Recommend a cheapo Acoustic please

[danez]

Hi all, yes another new member.
It goes like this, My son who is 14yrs old has decided that he would like a Guitar for his birthday, so got him a squire strat and a peavey Rage 158 practice amp coming soon.

I would like to learn with him so have decided to get myself a cheap Acoustic guitar but really dont know what to go for, Are the Squire Acoustics any good or what could you recommend.
Thanks for any help.

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[danez]

Thanks for the reply, the reason i went for the cheapo squire fender is just in case i found things to difficult for my weary ol bones lol, but anyway the squire i got has a lovely neck (nice and slim) the strings seem to be just the right hight away from the frets.

I am having problems with my fingers though, especially when playing "D" or "Dm" feels like they are trying to slice the tops off lol.

Have managed a couple of tunes (easy ones)

Hotel california (eagles)
House of the rising sun (the Animals)
Lying eyes (eagles)
As tears go by (rolling stones)

Having a rest now, give my poor fingers time to recover.

[anthony]

Danez,

Hey it took me an entire day when I first started learning just to hold down the strings of the D minor chord. That was over ten years ago. My fingers have calloused since then, but sometimes that chord still hurts a little. Just one of those chords I guess.

Once you get that though you'll have to get the D7sus4. xx0213.

For the G major chord I had never bent my ring finger back so far. Fortunately that never hurts. It just feels most natural now.

Anthony