Is a oakman guitar any good?

[James_Black]

My dad found it in a house he was renting after the tenants left.
One of the strings is gone but they're easy enough to fix.

Are oakman guitars any good? is there a difference between guitars?
I'm thinking of learning how to play, I play the violin already so it shouldn't be too bad.

[zeg]

I don't know about them from experience and I'm no guitar expert, but a quick Google search comes up with a few hits. They look to be decent but not too valuable guitars (€50-€130 are the prices i see associated with them). String it up and it'll be as good as anything to learn on is my bet. The best guitar to learn on, IMO, is the one you've already got.

[rwfastrax]

I'm pretty knowledgeable on guitars. I don't recognize this brand. Likely it's made offshore in China or Korea by a company that manufactures the guitar for a dozen or so different brand names. Generally they are decent values for the money (especially if it cost you nothing). The only difference between them is the name/label on the headstock.

[padge]

I also am familiar with guitars. I have never heard of that brand. I would say if your just learning how to play it would work ok, however, I think that a good guitar is much easier to play than a guitar with crappy craftsmanship. Just my opinion. I the guitar electric or acoustic?

[Shanks A Million]

My dad found it in a house he was renting after the tenants left.

Oakman is an off brand, they go for about $70-$100 new. Strings are no problem, strings get changed every two weeks to a month by professionals, every month or two by amateurs. You can learn to play on it though, that's no problem.

There are, however, many guitars that play very well for the cost if you want to upgrade. Lower end Fenders are a good example of that. I still have my first Fender Jazz bass from many years ago. It's been all over, in the hands of many players, and so long as I keep it maintained, it never lets me down. To the average player, it's probably indistinguishable in quality from my 1963 Stratocaster.

[microcrayfish]

The big thing you should look out for if you're planning on learning on a less than stellar quality guitar is to make sure the action (the distance between the fret board and the strings) isn't too high. If it is it can make learning to finger chords a lot harder than it needs to be and you'll end up pushing down too hard.