Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Masterpiece Series Roselyn
Natural Gloss
Cort's flagship: L.R. Baggs Anthem, Gotoh gold, and a side port aimed at the player
9.5/105.0 (1)
Catalogue
Guitars
Electric and acoustic guitars, each documented against the manufacturer's own published specification. Use the filters to narrow by type, brand, price band, pickup layout or the neck measurements that actually decide how a guitar feels.
Yamaha · Electric guitar
Pacifica PAC611HFM
Translucent Black
Seymour Duncans, Grover locking tuners and Graph Tech hardware, on an alder Pacifica
9.0/104.2 (36)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Luxe II Frank Gambale Signature
Natural Gloss
A fusion player's acoustic: small body, light strings, and electronics built for a stage
9.0/10No Amazon ratings yet
Jackson · 7-string electric guitar
Pro Plus Series Signature Misha Mansoor Juggernaut ET7
Metallic Black
An EverTune bridge, stainless frets and a 20-inch radius — a studio seven-string
8.8/10No Amazon ratings yet
Martin · Acoustic guitar
D-28
Natural
The dreadnought every other dreadnought is measured against
8.8/104.9 (41)
Yamaha · Electric guitar
Revstar Element RSE20
Swift Blue
A chambered mahogany double-cut with the smartest coil-split circuit at the price
8.8/104.7 (55)
Cort · Solidbody electric guitar
KX700 EverTune
Open Pore Black
The tuning problem, solved in hardware — and the reason studios keep buying these
8.8/104.6 (7)
Cort · Solidbody electric guitar
G290 FAT II
Bright Blue Burst
Two humbuckers and a five-way switch — far more sounds than the layout suggests
8.8/105.0 (1)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Core-GA Blackwood
Open Pore Light Burst
The wide-nut fingerstyle guitar in the range, in an unusual tonewood
8.8/105.0 (1)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Core-OC Spruce
Open Pore Trans Black
The classic spruce-and-mahogany pairing, all solid, in the most versatile body size
8.8/104.5 (9)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Gold-OC6 Bocote
Natural Glossy
A torrefied top that arrives already broken in, over a tonewood almost nobody uses
8.8/105.0 (1)
Ibanez · Electric guitar
JEM7VP Steve Vai Signature Premium
White
The Vai signature, minus the Japanese price and almost none of the specification
8.8/104.5 (18)
Cort · Solidbody electric guitar
G280 Select
Amber
A Stratocaster layout with the upgrades most players end up paying for anyway
8.7/105.0 (3)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Core-OC Blackwood
Open Pore Light Burst
Blackwood in the standard-nut body, with the simplest preamp in the range
8.7/104.3 (9)
Squier · Electric guitar
Classic Vibe '60s Stratocaster
Candy Apple Red
Alnico pickups and a bone nut on a Squier — the reason this line has the reputation it does
8.7/104.5 (232)
Yamaha · Electric guitar
Pacifica PAC112J
Black
The beginner guitar teachers actually recommend, and an alder body at Squier money
8.5/105.0 (1)
Ibanez · Electric guitar
AZES40
Purist Blue
Nine pickup sounds from three pickups, and a short scale that suits smaller hands
8.5/104.5 (95)
Epiphone · Semi-hollow electric guitar
Masterbilt Gem Archer Sheraton
Cherry Red, left-handed, with hardshell case
USA Gibson mini humbuckers in a semi-hollow — and, unusually, built left-handed
8.3/10No Amazon ratings yet
Jackson · Electric guitar
X Series Dinky DK3XR HSS
Neon Green
A double-locking Floyd Rose and a compound radius, in the loudest finish Jackson makes
8.3/105.0 (6)
Jackson · Electric guitar
X Series Dinky DK3XR HSS
Cobalt Blue
The same double-locking Dinky, in the finish you can take to a function gig
8.3/105.0 (3)
Yamaha · Acoustic-electric guitar
FSX800C
Natural
The same guitar as the FGX800C, in the body that suits fingerpicking and smaller hands
8.3/104.6 (116)
Yamaha · Acoustic-electric guitar
FGX800C
Natural
The FG800 with a cutaway and a proper pickup system bolted on
8.3/104.7 (273)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
Core-DC Mahogany
Open Pore Black Burst
All-solid mahogany, bone nut and saddle — the specification usually costs twice this
8.3/10No Amazon ratings yet
Fender · Electric guitar
Standard Stratocaster HSS
Black, laurel fingerboard
The Standard Strat with a humbucker, which is the version that covers more ground
8.3/104.9 (16)
Martin · Double-neck acoustic-electric guitar
Grand J-28E DN
Double neck, Aging Toner
A Grand Jumbo with two necks, built for the player who refuses to swap guitars mid-song
8.2/10No Amazon ratings yet
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG830
Autumn Burst
The same rosewood-backed FG830, in a warmer burst
8.2/104.7 (530)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG830
