Whether you’re a beginner looking for your first acoustic guitar or you’re just looking for an inexpensive guitar, the best affordable acoustic guitars will give you excellent sound quality with easy playability, all at an affordable price.
While acoustic guitars can run from $50 up to many thousands of dollars, finding a quality instrument under $200 isn’t difficult. It just takes a little knowledge of what to look for, which you’re going to learn here.
The first guitar on the list is the Fender FA-100. While Fender is most widely known as the manufacturer of the famous Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitars, it’s also a leading maker of acoustic guitars.
The FA-100 is a full-sized dreadnought acoustic guitar that’s a top pick for those looking for a great beginner instrument.
It features a beautiful blonde color top wood with darker sides and back and a classic black pickguard. It’s also available in all black.
Construction
The top wood is a spruce laminate, which is a typical wood for lower cost acoustics.
Its body is made of basswood, and the fretboard is rosewood. The fretboard has silver frets and mother of pearl-like fret markers, and the neck features the distinctive Fender headstock shape.
The FA-100’s X-bracing gives stability to the guitar’s ability to withstand the tension produced by the strings. Its neck includes a truss rod for minor adjustments for buzzing or guitar intonation, and it comes with a wrench designed for these adjustments.
The FA-100 has quality die-cast chrome sealed tuners that are quite good for a guitar in this price range. Users find that it holds its tune very well.
The FA-100’s X-bracing gives stability to the guitar’s ability to withstand the tension produced by the strings. Its neck includes a truss rod for minor adjustments for buzzing or intonation, and it comes with a wrench designed for these adjustments.
The FA-100 has quality die-cast chrome sealed tuners that are quite good for a guitar in this price range. Users find that it holds its tune very well.
Playability
Uncommon for inexpensive guitars, the FA-100 comes set up nicely and ready to play out of the box.
The action is set at a proper height, and most users find no issues with intonation. As I mentioned earlier, lower-end guitars frequently have very high action that makes them challenging to play.
How Does It Sound?
The FA-100 probably won’t win any accolades for being a fantastic sounding guitar, but in this price range it’s a very nice sounding guitar. It delivers the bright, clear sound associated with Fender guitars.
The video below is a short demo of the guitar. Its tone is a little thin, but overall it’s good for a guitar well under $200.
The Fender CD-60S is another entry-level guitar that’s geared towards beginning guitarists. It’s a very affordable dreadnought acoustic that’s become very popular due to its deep rich tone and excellent playability right from the box.
The CD-60S is an upgrade from the highly regarded CD-60 that has thousands of happy users worldwide.
The new CD-60S features a solid spruce top with scalloped X-bracing for high-quality durability and tone. It also features mahogany back and sides, and a mahogany neck.
An “Easy To Play” mahogany neck with rolled fingerboard edges creates a very easy to play guitar; your left hand passes smoothly over the neck for comfortable playability.
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