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You're welcome, I hope you find something suitable.

£100 doesn’t get you very far these days, I’m afraid. However, it’s hard to go wrong with a Yamaha, as they don’t make a bad instrument at any price point, IMO. But a quick look on the Guitar Guitar website reveals that their cheapest Yamaha classical (nylon strung) is £115. If at all possible, it’d probably best to go to a guitar shop and see what they have/recommend, they may have some 2nd guitars that fit your budget. Given that you have a background with violin and ukulele, a nylon strung classical guitar might be a more comfortable entry into guitar, it would certainly lend itself to classical and jazzy pieces and is more than ok strummed too. However, it is a very mellow sound and will not reproduce the zinging highs of a steel strung guitar.

Set yourself a precise budget so we aren't going too high or too low. What style do you want to play? Do you have someone who's sound you like and want to emulate/incorporate into your own playing? These will help narrow down the field for us.

Nice. Just acoustic or is there a piezo in there?

Mahogany top eh? Eschewing the more traditional spruce or cedar. I look forward to your report.

To be honest, I can't remember the last time I picked up either of my electrics and actually plugged them in. It always seems to be either of my 2 acoustics. I don't know how loud they are acoustically, but there's always the Fender Acoustasonics, not particularly cheap, sadly, even the Mexican ones.

Yeah, don’t mess around, get both. OK, sensible head on, assuming that you don’t have an amp other than a bass one (although many make great guitar amps), electro acoustic makes most sense, as it’ll be there to pick up and play without having to plug in for decent volume.

I like that Alvarez have their own, recognisable bridge plate. It shows a level of confidence in their own brand as opposed to copies of Martins or Gibsons. However, that’s just being really picky, especially from a bloke who recently bought a full on Hummingbird copy.

All three have market place plaudits and quite rightly so. However, Sigma and Alvarez are more acoustic centric. If it was my money, I’d be looking at those two. When I was recently looking for a dreadnought, I was very drawn towards Sigma for their Gibson replicas and that Martin tie up can’t be overlooked.

It’s a Samick JTR Linda.

Nope, a new one me. Looks nice though, not that that means anything in term of quality.

Hard to tell under a solid colour finish. There should be some identification on the back of the headstock. However, this may just be a sticker and could be missing. Providing it’s a reasonable price, you can’t go wrong with a Pacifica, no matter what model it is, they really punch above their price point, as do most (if not all) Yamaha instruments.

Everything in my being says I shouldn’t like that, but I just do.

The PRS and Fender trems feel quite different in use, despite doing the same thing in a very similar manner. Do a search for PRS style trems and there are quite a few options, many reasonably priced. However, I would imagine that a decent straight Fender replacement from the likes of Gotoh, Hipshot, etc would be an upgrade on the one fitted and give a better resulting feel.

Well done @Matt P, there’s always someone who can help with this sort of thing. Don’t be a stranger @Law.

I think you’d be ok with string through, I’m not sure string through makes such a huge difference (I know others swear by it, so YMMV). I’m pretty sure one of the Bigsbys I’ve fitted in the past was a licensed one and I’ve also fitted top spec too and I can’t say I could tell any difference. The Stetsbar trem I fitted to my Tele was very Bigsby like in action and tone.

Ah, that makes sense now. Sorry, I’ve never used one.

I assume that when you say you can't hit the first string with your thumb, you actually mean the sixth (low E) by wrapping your thumb over. If that is the case, although I sometimes do it myself, it is often frowned upon by guitar teachers, as anchoring your thumb at the back of the neck is the traditional method, as this gives better articulation/angle of attack to the fingers. Forgive me if I've misunderstood.

You could take a bit off of the saddle and loosen the rod if any buzz occurs.

I have a DiMarzio Area Hot T in the bridge and a DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues, Strat pickup in the neck. I bought them as P90 soundalikes, but they still sound like a Tele, just fatter.

339 & Coupé are the same size, the 339 having the centre block is the only body construction difference, IIRC.

Try an Epiphone Casino Coupé if you can. The smaller body makes the whole thing far more manageable and, being totally hollow, quite loud unplugged. The pickups are nothing to write home about but, otherwise, pretty good. For total clarity, I have one myself and have replaced the pickups and fitted a Bigsby. The 24.75" scale is way friendlier than 25.5", although the neck is quite chunky. All that being said, I'm a total Gretsch fanboy.