sounded better with the mic than the line input. I looked at travel guitars in 2015 and ended up with a Martin 00015SM! It has Great sound, it’s small, and lightweight. I really like a 1 3/4 nut width for finger style.
Great video and information. Y'all really making it tougher for me to decide on my next guitar, then I am very picky when comes to spending that kind of money.
I also own two of the greatest selling (for all the good reasons) guitars - a Taylor GS Mini Walnut, and a Mahogany. Wonderful, wonderful instruments!!
I don’t know how I missed this video. Excellent and extremely relevant, AND a great choice of guitars. I find it funny that I own or owned three of them. Chris and Cooper do a great job.
I listened first without looking at the video, noted what sounds I liked better. Then again to see if I was right/wrong on my guesses.
My blind order of like was the Martin, Yamaha, and Cordoba for .
The Yamaha was so distinctive AND surprising . A fine , fun amped up guitar. I own a GS mini e rosewood, sold the road series Martin , which I loved but upgraded to a 00015sm, and sold the Epiphone because if not amped up it sounded a little thin to me.
Hard to beat the GS mini for traveling or just to noodle around. But for sitting and playing I always grab the Martin. Thank you again.
I listened to this without looking at which guitar was being played and surprise the Martin in both Mic'd and Line formats was my favourite sound, closely followed by the Cordoba.
I love all the info I learn so much on this channel
Mahogany sounds warmer, more subdued,, great for blues, compared to a spruce, which is brighter sounding...great for "happy" sounding tunes.
Very hard to beat those masterbilts for value!
Me: why does cooper have such long hair?
Me: to make up for Chris
Could be a chicken and the egg thing diverging simultaneously. Different but work well together.
Martin makes great sounding , great playing , good looking, not over glossy guitars. Personally like the satin finish or a light gloss. The very heavy glossy type finish looks a bit cheap to me. Great video guys !
These are budget guitars
Martin Dreadnought Junior - all solid wood and similar pricing to the road series that doesn't have solid wood back and sides.
Thx guys. I watch your videos regularly as they are informative and entertaining. I have D10e01 all sapele and 214CE and they are my go to guitars with or without amplification, both under $1000. Recently got a F150 ce and rotate among the 3 for home jam and small gig as they all sound great through Yamaha THR5A. Its important for folks to see what great guitars are available under $1000 . . . with a good set up and the right stings they stack up amanzing well to guitars 3 to 4X their price. Thx
I own a road series martin D10-E which I bought for 1000€. Today i bought a Grand Audotorium AC222CE-OV from Eastman, and it's a finer Guitar in every aspect as far as I can tell. Real all-solid-wood construction (including fretboard and bridge as well as pins and bone nut), no fake tortoise strumming shield. The Martin is still a very solid guitar, but for the money it could be more, but you pay the name for sure. What I want to say is: If you want to invest 3000€ I would buy a Martin because the overall value tends to stay the same and at some price point the guitar just doesn't get better in terms of performance. If I wanted something with good quality and best playability for under a 1000€ I would go with an Eastman or other brilliant brands that just offer more for the money.
These two are my favorites 😍 they funny and give out alot of excellent information. Sad there not in PA.
the Martin 000-10E is NOT all mahagony wood ( as the 000 15 ) but all solid Sapele. which is good too but cheaper.
Nice catch!
Found this very interesting, perhaps THE most interesting (and eye-opening) of all the vids you guys have provided us with. I have a GS mini, a low-end Martin and a Yamaha LLTA, so no big surprises there. Then the Epiphone entered the stage, and it sounded a lot better than I thought it would do. Thx a lot for producing this vid (damn... got to buy myself an Epi for Christmas now...)
Love the sound of the Cordoba. I'm a Yamaha guy but I might have passed on the Storia in favor of the Martin DJr-10E. Great job Guys!
I am Pretty Sure that the Road Series 000 guitar from Martin there...is NOT a Mahogany guitar. It is a Sapele guitar, which has similar sound properties to Mahogany, but it is not the same species.
African Mahogany is known as Khaya.
Man, by far the GS Mini and the Cordoba had the best plugged in sound. Blew the Martin away.
Theres nothing better then taylor guitars I love those guitars
What's song are you playing here Chris? I'm more interested in learning the piece as it's sooo calming. Great playing man! I own and love my GS Mini btw ❤️
Outstanding comparisons…..great jobs guys.
