Buying Your First Acoustic Guitar (5 Things You MUST Consider) | A Beginner's Guide

Guitar Center Lessons wants to help make choosing your first acoustic guitar an easy and informed process. Here, we show you the variety of features to choose from when picking out your first acoustic guitar. We cover the 5 things you MUST be aware of during the selection process—string types, body shapes and sizes, tonewoods, construction techniques, and added technology.

00:00 Introduction
00:33 String Type
01:36 Body Shapes and Sizes
04:09 Tonewoods
06:13 Construction Techniques
08:27 Added Technology
09:38 Conclusion

Check out our other Acoustic Guitar Beginner's Guides to learn more about how to choose the best guitar!

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[reecemehrens]

This is the most in depth and professional guitar buying guide I’ve seen!

[blondieyooper]

I have a 13 year old Granddaughter who wants to learn, she sings beautifully so imagine my happiness when she just told me she wants to learn guitar! This is a very well done video that explains things so even someone who knows nothing about a guitar can learn! Thank you! You do seem to love your art!

[HB-ooty]

I'm not even buying any guitar but I definitely enjoyed watching every minute of this intro.

[emilemontiere]

Going out today to buy my first guitar. Really glad i watched your video to give me some idea of what i want. I will definitely be having nylon strings. Thanks for a very good video and advice.

[keige]

This was a great video...thinking of buying my first guitar and learning how to play and you helped a lot thank you🙏🏽💕

[Doowopsid]

Very good job of covering all the various aspects to consider. You really can’t go wrong getting any of these guitars and it is only after you have one and have played it over time that you will have a better idea of the type you would prefer.

[kaunas]

Great quality video: well done, informative and to the point. Thanks.

[mattbell]

Most comprehensive video on acoustic guitars I have seen so far. Good job.

[reeciireecii]

I love this so much. Smiled through the entire thing. So excited to get my first guitar

[brooklynryan]

Love this choice tutorial! Very informative and interesting. I'm going to rewatch now, but this time take notes. Thank you for providing such essential & important information!

[citizenpmd]

Looking to start lessons and scratch a long held itch to learn the guitar, this is a brilliant explanation and aimed at the total beginner like myself. Great content with basic language, no jargon and no sales pitch. The presenter sounds like a true lover of the instrument, and not a salesman. Top stuff 👌

[jeankelly]

Thank you..You get right to the point and Very informative!!

[paramount]

Thank you for a great presentation, one of my children was very curious about a friends guitar at our last o ernight in a cottage and I was always curious myself. This helped tremendously with how to go about choosing one we could both learn on.

[Scorpio_-riiz]

Great information. Very talented salesperson. Thank you, it’s very helpful.

[rodrirm]

Awesome video, whish we had that amount of guitars to test/try where I live (Cheers from Argentina!).
About 25 years ago I bought my first classical guitar over guitar center, it was (is) a basic Fender CG-11e, it was the happiest day of my life I think. I still have that one and I love it.
But I didn't got anywhere closer to this kind of explanation and help back then.

[Sarah_ZM]

Thank you so much!! It was really helpful and thorough description.

[laudarescamargos]

Amazingly well produced and executed video - congratulations, and thank you for it!

[BackyardBlueys]

I had absolutely no idea what I was looking for or know about guitars but this video really gave me everything to look for and what to buy! Thanks mate you’re a legend ! Best video on explaining everything

[sisteryaya]

This was a great preview of buying a guitar. It helped to broaden my selection process as far as the kind of sound and tones I resonate with as well as all the options to choose from. I'll review it again before I'm ready to buy. Much appreciated!

[ewanhaines]

Thank you for a great insight, its really helped me. Im looking for a guitar just now. Excellent advice much appreciated.