Expensive guitars are better instruments, right? Well, not exactly. Today's show will give

you invaluable perspective on the factors that go into a guitar's price tag, why some

are priced absurdly high, and what you should be focusing on as a buyer looking to get a good

guitar at a good price. Hey, TAC family, this is episode 273 of the Acoustic Tuesday Show, a show packed full of inspiration and fun, designed to help you get more fulfillment, progress, and joy from your acoustic guitar journey.

Now, throughout today's episode, I'll be sprinkling in some good acoustic guitar news you can use, which includes the guitar comparison to end all

guitar comparisons, a baffling one-man orchestra, and much, much more. Plus, we're going to go back

in time a little bit and look at some comments from the My Favorite Martin Guitars episode,

one of which I'm not even sure I'm going to feature.

It's from a guitar snob, and usually I don't shed any light on negative comments, but I might

have to for this one.

We'll see if I have time.

That's all coming up in a little bit, but first, let's look at some of the cost factors,

the factors that go into pricing acoustic guitars. And we're going to decide,

as a group, if expensive guitars are worth it. Now, I wish it was that easy. I wish there was

just a single thing that separated expensive guitars from cheap guitars. But there's not. There's actually quite a few factors when it comes to the price of an acoustic guitar.

And what I want to do is just have a discussion right here, right now, on the Acoustic Tuesday show, about some of the things that impact the price of acoustic guitars.

Because chances are, as an acoustic guitar geek, you've shopped

for acoustic guitars before. And you've seen guitars as little as a hundred bucks. And you've

seen guitars as much as maybe $100,000 or more. So we're talking a wide spectrum of price. So what gives? Is there a sweet spot?

Well, again, I wish it was that simple. Let's first look at some of the factors that drive the cost of acoustic guitars,

and then we'll kind of look at, well, the moral of the story and what you should be looking for,

again, as a buyer looking to get a good

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