Thursday, June 26, 2008

Acoustic Guitar Reviews - A Must Before You Buy

If you'd like to buy a new acoustic guitar, check out the reviews first. You'll want to look at two different kinds of reviews: expert reviews and user reviews. The experts will tell you how the guitar compares to other similar models, while users will tell you how satisfied they are with their purchase.

An expert acoustic guitar review should be one that is written by someone who has had several years of guitar-related experience. The reviewer should also have several different models from several different manufacturers. The reviewer should be able to put aside personal preference and objectively point out a guitar's pros and cons. Should a bias be present, it should be admitted and explained. A degree in music is not necessary for evaluating acoustic guitars. Applicants should really know their stuff, and should be able to explain why their opinion is valid and should be taken into consideration when buying a new guitar.

When you look for user reviews, you should locate web site containing a few reviews of each guitar written by a variety of musicians. Many music stores have web sites with user reviews. Every guitarist plays his or her own unique type of music at different kinds of venues with different arrangements of band members. A classical guitar player who plays at wedding receptions has different needs and preferences than a rock guitarist who performs in nightclubs. Be sure you find reviews from individuals who play the same style of music and who are at the same level of playing that you are or that your aspire to.

Searching for acoustic guitar reviews online will bring millions of results. Here are a couple of tricks to use, no matter what type of review you are looking for. Put the search term in quotes, like this- "acoustic guitar reviews". If you were to do this trick on a Yahoo search, it decreases the hits from about 17 million for acoustic guitar reviews to about 6000 for "acoustic guitar reviews".

When searching for specific individual acoustic guitar reviews, this trick will also work. Let's say you want to find reviews about the Martin DX1. Typle in that phrase in Yahoo search and you'll end up with about 38,000 results. But if you type in the same phrase using quotes like this "martin dx1" you'll get only about 10,000.

To narrow your search for specific acoustic guitar reviews down even more, try adding a plus (+) sign after the phrase and the word "review". That will give you only the sites that contain that exact phrase on the website.

If you change things up and type "martin dx1" +review into your search bar, you'll get nearly 500 hits. If you want specific information about something like guitar action, then put that in with a plus sign (+) next to it without using a space. Utilizing these hints for performing web searches can assist you in locating practical and precise acoustic guitar reviews that will make your choice of guitar easier.

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