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The guitar plays an important role in modern music; nearly every genre in the music industry uses this string instrument in one way or the other. The Guitar can be found in almost every form of modern music possible and some older European world music as well. Guitar has common applications in genres like jazz, rock, blues, metal, country, ska, punk, alternative, pop, reggae and funk. This string instrument can be found in acoustic and electric, but of the two the acoustic guitar may very well be the ultimate music instrument. Because it’s portable and lightweight, it can be taken anywhere and played on the spot without the use of an amplifier. The Dreadnought guitar is a well played and popular style acoustic guitar.


Dreadnought design was develop by Martin Guitars, back in the early 1900s and was named after the huge British battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought. A Dreadnought acoustic guitar can be distinguish from other acoustic guitar by its deep body design and is much larger. Since the development of this kind of guitar, it has become very popular and today you can find this design being made by several guitar manufactures like fender, Taylor, Washburn, Mitchell, J Reynolds and Alvarez. Like the Washburn D10s guitar which produces fantastic sounds and looks great. Packed with feathers and easy on the pocket, this guitar is tough and durable.


The Taylor body style guitar produces a focused sound with a lot of presence. If you plan to have a guitar that you intend to keep for a long time, the Taylor guitar is the perfect buy. Taylor uses specialized cutters to select only the finest available tone woods to make their instruments .The quality of handy work is evident after just one look, for its size the tone of this guitar is excellent. Fender guitars are like household name when one speaks of guitars. The Dreadnought acoustic guitar is well recommended if you want an acoustic guitar which produces a good tone at a surprisingly affordable price. With this type of guitar it feels like the more you play it, is the better it sounds.

Fender Guitars

Fender CD-60

Fender CD-60

If you're looking for a beginner guitar look no further than the Fender CD-60, this guitar feathers a spruce top with mahogany back and sides. You can purchase one at Amazon for $200 - $270. For that money its one of the best sounding guitar in that price range. see Demo

Martin Guitars

The martin D28 acoustic guitar is a well balanced musical instrument. It has Sitka spruce top and after 1969 they started using East Indian Rosewood back and sides. Prior to that Brazilian Rosewood was available, that's all they use. Brazilian rosewood harvested before 1992 continues to be highly prized by makers of both classical and steel string guitars. It has been regarded as the premier wood for backs and sides of guitars. see Demo

Washburn Acoustic Guitars

Washburn D84SW

Washburn D84SW

The action of this guitar is pretty impressive. Very well made. Quality is excellent and tone is great. features a cutaway and Fishman Isys preamp, which make this a superior guitar for stage use as well as jamming at home. some people might not like the warm sounding guitars compared to ones that are higher sounding, But I think that anyone would be impressed with this guitar, even if you don't like the warmer sounding types. see Demo

Takamine Guitars

Takamine G-Series

Takamine G-Series

Takamine G-Seriesguitars are affordable priced high value professionally quality acoustic musical instruments. G series guitars come in a wide range of body sizes, colors and styles, from the small body FXC guitar which is a small finger style instrument, great stage, very comfortable small body instrument. To the popular dreadnought and dreadnought cut away model all the way up to the jumbo body guitar. see Demo

Hohner Guitars

Hohner EL-SD

Hohner EL-SD

The Hohner EL-SD Plus is a very affordable solid top dreadnought that includes the Airvana system, which is design to improve intonation. The manufacture Hohner, as been making guitars for over 150 years and is known for building reliable instrument that beginners and working musicians can afford. see Demo

Alvarez Guitars

Alvarez RD210

Alvarez RD210

Their most value-oriented dreadnought, the Alvarez RD210 features a mahogany body with a select spruce top for superior projection and tone in an entry-level instrument. more.see Demo

Taylor Acoustic Guitars

Taylor 414ce

Taylor 414ce

The Taylor 414CE features modest appointments and world-class tone - it's the perfect accompaniment for any condition. With warm lows, balanced mids and highs, and that certain zing that is all ovangkol, the Taylor 414CE is ideally suited for finger style playing or medium strumming. Giving access to the upper registers of the fingerboard, the soft Venetian cutaway is both practical and attractive, while the Taylor Expression structure allows you to share your music with the world. see Demo

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