[Coleman]

As some of you may or may not know, I'm a studying to be a music teacher. I've taken a guitar course that's realllly gotten me interested in the guitar. I've only played for 8 weeks or so and have gotten pretty damn good for the time. Now that my course is over (played on okay classical guitars with nylon strings), I want to keep it going. It'd be a great tool to have in a general music setting as well.

Here's my reasoning for buying it. I want to have a guitar that is going to be in tune in all ranges of the instrument. I'm not going to be playing in Carnegie Hall or anything on that grand of a scale. I just want it to play around with by myself and then take it in to the classroom later on. I'm not a novice, yet I'm not a pro. My ear is good enough to pick up on bad tuning, shitty sounds, and other background noises that shouldn't be audible.


So I was looking at a local guitar store and they were selling this model of an ibanez: http://www.ibanez.com/acoustic/guitar.aspx?m=AEL20ETBS

Everywhere I look online they're selling it for $350+. This store is selling it for $299. Good deal? Any suggestions?

I'm not looking to pay much more than that for a decent guitar. It's nice that it has the electric pick-up in it, but it's not necessary imo. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!