The Best Looking Acoustic Guitar to Consider in 2023

Our Top Picks

1. Best Overall: Yamaha Guitar, Right, Matt Nature

Yamaha is a corporation that has established itself as one of the world's most iconic and diverse manufacturers. They produce anything from golf equipment to motorbikes, but it's their acoustic guitars, notably the FG800, that we're interested in. The Yamaha FG800 is a tone monster. You get a strong spruce top with nato and Okoume back and sides for an extremely low price. This combination produces a very gutsy tone that can hold its own in an acoustic jam session.

2. Best Concert Body: Fender CC-60SCE Concert Acoustic Guitar

Fender is most known for its Stratocaster and Telecaster models, but their acoustic guitars are among the industry's best-kept secrets. A beginner-friendly acoustic-electric guitar with a solid spruce top for less than $350 is unusual, making the CC-60SCE even more impressive. The Fender CC-60SCE is so well regarded because it emphasizes playing satisfaction, which we all want while playing the guitar. Because of its concert-sized body, the CC-60SCE is small, simple to play, and easy to hold.

3. Best Body Material: Martin Guitar 000Jr-10 Junior Acoustic Guitar

People frequently associate Martin guitars with D-18s, 28s, and other acoustics that cost the same as a family vehicle. While they are among Martin's product offerings, you'll be delighted to hear that they also cater to those who can't always afford to spend four digits as much as we'd want. The 000 JR-10 is priced at the lower end of Martin's 'budget' line, but the features, playability, and tone well surpass the cost. The all-solid JR-10 is a slightly downsized 000 acoustic with a more petite body and scale length, resulting in a pleasant playing experience.

4. Best Technology: Yamaha CSF-TA Parlor Transacoustic

Yamaha has a reputation for pushing the envelope to develop new concepts for its instruments, and the TransAcoustic line maybe is the most daring yet. In a word, TransAcoustic is a technology that adds effects to your unplugged acoustic guitar. The CSF-back TA's panel has an actuator that vibrates in response to string vibration, and the vibrations are transmitted through the guitar's body and into the air within the instrument.

5. Best Angelus Cutaway: PRS Paul Reed Smith SE A60E Angelus

Like most of this guide (and most other acoustic guitars on the market), this model has a solid Sitka spruce top. Things start to get interesting when we get inside the solid zircon body. Ziricote is a rosewood substitute that has drawn some notable parallels in tonal quality. In terms of density, it's closer to Brazilian rosewood, and it's a fantastic way to come near to that tone on a budget. Of course, it's not quite the same, but the A60E still has that special something.