Love your humour, presentation and info. I'm a subscriber 🙂🎶
The Martin sounded so clean!
Kind of a surprise to me..l really liked the Cordoba..but it was out of tune, the Taylor GS mini sounded the best over all to me PLUGGED IN. The Martin didn't impress me at all, the Epiphone sounds a bit brash on higher frequency tones, the small Yami was great all around and would likely be my choice of the bunch based on this video. Thanks..great vid!
really surprised how much I like the Cordoba, especially at that price point ... the Yamaha Storia too ... right now, I think my next guitar will be a Martin, but not that 00010e
Another great video. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Martin has the driest but the most balanced sound. I hava a low end Sigma 000 and I like it because it is portable and because I hate the deep bodies of dreadnoughts.
Not sure why the Epi DC500 sounds so bad in this demo but I had one and it sounds pretty good plugged in.
Was thinking the same thing. They must have had it dialed in all nanoflex because it was very quacky on that demo. Mine sounds great with a little compression and mid scoop.
Mr. McKee, this is one you can update soon. Last 18 months has seen several new contenders on the rack.
Great info, guys. Chris is the MAN!
Nice comparison!! Taylor GS mini is the best for me. It is so easy to carry out and PU system is excellent. I wanna buy another woodtone GS mini or Taylor one. Many thanks for super cool review and performance!!
The GS Mini matches the Martin's unplugged sound and has a better plugged-in sound by far.
Guild Sounds Best 😉🌻
Damn, Chris! You asked the man about that C70, then you described it for two full minutes. 😆
The Epiphone didn't quite do as well , and I know that these can sound quite nice , as I have experienced that . The transducer definitely had an unfair advantage . That one seems to sound the best .
I love my Taylor GS mini mahogany, I can't seem to put it down
I have a BR 160 and many comment on how good it sounds.
Would have picked a Martin ×series. Solid top but the rest is indestructible, which is nice in some environments.
And even comparing a laminate with a solid one, the Yamaha Storia has a more beautiful sound than the Martin 00010e acoustic in my opinion.
Martin has no pop....liked the epi too
wow that first one sounds absolutely stunning! oh wait, it might be that $400.00 microphone run through some reverb unit or other.
Does it make more sense to get a guitar without electronics and buy electronics separately that can be upgraded 29:03 later when technology improves. Instead of a guitar with a pickup system?
You should do this updated.
I have to say this - I HATE piezo pickups, because they are always positioned diectly under the bridge saddle. Therefore the tone is equivalent to plucking right nex to the bridge ALL the time far too harsh tonally). I FAR prefer a soundhole positioned stacked humbucker - such as the LR BAGGS M1 - which can cope with bronze or phosphore bronze strings. I believe that Fishman do a similar type of pickup.
My first thought is therefore not to worry about the pickup system - which can be changed - but instead to consider the tone, playability of the neck, comfort of playing, intonation, and overall build quality.
I still want to learn that fingerpicking song…can you please do a video teaching it?? 0:49
Any suggestions for a “plug in only” accoustic electric for live? A thinner body perhaps with a design less prone to the low-mid end feedback most acoustics are prone to at louder volumes? Sound hole plugs help but there always seems to be excessive resonance at louder gig volumes.
Good values-thank you
Update this list please
Are coffee shop gigs a common thing in the US? We don't really have them in the UK.
They are pretty common! Especially for beginners and local artists.
GS Mini, Martin sounded great. Star of the show was that Cordoba. But I’m guessing it doesn’t sound so good when strummed, especially with a pick hence zero footage?
were the Effects on the FS TA turned on while playing in this video? It sounded so much better and alive than the Storia which has basically the same body.
Epiphone and Transacoustic were the largest and loudest, so maybe best in a larger venue. The Cordoba and coffee sounds good.
Such a great video ❤
Road series? For affordable martins,I'd go x series. Unless that was after this video.. I have no idea when the x series came out
Is yamaha f310 good?? I didn't see any review of f310 on your channel
I notice they said they were covering guitars that are solid and with a pickup system. So I guess that's why they don't cover the F-310 since it is made of laminate wood and ain't got a pick up.
Can you tell me which la better the Yamaha Storia i or the fender malibu Player arctic gold? I play covers at home. Thanks
The Yamaha
So, am I an idiot for buying and thinking a Taylor 314ce Ltd. is a gig guitar? Should I leave that at home and use something else?
