Starting up - Guitair

[tomorrowiscomin]

I know its a really common asked question but i was looking around for a guitar today around about £200 i dunno what that is in dollars though.

What would anyones recommendations for a good cheapish starting out guitar nothing to fancy??

Thanks

[Chuck Vermette]

The Squier Stratocaster is a good guitar for a beginner. Not to flashy, very simple. The Ibanez G-10 is a very good beginners guitar as well.

[ArTkY_]

Get either an Ibanez or an Epiphone beginner's package, they come with pretty decent guitars and everything else you need to get started. I don't care for the Squier packages.

[Chuck Vermette]

Get either an Ibanez or an Epiphone beginner's package, they come with pretty decent guitars and everything else you need to get started. I don't care for the Squier packages.

I suppose I stand by the theory that a beginner's first guitar should be a less than great guitar

[A picasso blue]

well why not start off with one that's pretty good? i have a Fender Strat. besides, you're probably going to have to get a better one anyway

[Chuck Vermette]

well why not start off with one that's pretty good? i have a Fender Strat. besides, you're probably going to have to get a better one anyway

Because if you give a kid a great guitar right off the back they'll just strum the hell out of it and not care. If you give them a guitar where they actually have to play well to sound 'okay' it's much more worth it. My first guitar wasn't great and didn't have great naturallytone either, so I spent alot of time paying attention to how I was playing in order to get it to sound fine.

[A picasso blue]

Because if you give a kid a great guitar right off the back they'll just strum the hell out of it and not care. If you give them a guitar where they actually have to play well to sound 'okay' it's much more worth it. My first guitar wasn't great and didn't have great naturallytone either, so I spent alot of time paying attention to how I was playing in order to get it to sound fine.


well chuck thats if you're talking an acoustic right? staritng off ith an acoustic, its what a lot of people do. but like ive seen a lot of beginner guitars where its incredibly easy to play

[Hilikus]

well chuck thats if you're talking an acoustic right? staritng off ith an acoustic, its what a lot of people do. but like ive seen a lot of beginner guitars where its incredibly easy to play
Nope. He started with an electric;

Anyways start with a guitar thats probably not over $200 american. Most people start with a Squire Strat. I did.

[ArTkY_]

I started with an Epiphone Les Paul, if I had money I'd buy a new guitar but sadly I'm still playing it, lol. I'm just glad it has humbuckers.

[Chuck Vermette]

I started with an Epiphone Les Paul, if I had money I'd buy a new guitar but sadly I'm still playing it, lol. I'm just glad it has humbuckers.

I like the Epiphone Les Paul. Who cares if it's made of "lesser materials" the Les Paul is a good guitar, period.

[xmicandmoshpitx]

i just got a squier bass last monday, and i love it.

[youcomebeforeyo]

Lord do not buy a Squire. There are begineers guitars, then there are squires.

Look at a Silvertone starting pack or an Ibanez. Ibanez will give you pretty good value for money and are easily playable.

What kind of sound are you into?

[Chuck Vermette]

Lord do not buy a Squire. There are begineers guitars, then there are squires.

Look at a Silvertone starting pack or an Ibanez. Ibanez will give you pretty good value for money and are easily playable.

What kind of sound are you into?

I do agree with Ibanez, they make good guitars.

[A picasso blue]

Nope. He started with an electric;

Anyways start with a guitar thats probably not over $200 american. Most people start with a Squire Strat. I did.

i wasn't talking about chuck specifically

[ArTkY_]

Ibanez is great.

Epiphone is cool because you can get a SG or a Les Paul. I got the Les Paul.

[tomorrowiscomin]

Thanks for the advice people I ended up just getting a strat and also got me an amp with it in the package.

Ibanez is great.

Epiphone is cool because you can get a SG or a Les Paul. I got the Les Paul.

I did look at the Les Pauls but i pefered the body style of the strat in the end

[ArTkY_]

Thanks for the advice people I ended up just getting a strat and also got me an amp with it in the package.



I did look at the Les Pauls but i pefered the body style of the strat in the end
Don't only play power chords or I will cut you.

[youcomebeforeyo]

I hope you move on to a G&L in a few years time. If you do my respect for you = ++++++++++

[tomorrowiscomin]

Don't only play power chords or I will cut you.

Hehe i'll try not, i brought a book to go through to start with but what would be a good starting song??

I hope you move on to a G&L in a few years time. If you do my respect for you = ++++++++++

I'll have alook into one but just not yet lets see if i can get anywhere on the strat first

[Hilikus]

Hehe i'll try not, i brought a book to go through to start with but what would be a good starting song??

As much as i hate this band

Blink 182- Damnit

[xmicandmoshpitx]

blink songs are really easy

[Hilikus]

blink songs are really easy

hence they are good songs to start with.

[youcomebeforeyo]

Pretty much anything pop-punk.

Take a song you like find the tab and see if you can play together.