Recommend acoustic guitar <$300?

Personally I like the Ovation guitars (the Applause series is good too) although the Fender Elvis Presley Acoustic is on sale for $200 and it might be a good idea to pick it up while its $200 off

 

Go used and get a seagull, norman or art and lutherie (Godin's brands).

Wrong subforum by the way.

 

Yamaha makes nice but cheaper guitars

 

Yeah (I actually prefer the rounded back) but I've also played some Takamines that were good

 

Yamaha. I ALWAYS recommend them. After 3 years of bass and just kinda derping around on guitar, I decided I finally wanted to get an acoustic guitar. From my experience at my local pawn shop, they made guitars with great value on their lower end guitars. Got one just last Christmas, and my good friend, who is a great guitar player and has been playing for 7 years, loves my acoustic to death. And he owns a Taylor worth 3 times as much.

Go with whatever you like, but if you're curious, this is my model: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-FX370C-F-SERIES-Cutaway-Acoustic-Electric-104648936-i1275571.gc

 

I love the wide neck of a nylon stringed classical. Good ones are kinda pricey. A decent used one will probably run around $100.00 or so.

 

Yep, or Simon & Patrick; another Godin brand. Probably made side by side with the Seagull. I believe it is the same guitar with a more "Martin" looking headstock.

 

This is EXACTLY what I was going to say. They are amazingly well made guitars but for some reason don't hold their value as well as some others. If you can find a used Godin brand (the ones listed above and also Simon & Patrick) then you would be getting a great deal on a really nice guitar.

Edit : Turock beat me to it!

 

I have a Fender CD60CE. It's acoustic-electric with a single cutaway for access to the upper frets. It's just shy of $300, comes with HSC, and sounded MUCH better than the other guitars in its price range that I tried out (IMO). Plugged in, the pickup isn't great but is usable. Acoustic, it sounds great and definitely does not sound like a cheap guitar.

Great bang for the buck. And it's pretty! Mine has great figuring on the pseudo-mahogany back.

 

Yamaha FG7?0S. Theres a 700, 720, and 730, I just cant recall exactly how much they all cost, but the 700 is $200.

 

yamaha

 

You should check out Recording King/Loar/Blueridge, or Walden.

 

It's hard to go wrong with a used Seagull. Just check it for any major issues like cracks or warped neck.

There are actually some pretty nice Alvarez or Epiphone guitars available cheap, especially used. The sheer number of different models offered by those companies over the years (and the fact that quite a few were crap) means that you have to try each instrument individually. That's another thing that I appreciate about Seagull; they seem to always have the same, (relatively) small selection of models.

 

Oh, and +1 for Blueridge. They've got a couple of models at the very low end that aren't great, but their middle-of-the-line and up are quite good and should be available used for cheap.