7 Best Affordable Acoustic Guitars (Under $200)

7 Best Affordable Acoustic Guitars (Under $200) – 2020 Update

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.

Note: It’s very easy to find online guitar parts if you needed to upgrade one or two things, not the whole guitar.

First off, instruments under $100 are usually not worth the money. It’s difficult for a manufacturer to make a quality guitar under $100 without using inferior woods and less than ideal construction materials.

Fender FA-100 Acoustic Guitar

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.

Fender FA-115 Acoustic Guitar

The Fender FA-115 is an upgrade from the FA-100. The main difference is that the FA-115 has a solid spruce top, while the FA-100 has a laminate top.

Solid wood tops provide better sound quality as well as better structural integrity than laminate tops. In the following video, you can hear the FA-115 has a crisper brighter tone.

Epiphone DR-100 Acoustic Guitar

The DR-100 is Epiphone’s best-selling acoustic guitar. It’s a full-size dreadnought acoustic that has found a home with beginners and professional players alike. Over the years it has become a go-to guitar for rock, folk, bluegrass and other styles.

The guitar is available with a few different finishes/colors – vintage starburst, natural blonde wood, and black.

Construction

Part of the reason the DR-100 sounds so good it that it features a solid wood spruce top. It also has a mahogany body and rosewood fingerboard.

The neck is made of okoume, an African hardwood similar in tone to mahogany. It’s designed with Epiphone’s famed SlimTaper profile for smooth playing as you move up and down the neck. The neck also features pearloid dot fret markers.

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