Prices correct at time of publication. Please check the retailer for current pricing. If you’ve already read my guide to the best acoustic guitars for picking under £300, you’ll know there’s plenty of good wood at that price. But somewhere around the £500 mark, something shifts for fingerpicking guitarists. Cedar tops start appearing. Body shapes…
If you think buying the guitar your favourite artist plays will mean you can play like them, you’re sorely mistaken. I’ve been at this long enough to know that the magic is in the fingers, not the wood. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get a little closer to greatness. Knowing what your heroes played,…
Prices correct at time of publication. Please check the retailer for current pricing. I have a guitar on my wall that cost me £5 from a charity shop in 2005. I still play it. Guitars are for playing, not posing, and you don’t need to spend a fortune to get started with fingerpicking. This list…