Lovely acoustic guitars

A magazine called Consumer Reports usually has its "best of" list for various products. When the list contains a type of product that I know very well, I usually disagree with their choices, usually because their focus is different from mine. That is also what I would say about this list.

In other words, if your criteria matches that of the folks who made this list, then it is probably a perfectly suitable list.

Tony

Oh, I think the video is fine, but it doesn't address my interests/needs.  With the exception of the Martin D28 due to its cost, it probably represents "bang for the buck" shoppers reasonably well.

Tony

I agree with quite a bit on this list. Seagull, Alvarez, Yamaha are definitely my go-to bang for the buck brands. Ive owned all three and have absolutely no complaints about the models I purchased at their relative price points. I would have replaced Fender with Washburn personally. For me Washies are the best "cheap" guitars. Id take the other 3 above any day in terms of sound quality and feel, but they are double the price of your average Washburn

So yeh, for me this is a great video for someone who is just starting out or who is looking for a an upgrade from their budget guitar.

Finally got some time to watch the video.   I had to laugh, but also feel bad for Martin and Yamaha in this vid.

The guy playing the D-28 played horribly and did not do that guitar any justice whatsoever.  Poor Martin.  I've tried those things and they sound a 100 times better at their worst moment than in that guy's hands in that video.

The guy playing the Yamahas, played well, but always attacking the strings right in front of the bridge making all the guitars sound way thin and again not doing them any justice.  And every time he played, he looked like he was suffering from severe constipation or.......something.  LOL.

The Luna was recorded way too low, so that hurt that brand to my ears as well.  I don't know what it is about them, maybe it's the laser etching or something, but they look kind of cheap and gimmicky to me.

Alvarez and Seagull came out looking and sounding, not only the best imho opinion in this video, but the most professionally presented.

I'm pretty sure this video was made by just splicing together vids from the brands as well, which is problematic because they're all made under such different circumstances.  Would have been better if the guy in the beginning who "made" the video would have actually displayed and demo'd all the guitars himself, at one time, in the same recording space, playing the same stuff.

Because he didn't do that, Alvarez had the clear and most unfair advantage here because the presentation, sound quality, playing etc from that video production out-shined the others by a mile.

Interesting vid in that I've never seen anyone on youtube make a vid of just other vids spliced together before and call a guitar a "tool" while never actually calling them a guitar.  LOL.