Beginner Acoustic Guitar - Advice?

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Re: Beginner Acoustic Guitar - Advice?

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Turn from the devil's left hand path ! Otherwise you'll be spending your life buying guitars that cost more, have very few to choose from, and will almost never be able to play someone else's guitar. That and the eternal damnation...
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mate of mine was/is a lefty. he said it was a constant pain in NZ sourcing lefty gats, and very hard to even find one to try. he was stoked when he got to http://www.southpawguitars.com/ on a US visit, but I wonder if he'd have know about the lack of choice if he'd have tried the alternative.
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Any comments on an Art & Lutherie CED Black CW Quantum lefty guitar?

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My search goes on ...

What are your views of the relative merits of a Cort Earth 100 (@ $399) vs. an Art & Lutherie Cedar Antique Burst (@ $599) (both are left-hand)?

The quitar is for an absolute beginner who wishes to entertain himself in the privacy of his own home.

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Best sub $400 guitar you can get.

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Thanks for all your good advice. I have bought the Art & Luthier lefty Cedar Antique Burst guitar - the Rockshop in Christchurch gave me a $100 discount, selling it for $500.
Now all I have to do is learn to play it!

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congratulations dood.. welcome to the fold!
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Glad to hear you came right with a guitar, I just thought I would mention, I bought my son an acoustic guitar about two months ago. A Tanglewood Crossroads Dreadnought Whiskey barrel, I reckon was great value for money at that price, it sounds good and is quite easy to play.

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Bought it here:
http://www.musicplanet.co.nz/tanglewood ... uitar.html

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