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There are a few things to consider before you purchase your new acoustic beginner guitar. If you are able to afford a high-quality guitar, by all means indulge yourself and get it. The price tag may be higher but you will find that the quality will be reflected in the ease of playing and in the tone of the guitar as well.

If you’re looking for a high-end acoustic beginner guitar, an excellent choice is the Seagull S6, costing about $400-$500. It may be more expensive than what most beginners are prepared to pay, but it is an exceptional guitar for the price. Even professionals often keep their Seagull S6 after they’ve purchased many other guitars. Another good high-end acoustic beginner guitar is the Washburn D10S. Acoustic Guitar magazine voted it #1 for guitars under $500. Most people looking in this price range will end up choosing the Washburn or the Seagull.

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Hey Jude! One of the Beatles’ most recognizable and spectacular songs. Really interesting things about the song and what was going on with the Beatles at the time. It was written by Paul in 1968, June of 1968 he said as he was driving down a country road and thinking about various things and so kind of composed in his head and what was going on at the time, they were just about to spend some time in the studio, they had been recording the white album around the time, an album called The Beatles. I just happened to have it handy here and an album that looked like this and our fab four guys including pictures of all of them I think came with this album, that’s great.

So here we have the important parts, we have pictures-Paul McCartney. Who else was in here? John Lennon. Ringo Starr, George Harrison. At least, I think that was George, figured by the process of elimination, he had to be there. Some great cutouts and stuff-not cutouts, that was Sergeant Pepper, but poster with all kinds of cool stuff on it came with the white album, but something that had been going on, George Martin had made a habit of recording certain songs and designating them to be singles and other songs to be album songs and pretty much never put the singles on the albums.

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