Grade 2 Acoustic guitar upgrade - thoughts on Tanglewood WR9

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I’ve been learning on an Aria electro acoustic for a year now, and would like to upgrade. I tried a few guitars in my price range in store today, and particularly liked the sound and playability of a Tanglewood WR9 in the Winterleaf range. Does anyone have any advice as to whether this would be a good purchase for a grade 2 beginner? Many thanks.
Paul

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If you liked the sound and you liked the playability… and it was in your pricerange… well, i would say you just hit the jackpot.

Cant ask for more than that :grin:

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Yeah I agree with @tRONd. You’re doing the right thing trying them out in store. Sound, playability, and the way it looks to you, they’re the main things.

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Tanglewood make some very nice guitars, that one has a solid cedar top and mahogany sides and back so it should have a nice balanced tone, it also has reasonably good electronics, a good plus point if you want to record yourself.
At that price point there’s a lot of others you could look at but none so much better than that one, provided you are happy with the size and playability then go for it!

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Thanks, Darell. It looks like I’ve found my next instrument! Although my wife’s insisting that I sell my original guitar to part fund the new purchase! Not sure that I’m too happy about that!

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If you decide that the Aria no longer has any use to you, you could consider donating it to a local charity that teaches music to kids.

That’s what I did with the $150 electric I started with. The money I would have gotten for selling it wouldn’t have made it worth the trouble of selling it.

But, I was able to put that guitar into the hands of a kid that was already motivated to learn, but who couldn’t afford a guitar or lessons. :+1:

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I really like that idea. I’ll look to do something similar. Thanks, so much for the suggestion.
Paul

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I have a Tanglewood winterleaf and I love it. I bought it about 4 months ago and is my 3rd guitar and 3rd attempt to learn. My other two guitars (and attempts) were abandoned many years ago. This time I’m actually getting somewhere which I put down to my lovely Tanglewood and the Justin app.
Good luck!

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