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Browse the full range of acoustic guitars on eBay → Prices move fast. See the biggest price drops across every category this week →Look at the bridge before anything else. Run a fingernail along the seam where the bridge meets the top. If it catches, or you can slide a sheet of paper under the back edge, the bridge is lifting. Re-gluing is routine work but it is shop work, and a bridge that has been pulling for years usually takes some of the top with it.
Then sight the top from the side. A slight dome behind the bridge is normal and by design. A visible ridge, or a top that has sunk in front of the bridge, means the braces underneath have let go. That is the fault most likely to be quietly expensive.
Check the action and work out why it is high. Measure the gap at the twelfth fret. If it is high and the saddle still stands proud, a setup fixes it for very little. If it is high and the saddle has already been filed almost flush with the bridge, somebody has run out of adjustment and the guitar needs a neck reset. On a dovetail neck a reset routinely costs more than the guitar is worth used, which is the single most useful thing to know before bidding.
Cracks matter less than people assume, if they are stable. A cleated and closed grain crack on the top or side is common on older instruments and barely affects tone or value. An open crack, or one running through the bridge plate, is another matter. Ask for a photo down the soundhole with a phone torch.
Solid top or laminate is the value question. Look at the edge of the soundhole: a solid top shows continuous grain through the thickness, a laminate shows thin layers like plywood. Solid tops open up as they age and hold their money. Budget laminates are perfectly good guitars and almost worthless secondhand, which is exactly why they are the bargains in the table above.
Value. Well-made solid-top acoustics from Martin, Taylor, Gibson and Guild depreciate very slowly and vintage examples appreciate, so buying used is low risk on the money. Laminate starter guitars lose most of their value the moment they leave the shop, so buy those used and never new.
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For tone and for resale, yes. A solid top flexes as one piece and gets louder and warmer over years of playing; a laminate top stays roughly as it started. It matters far less for a first guitar than a good setup does, and a well set up laminate beats a badly set up solid top every time.
Usually 20-40% below new. Cheap laminate models fall furthest, often more than half, because there is little demand for them secondhand. Martin, Taylor and Gibson hold their value hardest, and the sought-after older ones sell for more than they cost new.
Over decades string tension slowly rotates the neck forward, raising the action past what the saddle can compensate for. Fixing it means removing and re-angling the neck. It is skilled work costing many hundreds, so on an inexpensive guitar it writes the instrument off, and on a good one it is simply part of owning it. Check the saddle height before you bid.
Yes. Favour high-feedback sellers, prefer listings with photos of the actual guitar and honest condition notes, and lean on eBay's Money Back Guarantee, which covers you if it arrives faulty or not as described. Ask for a photo of the bridge seam and the saddle before bidding on anything expensive.
A daily snapshot of the lowest genuine eBay price for every model we track, and how good that price is right now versus its usual level, updated automatically. Prices last refreshed 30 August 2026 . Tap a price to see that model's cheapest listings on eBay, or tap a model name for the full live list here.
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| Model ↕ | Cheapest now ↕ | vs typical ↕ | vs recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Guild D-40 Guild D-40 NT Dreadnought Westerly RI w/OHSC & Doc. - 1990 | $989 lowest yet | 44% under | ▼ 18% |
Martin LX1 Little Martin martin lx1 little martin acoustic guitar | $250 lowest yet | 9% under | ▼ 3% |
Taylor 314ce Taylor 314ce Acoustic Guitar with Hard Case Neck Adjusted | $1,420 lowest yet | 6% under | ▼ 5% |
Taylor 414ce Taylor 414ce-R Accoustic Guitar | $1,740 lowest yet | 6% under | ▼ 9% |
Ovation Balladeer Vintage 1980s Ovation Balladeer Special Acoustic Guitar – Model 1139 | $425 lowest yet | 4% under | ▼ 4% |
Martin D-28 Martin D-28 2002 Used Acoustic Guitar [AUTH] | $2,067 | 3% under | ▼ 3% |
Epiphone DR-100 Epiphone DR-100 EB Acoustic Guitar In Black | $99 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Fender CD-60S Fender CD-60S Dreadnought Acoustic 6 String Guitar Black w/ Road Runner Gig B… | $120 | about typical | steady |
Yamaha FG800 Yamaha FG800 Folk Acoustic Guitar - Sand Burst | $150 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Yamaha FG830 Yamaha FG830 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Natural | $270 same 10 days | about typical | steady |
Epiphone Hummingbird Epiphone Black Hummingbird 6-String Right-Handed Acoustic Guitar w/ Hard Case | $275 same 14 days | about typical | steady |
Taylor Big Baby Taylor BBT Big Baby | $330 same 10 days | about typical | steady |
Taylor GS Mini Taylor GS Mini Mahogany Acoustic Guitar | $484 | about typical | steady |
Taylor 214ce Taylor 214ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural | $788 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Martin DX1AE Martin & Co. DX1AE Acoustic Electric Guitar | $800 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Gibson J-45 Gibson J 45 Walnut Studio Electric Acoustic Guitar With Hard Case | $1,685 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Guild D-55 Guild D-55 1997 Westerly RI - Natural | $2,080 same 12 days | about typical | steady |
Martin 000-28 Martin 000-28 Used Acoustic Guitar [AUTH] | $2,160 | about typical | steady |
Martin HD-28 Martin HD-28, Management Number 5118 | $2,257 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Taylor 814ce Taylor 814ce ES1 [20090128123] | $2,678 | about typical | steady |
Gibson J-200 Gibson J-200 1993 USA with Case | $3,414 | above typical | ▲ 2% |
Martin D-18 Martin 1997 D-18 Acoustic Guitar Used | $1,837 | above typical | ▲ 6% |
Gibson Hummingbird Gibson Hummingbird 2003 Used Acoustic Guitar | $2,494 | above typical | ▲ 8% |
Yamaha LL16 YAMAHA LL16 (Discontinued Model) | $786 | above typical | ▲ 31% |
Seagull S6 Seagull S6 Cedar Original Acoustic Guitar 2021 | $425 | above typical | ▲ 21% |