remymort
If you're shopping for acoustics on a very tight budget, I don't think Alvarez is a bad choice at all. Go for it.

chessmaster1018
From what I've heard there not a bad guitar, especially the acoustic. The main thing is what sound and action do you like, that's what really counts, everyone has a preference, have you played this guitar, or are you ordering it without knowing what the brand sounds and feels like, that I don't recommend, especially if it's something that you can't send back. Some one in my family got that Estaban Guitar without asking me, and oh boy what a mess that was, and when I called the guitar shop the clerk said, " don't tell me, it's an Estaban", and I said, "how did you know", and he said, everyone who buys one wants to know what they can do with it to make it playable. !!!!! When Estaban plays it on TV it sounds great, but just try and play it, I think mice could crawl under those strings !!!!!!! One thing I tell all my students it's not the price, it's the action and the sound, I've had very expensive ones and the more moderate priced ones and there's good and bad in both, in fact I bought an guitar for $1, 400, dollars and after a week took it back and got one for half that price, I didn't like the action or the sound, so you can never tell, for me I have to play, feel, and hear a guitar before I buy it, price doesn't matter, it's all in the sound and feel, some that I've liked are Les Paul, Gibson, Taylor, one of the best as for acoustic guitars that I really loved was a Yamaha acoustic electric, I played about five of them and that fifth one had a great sound so I bought it, that was about $250.00, but I got it on sale, just ask, the people at the Guitar Center are great at giving you a deal. The rest of the guitars are all classical brands, so I don't think you would be familiar with them, my number one guitar is a Ramirez, I play and teach classical, (my dream guitar, there made in Spain), I'd love to have one of them !!!!!!

Bart L
I have quite a few guitars and own two Alvarez guitars. They are both over twenty years old and still sound good and have nice action. One is only acoustic and the other is acoustic/ electric. The Alvarez RD20SC that you are considering seems like a nicely built guitar and should serve you well. I do caution you if you are a small person because the dreadnought body seems big for some folks. Other than that it's a fine guitar to start off with - and keep - if you acquire other guitars. Good luck.