Would an acoustic guitar from Best Buy be considered cheap?
Yes, but they also sell cheap guitars in music stores. Many department and electronics stores are selling guitars from “First Act,” “Fender” and “Yamaha.” None of these are really all that bad. You could certainly do worse! But more importantly, I feel that it is necessary for a beginning guitar student to develop a relationship with their local music store. Over the years to come, your music store will be a great source of advice, help and support. You will not get this from Best Buy even if they were selling Ibanez or Epiphone guitars! Your local music store can show you several guitars in your price range that they would recommend and stand behind. Many stores also have a trade-up policy where they will give you all or most of what you paid for the guitar when you trade it on a better guitar later!
