In Reply to: GUITAR posted by ROBEL on Monday, 12. December 2005 at 23:04 Bali Time:
I bought the guitar on day 5, if you want to read the whole thing; or here is the 'excerpt' from that report:
"Hailed a cab and went to Super Nova. We were absolute novices at this, and there's no way we would have found it ourselves, but the taxi driver had no problems, and got us there for 10,000rp ($1.40 AUS). I had a special reason to go there. I had read that you could buy cheap but reasonable guitars there. I am no virtuoso, but enjoy bashing around on one; and figured it might be useful when I start teaching at primary school next year.
Anyway, armed with my notes from the forum, I headed straight upstairs, and found them in two minutes flat. No salespeople around, but they were all just lined up so you could get to them and give them a go. It was very hot and still in there, so didn't muck around; tested out a couple, decided on one and bought it... 200,000rp ($28 AUS) A ridiculously cheap guitar by Aussie prices. You couldn't even buy a case here for that money. It's not a Gibson or Fender (musicians will know what that means!) but it is good enough for me, has a nice low action, and stays in tune. For those wondering, it is an acoustic full bodied. They also had rounded back models and some electric models, Strat shape with Fender written on the head (I don't think so!) for much the same price, but they looked really clunky to me, and I wasn't after an electric anyway."
There are also photos of it on the link in my reports, if you want to have a look at it.
As I've mentioned, it will probably not suit a 'proper' guitarist, but for $28 aus, it stays in tune, sounds ok, and is good enough for me to bash around on. I expect it would also be good enough to learn on... all the frets are in the right position, and the action on it is pretty good.
If you need any more specific info, just let me know.