I sold my Martin GPC 16E to get the Taylor because I didn’t like the lack of warmth and volume with the rosewood Martin vs. the Sapele Taylor. Not to mention the Taylor is stunning visually vs the Martin. Hopefully I am not the only guy pondering nonsense like this.
I bought a gibson J-185 as my coffee shop guitar :/
Yeah but do they sound better with long hair or no hair?
With no hair you get a stronger fundamental but with hair there is more body to each note. - Chris
That’s funny and creative! Nice video
Thank you for the videos. Very well done and informative.
Good work boys
Another question: You just said it's a little too expensive To be a coffee shop guitar.??? Why couldn't I play my martin GPC15ME in a coffee shop? Or my taylor 814 v class? Why do you guys keep insinuating that A coffee shop guitar has to cost $300 ? I must be missing something here. I recently purchased a OM-28 Herringbone... I'm having a LR Baggs pick up installed. Why can't I play that in a coffee shop? Why is that too expensive a guitar to play in a coffee house?
why not epiphone masterbilt?
The ooo road series is a good choice. Its a bit ugly, but the tone is superb.
How do you humidify the one with the effects? Seems like the electronics would be suspect for shorting out ???
I'm tossing up between the Stories 3 and a YamHa FS850. Both small body with mahogany tops. Has anyone had experience with these?
There is a reason why GS minis are so popular...listen...
nice
I’ve been confused over Ibanez art wood 54ece with bone nut n saddle and Ibanez aw70ece wth plastic nut n saddle . Some advice on my first guitar would b appreciated
I have a left handed Ibanez AW54 (the non cutaway) and it would make a great first guitar I highly recommend them.
What are the issues, if any, of using a flat pic with the Cordoba nylon string guitar?
Bro can you compare Taylor 114e Burst vs. Martin 000-10e? 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
what amp would you recommend? I did hear the fender passport but what model and size?
Can someone suggest me an excellent acoustic guitar amplifier in budget for jamming at small cafes. Please guys..
If you have 800 dollars Martin all the way but that is not cheap. I will say you should be able to get most of your money out of it if you ever sell it,
I would go up one more level with the Gibson G45
We will be looking at some
More expensive models as well. I agree. The G45 is a great option!
@@AlamoMusic too bad you can't purchase them in Europe...
Astoria sounded good and Epiphone great mic’d, but plugged in, bad and underwhelming respectively. As I’ve heard in other videos, seems like Taylor has a superior pickup in its acoustic-electric guitars. Cordoba sounded good both ways - but I wonder if you were using the body mic only here?
The Cordoba was set to blend. - Chris
Someone needs to put that Epiphone out of its misery!
When you can only afford lower end and mid end guitars you learn differently and ways to make up for the weakness of the guitar.
None of those guitars are as beautiful as that mans hair.
Can guitar manufactures spend time on sending them out setup all guitar players want the best action you talk about wood combinations and electronics never a conversational on string action " Guitar Nuts " dont want strings half a mile from the fretboard.
Is not fs ta price close to 1000 dollars?
$649.99
Untill you here a D55 Guild and ,oh crap I need $3800 😥
How do you rate takemine guitars
I was gonna ask the same thing, I love Takamine guitars, I have a high-end P3DC and a few lower-end G-series, they all sound very good, even the G-series, in my opinion are still better than the Martin X-series and the Taylor 100s, plus many great Country artists play a Takamine, like Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks as well as Bob Seger, Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, well popular in America for a non-American brand. I'm guessing they just don't sell Taks in their store, that's why they never talk about it.
They might not be a Takamine dealer at Alamo Music /shrug
Why wouldn't you want to play a good guitar in a coffee shop? Bar? Church? I don't get it.
I fully understand if you can't afford a good guitar...
But otherwise, if I ever get where I have a gig, I definitely want a good guitar so I sound better.
Their are two types of guitarists the gig guys and the play at home guys.
Hate all epiphone . Horrible . Like the 2 Yamaha and the Martin . I have 2 Taylor’s but I don’t like the Gs serie . Also I have a Cordoba Flamenco and is the one that is for practice .
The Yamaha Storia sounds terrible.I would spend a little bit more money and get the Epiphone. Like the cutaway. :)
It is not a fair comparison, for the value the guitar of the Yamaha FS 3 and the Taylor 12e academy that had to be there. So it always seems that Yamaha are good for the price and that's it. Only not!
Too much emphasis on solid top! John lennon & George Harrison did pretty well with their all laminate gibson j45's