Tobacco Sunburst
Rosewood back and sides, for about a hundred dollars more
8.2/104.7 (530)
Fender · Electric guitar
Standard Stratocaster
Olympic White, maple fingerboard
The cheapest guitar that says Fender on the headstock rather than Squier
8.2/104.3 (51)
Jackson · Electric guitar
Pro Origins 1985 Limited Edition San Dimas SD1 HS FR
Yellow Bengal, ebony fingerboard
Jackson rebuilding its own 1985, down to the bengal stripes and the Duncan pair
8.2/10No Amazon ratings yet
Fender · Acoustic-electric guitar
CD-60SCE Dreadnought, All-Mahogany
Natural
A solid mahogany top and a Fishman system, well under the price that usually buys either
8.0/104.4 (888)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FS800J
Natural, Concert
The FG800J in the smaller body, and the easier guitar to actually hold
8.0/104.3 (25)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
MR500E
Open Pore Natural
A solid spruce top, a cutaway and a working preamp — the jump worth making
8.0/104.1 (8)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG800J
Natural
The safest recommendation in budget acoustics, and it has been for years
7.8/104.6 (368)
Yamaha · Thinline acoustic-electric guitar
APX600
Black
The same stage acoustic, in the finish that disappears behind you
7.8/104.5 (1,226)
Yamaha · Thinline acoustic-electric guitar
APX600
Vintage White
The acoustic for electric players, in the finish that gets it noticed
7.8/104.5 (1,226)
Cort · Acoustic guitar starter pack
Earth Pack (Earth60)
Open Pore
The rare starter pack where the guitar would be worth buying on its own
7.8/104.5 (7)
Enya · Carbon-fibre acoustic-electric travel guitar
NOVA GO SP1
Black
A guitar you can leave in a car boot, with reverb built into the body
7.8/104.5 (185)
Fender · Electric guitar
Standard Telecaster
Butterscotch Blonde, maple fingerboard
A Telecaster with the Fender logo and, unusually at this level, six saddles
7.8/104.5 (46)
Cort · Acoustic-electric guitar
SFX-MEM
Open Pore
A thin-bodied acoustic for people who find full-depth guitars uncomfortable
7.7/104.3 (13)
Squier · Electric guitar starter bundle
Sonic Stratocaster
California Blue, with amplifier bundle
Everything needed to start, built around a real Stratocaster rather than a copy
7.7/104.7 (262)
Squier · Electric guitar
Affinity Series Stratocaster
3-Color Sunburst, Laurel fingerboard
The default first Stratocaster, and it earns the position
7.5/104.6 (531)
Cort · Acoustic guitar
Standard AD810
Open Pore
The dreadnought Cort sells to first-time buyers, and it earns the recommendation
7.3/104.3 (108)
Ibanez · Electric guitar
GIO GRX70QA
Transparent Black Sunburst
The cheapest honest route into a fast neck and a humbucker at each end
7.2/104.6 (2,567)
Cort · Solidbody electric guitar
KX100
Iron Oxide
The cheapest sensible route into a 24-fret, flat-radius metal guitar
7.2/104.7 (3)
Ibanez · Electric guitar
GIO GRX70QA
Transparent Emerald Burst
The cheapest honest route into a fast neck and a humbucker at each end
7.2/104.6 (2,568)
Ibanez · Electric guitar
GIO GRX70QA
Sunburst
The cheapest honest route into a fast neck and a humbucker at each end
7.2/104.6 (2,568)
Jackson · Electric guitar
JS Series Dinky JS11Q
Transparent Black, Austin Bazaar starter bundle
Everything a first metal player needs, in one box
7.0/10No Amazon ratings yet
Fender · Acoustic guitar starter bundle
FA-125 Dreadnought
Natural, with accessory bundle
Fender's entry dreadnought, with everything a beginner needs in the box
7.0/104.5 (2,793)
Fender · Acoustic guitar starter bundle
FA-125 Dreadnought
Sunburst, with accessory bundle
The same FA-125 bundle, in the sunburst finish
7.0/104.5 (2,793)
Ibanez · Acoustic-electric guitar
PJ50E Performance Series
Open-Pore Vintage Amber Sunburst
A jumbo body and a working preamp, at a price where you usually get neither
6.8/105.0 (1)
Jackson · Electric guitar
JS Series Dinky JS11Q
Transparent Red, Austin Bazaar bundle without amplifier
The same JS11Q in red — but check what is in the box before you choose
6.8/10No Amazon ratings yet
Squier · Electric guitar
Debut Series Stratocaster
Black, laurel fingerboard
Squier's cheapest full-scale Stratocaster, built thin and light on purpose
6.7/104.6 (2,465)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
JR1 FG Junior
Natural, 3/4 size
The 3/4 guitar that keeps getting recommended, twenty years on
6.7/104.4 (1,119)
Traveler Guitar · Electric guitar
EG-1 Deluxe
Gold-Top
A full 24.75-inch scale in a guitar that fits in an overhead locker
6.3/105.0 (2)
Gretsch · Acoustic guitar
Prelude D100 Dreadnought
Black
An all-laminate dreadnought that survives being carried around, and sounds like one
6.0/104.4 (60)