What I Wish I Knew Before I Bought an Acoustic Guitar

Thanks to Chris Alvarado from @DriftwoodGuitars for joining me today, here are some of my favorite videos from their channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpAXJuJY7c&t=1408s&ab_channel=DriftwoodGuitars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfbFaC60R3E&ab_channel=DriftwoodGuitars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP3_TY69bAM&t=1347s&ab_channel=DriftwoodGuitars Thanks to @sweetwater for sponsoring today's video, heres some links to a few acoustic guitars I think are great places to start (affiliate links) Yamaha FG820 Dreadnought $299 sweetwater.sjv.io/1rnxqm Eastman PSH1-OM $349 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XY0kDg Taylor "Baby Taylor" Walnut $549 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R5gQxb Yamaha LS6M ARE Concert $509 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/MmGO4o Eastman E1D Special $779 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q45MRL Yamaha LL16M ARE Original Jumbo $799 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k0D6nd Martin GPC-11E Road Series $1,099 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZEqbJ Taylor 214CE Plus $1,399 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/y2JMzW My Most Popular Courses 🎸 Fretboard Fundamentals Bundle: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-fretboard-fundamentals-ultimate-bundle 🎸 The CAGED Course: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-caged-course 🎸 Barebones Guitar Theory: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/bare-bones-guitar-theory 🎸 Breaking Out Of the Pentatonic Box: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/breaking-out-of-the-pentatonic-box My Favorite Gear (affiliate links) Line 6 HX Effects https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7549g3 Neural DSP Quad Cortex https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKVRD1 Zoom H6 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/baZ3yk Shure SM57 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9gk5vY 0:00 Intro 1:05 Don't buy what looks good, buy what sounds good 2:16 Body Size and Shape 3:12 The right body shape for your playing style 4:22 Acoustic setup's are important 5:58 The neck reset problem 7:01 Sweetwater AD 7:45 Humidity and maintenance 9:50 Which brands are best? 12:13 Outro Sennheiser MD 421-II https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0gX1q AEA R92 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eEQGG Sennheiser MKH 50 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gma4WB Universal Audio Apollo x8p https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vNMnmj Want to get in touch? Email me at [email protected]