The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37886   Message #530336
Posted By: Gary T
17-Aug-01 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jasmine Guitars
Subject: RE: BS: Jasmine Guitars
I'm not familiar with Jasmine guitars. The Seagull guitars I've seen have been good instruments, quite suitable for learning on and then some. They apparently are one the better values among new guitar choices.

The typical mistake in getting a "learner" guitar is choosing by price alone and ending up with an instrument that is unnecessarily difficult to work with. Coupled with the inherent challenges every beginner faces, this can discourage people from pursuing guitar playing, which is sad.

Whatever instrument is chosen should be checked by a competent luthier and set up properly for the intended use. A poorly adjusted instrument can be as unnecessarily discouraging as a poorly designed one.

There have been a few previous threads on Seagull guitars, which can be found by entering "Seagull" or "Seagull guitars" in the forum search box at the upper left of the threads list. There may also be some previous threads on Jasmine guitars.