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Post subject: CD60 or CD60CE?
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:55 pm
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I'm a new beginner to guitar and want to get a guitar...
I know that the Fender CD60 beginner pack costs £109... But I was also wondering whether the electro acoustic CD60CE would be better? What's the difference? I know the price is around double the CD60...


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Post subject: Re: CD60 or CD60CE?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:29 pm
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The only difference is the presence of a pick-up with built in preamp and tuner. The only reason to spend the extra to get the CD60CE would be if you're planning to play gigs or open mics right away or in the very near future.

If that kind of performance is not in your near future I'd hold off on buying anything with a pick-up. Pick-up technology continues to improve every year as do guitar manufacturing techniques, so by the time you are ready to perform you could very likely spend about what you'd spend for a CD60CE today and get a better guitar; perhaps with a solid top with a better pick-up that more accurately reproduces the natural amplified sound of the guitar. Then you'd have a good stage guitar that will allow you to better demonstrate the skills you've practiced to acquire and keep your original guitar for risky situations like house parties, campfires etc.

The built in tuner is great but unless you're going to be performing you don't really need the pick-up and preamp you can tuner that clips to the guitar headstock that will work just as well as a built in tuner for very little money, they start at about 20 dollars here in Canada.

Good luck and happy shopping!

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