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Topic: Need buying advice

I was looking to buy an acoustic electric with a low budget and have come accorss two options.

1. Squier sa105ce brand new £97/US$119 
Body & Bridge

    Shape: Cutaway dreadnought
    Top: Laminated Spruce
    Back and Sides: Laminated Nato
    Bracing: Quartersawn “X”
    Bridge: Dark-Stained Maple 
    Finish: Gloss Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

    Neck: Laminated Nato
    Profile: “C”
    Scale: 25.3”
    Fingerboard: Dark-Stained Maple
    Radius: 11.81”
    Frets: Vintage-Style
    Number of Frets: 20
    Inlays: Pearloid Dot

Electronics & Hardware

    Preamp: Fishman Isys-T
    Machine Heads: Die-Cast Sealed
    Saddle: Compensated Synthetic Bone
    Nut: Synthetic Bone
    Nut Width: 43mm
    Pickguard: 1-Ply Black

2. PF200CE 2nd hand, some cosmetic damage, about 17 years old £79/US$97

Body & Bridge

    Shape: Cutaway dreadnought
    Top: Ash laminated
    Back and Sides: Nato
    Bracing: X bracing
    Bridge: ?
    Finish: Transparent blue

Neck & Fingerboard

    Neck: mahogany
    Profile: c probably
    Scale: ?
    Fingerboard: rosewood
    Radius: ?
    Frets: ?
    Number of Frets: 20
    Inlays: ?

Electronics & Hardware

    Preamp: AEQ30
    Machine Heads: ?
    Saddle: ?
    Nut: ?
    Nut Width: ?
    Pickguard: none



Thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply.

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Re: Need buying advice

the best way is to try them out ..you will warm to one of them
it depends on how they are set up etc

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Re: Need buying advice

polyal wrote:

the best way is to try them out ..you will warm to one of them
it depends on how they are set up etc

thanks, I already tried one and get to try the other in a few days

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