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What is the best acoustic guitar and what is the best electric guitar for a beginner? Should I buy new guitars or used guitars.
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It's really hard to give an answer to this question when you have not eluded as to what music you want to play and what sort of budget you are working with.
Yamaha, Epiphone, Ibanez, and Fender all make good beginners electric guitars. Taylor's student line are a good choice for an acoustic, but if they are too expensive, the same names mentioned for electric guitars, make good student acoustic guitars as well. I would at one time steer beginners away from Fender acoustic guitars, as their quality was pretty iffy in the past, but the newer ones are acceptable. If you go with a Fender acoustic, buy a new one.
Used guitars are a good way to get a better guitar for your money. If you know of an experienced player that would be willing to go with you to test them, you can find many good deals in the want ads and craigslist. Don't do this alone though, as there are some people that will try to fob off junk to a beginner. Local music stores also often have good deals on used gear.
Do not buy your guitar at a big box store. Those deals that seem too good to be true, usually are. Names can be confusing here. "Starcaster by Fender" and "Maestro by Gibson" are really crappy Chinese guitar kits, that have licensed the respective names. They are poor at best and often unplayable out of the box. In most cases, either they cannot be fixed, or the cost of repair is greater than the value of the guitar. Same is true with many no name guitars sold in big box stores and online. If you must buy online, I recommend you use Musician's Friend. You won't get a counterfeit guitar from them. They also have a reasonable return policy, should you get a lemon.
Shop at a local music store. The prices will be competitive with Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. and they will be more helpful to get you what you need, whereas the corporate backed stores are only interested in how much money they can get out of your pocket on the given visit. Local music stores depend on repeat business and customer loyalty, so you'll get better service all around. When you end up with questions and/or problems, you'll be glad they know you. when it's time to buy more gear, you'll be glad they know you, as they tend to give regular customers better deals.
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It's really hard to give an answer to this question when you have not eluded as to what music you want to play and what sort of budget you are working with.
Yamaha, Epiphone, Ibanez, and Fender all make good beginners electric guitars. Taylor's student line are a good choice for an acoustic, but if they are too expensive, the same names mentioned for electric guitars, make good student acoustic guitars as well. I would at one time steer beginners away from Fender acoustic guitars, as their quality was pretty iffy in the past, but the newer ones are acceptable. If you go with a Fender acoustic, buy a new one.
Used guitars are a good way to get a better guitar for your money. If you know of an experienced player that would be willing to go with you to test them, you can find many good deals in the want ads and craigslist. Don't do this alone though, as there are some people that will try to fob off junk to a beginner. Local music stores also often have good deals on used gear.
Do not buy your guitar at a big box store. Those deals that seem too good to be true, usually are. Names can be confusing here. "Starcaster by Fender" and "Maestro by Gibson" are really crappy Chinese guitar kits, that have licensed the respective names. They are poor at best and often unplayable out of the box. In most cases, either they cannot be fixed, or the cost of repair is greater than the value of the guitar. Same is true with many no name guitars sold in big box stores and online. If you must buy online, I recommend you use Musician's Friend. You won't get a counterfeit guitar from them. They also have a reasonable return policy, should you get a lemon.
Shop at a local music store. The prices will be competitive with Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. and they will be more helpful to get you what you need, whereas the corporate backed stores are only interested in how much money they can get out of your pocket on the given visit. Local music stores depend on repeat business and customer loyalty, so you'll get better service all around. When you end up with questions and/or problems, you'll be glad they know you. when it's time to buy more gear, you'll be glad they know you, as they tend to give regular customers better deals.
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