5 Things to Look For When Buying a Used Acoustic Guitar

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Published 2019-07-23

We here at Emerald City Guitars understand that the used/vintage guitar market can be a bit difficult to navigate sometimes. We have even seen freshly purchased guitars that unbeknownst to the new owner were in need of some serious work. We would like to help you avoid this terrible scenario. So to help you all with your used/vintage acoustic guitar hunting, we put together "5 Things to Look For When Buying a Used Acoustic Guitar". Enjoy!

Music: The Hollers "When We Were Young" and "Zeb" (Instrumentals)

All Comments (21)

@admiralsnaccbarr5514 4 years ago

informative, concise, and stylish - awesome video, more please!
@PK-wr1qw 5 years ago

Excellent work! I’ve been buying vintage for a while now and I still learned a bit here. Keep it up guys!
@Dutchtraordinary_Living 3 years ago

Superb video, thanks a lot for sharing the guitar wisdom!
@hurstod533 4 years ago

Dude!!! Came through in the clutch tonight!!! I just saved myself a BIG headache because of this! Sweet video and thanks for giving back to our amazing community!!!
@catlady520 2 years ago

Great video I don't know anything about guitars but was looking to buy one as a gift. Very helpful.
@riffsvanwinkle 5 years ago

This video is super helpful. Thanks.
@CurtisMcLeodMusic 5 years ago

Best content out there. You guys kick ass
@doughenry2249 1 year ago

Great, and very informative video.! Thank you
@peterjames2580 5 years ago

Thanks for the tips!
@brunolalanne9106 1 year ago

Thanks for those excellent tips.
@TatianaBalashova 2 years ago

Thank you for the tips and great slides & close-ups with text. It helps to make a checklist. PS that beautiful shot with guitars on the wall is so similar to Academie Duello in Vancouver BC (only they have swords there ;), I thought "wait a sec.. where are the swords?!".. funny. I still have my film public so you can watch it and see what I meant.
@niguel4438 5 years ago

Great, helpful stuff thanks. More tips please.
@Captain-Nostromo 5 years ago

I like this kind of videos keep them coming 😎
@ritupabankotoky 3 years ago

Very important information.
@skeetschuler1859 5 years ago

Thanks Great video
@user-cj8dr2oz8b 1 year ago

I'm still trying to figure out who the "well-published luthier in the '70s/'80s" was who advocated using epoxy adhesives? I know that Irving Sloane acknowledged that epoxy bonds were very strong, but I believe he recommended animal glues, Weldwood, or Titebond for most tasks.
@gs3173 2 years ago

Bluegrass action! ahahahah. thanks so much. Keep up the good works folks!
@kwp1977 5 years ago

Thanks!
@danielbrown8556 5 years ago

Love these 'instructional-type' (for want of a more succinct adjective) videos
@nyacoustics8373 2 years ago

plenty of wiseass sellers unload there junker fixer uppers. Ive heard that quite a few times that this guitar has bluegrass slide action!