Any Guitar players out there??

I think its musicians friend.com

Yeah I've been playin for about 8 years now.
Sold my Gibson SG about a year ago
Man that guitar was fuckin awesome

Right now I play on a ibanez atl10 acoustic electric
with a martin pickup. I did a little custom work to
her. Had her for about 6 years now.

If I was spending $500 on an acoustic right
now I would get either a takamine or a
washburn..nice guitars.

Yeah musicians friend has a scratch and dent
section that can save you a few bucks...Thats
If you don't mind some minor flaws..Check it
out.

redrocket---I play all acoustic stuff similar to what you play. Radiohead, Pearl Jam, STP, Jeff Buckley, and a lot more alternative, along with some classics like Van Morrison and Eagles.

The perfect guitar for you is an Ovation Balladeer model 1111 (deep bowl), just like Cat Stevens played, as well as every other 60's folk/acoustic rock singer. If you have a medium or thin bowl, it won't sound good, but the deep bowl 1111 is awesome for dropped tunings. When you play new Ovations at shops, their factory strings (Adamis) suck. They sound great wth D'Addario Phosphor Bronze in medium weight. You can't beat the bass projection. Don't worry that it isn't an acoustic/electric... just get a pickup and it'll sound great. I don't even use a pickup, I just mic the guitar and it sounds awesome.

Try to find a good used 1111. The old wood sounds great, and the detail of the older models is better. My guitar is a 1991 and it looks and sounds great.

Jamie has a 1999 Celebrity Deluxe (transparent blue with leaf-inlay sound holes and 24K gold hardware), and it sounds like ass next to mine.

Warlock....lol. I'm only laughing because I had a Warlock bass in black (like Blackie Lawless from WASP played) and it got a lot of attention in the 80's when I was playing a lot of metal...but it started getting laughed at in the 90's when most bands were using beat up piece of shit Fender's and off brands that looked like they'd been dropped down the stairs and sounded worse. I thought it was a great bass too now I see they are making a "comeback". I always thought they were cool. I agree with Drew on the Ovation..but you were looking for cheap and Ovations generally cost well over $500 new. A Balladeer new will run you $895 (I'm looking in my Musician's Friend catalog right now). They have an Ovation Celebrity Deluxe acoustic electric in there now for $499 which isn't bad. Takemine IS a cheaper acoustic...but from my experience live with them you get the best sound and quality for your "new" dollar. My last guitarist used one live for the 8 years I've known him and it still plays great. Yamaha also makes a fairly decent acoustic for the money. The basses I have now (from L-R are Modulus Q4 with Bartolini soapbars, Dean Edge 6 (just sold that one actually), Yamaha RBX6 John Myung Signature 6-string, Samick fretless 4. I run it all through an SWR SM-500 with a 4-10 with horn and Big Ben 18" cabs. My neighbors are threatening a lawsuit...I can't help it if they got cheap windows . Drew, we need to get a drummer and play our next gathering man.