In the 1950’s and 1960’s the acoustic guitar was front and center in the emergence of folk music with bands and musicians like Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, and more. Even the originals of Rock and Roll with musicians like Elvis, embraced the acoustic guitar as the messenger of rock. There’s a guitar out there for anyone, whether you’re a beginner or professional shopping for a pro model like the one in our Martin 000 28EC review.
Today the acoustic guitar is still an important part of music even despite the emergence of electronic music. Musicians like Dave Matthews, Jack White and Ed Sheehan feature the acoustic guitar at the heart of their music.
Easy and incredibly fun to play, especially with the light strings and comfortable fret board
Reasons not to buy
My issue with this guitar is that there are several finishes that have varying costs online. Not that big an issue but everyone wants to know what they are getting
Our Verdict
The Epiphone PRO-1 is a very nice guitar at a very nice price. The only complaints I’ve found on it are typically about a shipping issue or just the buyer not understanding what they are buying, but all the substantive reviews of this guitar have suggested a great playing and sweet sounding guitar that both looks good and feels good to play.
It’s got that “Rex” Parlor vintage guitar look and sound without having to splurge on the true vintage price
Small scale is useful for children, people with small hands or having for travel situations
Reasons not to buy
If you don’t realize how small this guitar is, you might be surprised and not necessarily happy about it.
Our Verdict
This is a cool guitar under $200. The old school “Rex” Parlor style guitars are awesome looking and have a unique vibe and tone that makes this more unique than most of the mass produced acoustic guitars that exist at this price point.
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What Exactly is an Acoustic Guitar?
The acoustic guitar is a famed and ancient instrument. Most of us hear the words “acoustic guitar” and nowadays think of sitting around a campfire with friends having a sing along after learning how to write a song on guitar, or singer songwriters and folk musicians on stage singing with all their hearts of the pleasant sounds of the strumming acoustic guitars.
While those ideas are steeped in reality, the history of the acoustic guitar can be traced back for over 4000 years dating back to the ancient Lute and Lire. In the Middle Ages, Gitterns were developed from the Lute to be one of the first small plucked acoustic guitars, forming the guitar shape that we know and love today.
Adam Chase is an American born multi-instrumentalist and band leader from Baltimore, MD. Adam has toured around the world with various projects as a drummer, percussionist, band leader and music director. As a touring musician, Adam has performed with some of the biggest musicians in the business, opening for Crosby Stills And Nash, Aerosmith, Santana, Kiss, Rusted Root, Dickey Betts, Victor Wooten, Oteil Burbridge, OAR, and many others.
