Interactive design · Public guide, production
Guitar Guide
A buying guide for a first guitar: compare 23 beginner guitars by size, string type, brand, color, and observed price, with sizing by age and places to try guitars in San Jose.
- Role
- Design & development
- Period
- 2026
- Status
- Live
- Platform
- Static site
- Built with
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- 23
- beginner guitars in the catalog
- 13
- brands compared
- 5
- questions the guide answers in order, from size to where to buy
The order a family decides in
The guide follows the order of the decision. It starts with size, matched to the player's age, then string type: nylon, steel, or electric. Next it says what each price range buys, then where to try and buy a guitar locally. The last section explains where each fact on the page came from.
A catalog behind the page
Each guitar is one record with its size, scale length, nut width, string type, the ages it suits, colors, styles, and the price observed in September 2026. The guitar finder reads from that catalog, so a correction to one record changes every result that includes it.
Scope & limitations
Prices were observed in September 2026 and change often.