Why Invest in a Solid Wood Guitar if You're a Beginner?

There are many thoughts running through a beginners mind when planning on buying a guitar. The price is one of the major factors in deciding on which guitar you'll purchase. Now, you ask yourself... Why invest in a solid wood guitar if I'm a beginner? I'll tell you why, it will give you more motivation to keep playing and become the guitarist that you always dreamt of being. There are many factors that go into choosing a wood guitar instead of a highly manufactured laminate bodied guitar. Lets start with the fact that the sound that is projected from a guitar made out of all solid woods can not be imitated by any other material. Now why would this be of importance to a beginning guitar player? Guitars were not made to be stuffed in a closet, you're going to play it, and you'll play it in front of others eventually. So... if you play it in front of others, don't you want you're guitar looking like a million bucks and sounding like angels are flying out of the sound hole?

You need to see your guitar as more than just a playing instrument; it is more like a tool for your improvement as a guitarist or a key that unlocks many experiences. I'm not gonna lie to you, my first guitar was made out of plywood, except for the neck that was solid Mahogany oddly enough. It was a handmade piece so whenever I took it to a Guitar Center it would obviously sound better than the cheap models that they carried. It played well for a little while but then it started sounding dull after I played a few solid wood classical guitars. My first Solid wood guitar was a handmade classical guitar by Isidro Selva from Managua, Nicaragua. It had solid Honduras Mahogany back and sides with a "Spruce" top. I place quotation marks because the Luthier informed me that it was a spruce known in Nicaragua to grow in the mountains of Matagalpa. I'm pretty sure the top was made out of some type of Pine. The point is, it was the most lovely sounding guitar I had ever played, just exactly the way I wanted it to be. The trebles rang like bells and had a sustain the length of echoes in a cave. The Spruce made it bright and the Mahogany made it powerful. Every teacher that I presented it to admired its light weight with powerful sound. The fretboard was made from an old aged Nogal Walnut that had matching binding strips. The Walnut collaborated with the Mahogany to make a sweet golden 3 pound guitar.

You should know what happened to my first guitar; of course... it's locked away in some closet. I've been through many guitars after my first wood guitar and I wish I still had it.

Purchasing a solid wood guitar is an investment (especially if it's handmade) of its own. The type of wood on the guitar increases in value just as the Luthier that made it makes it increase as well. The quality of a wood guitar will always surpass that of a plywood guitar. Even if factory made, it usually carries more detail and higher quality accessories and materials used. The wood opens up after playing it for a while and the tone will ripen to a crisp sounding professional level guitar. The static experience that you will have with a plywood guitar does not justify its low price. For an extra hundred dollars, you can own a tool that will improve your guitar playing skills and motivate you to play in front of others. At times, you can find solid wood guitars costing less than many over-marketed plywood guitars.

Beginning guitar players should think about their future as a musician. Do you want to learn a few chords and only play a couple of songs? Didn't think so... Invest in a well made acoustic wood guitar to become the guitarist that you always wanted to be. Spend on a good guitar now before you spend more on one later. Exotic woods keep raising in price and what was favorable in price now will not be in the near future. We provide high quality handmade wood guitars on our online Wood-n-Guitar store that go for very affordable prices. Try one out today and begin a dedicated path to becoming a guitar hero.