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Need buying advice

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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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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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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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