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Jun 24 2007, 06:05 AM
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Okay, here's the deal. I am gonna start giving my nephew basic beginner guitar lessons soon and the little rat needs something to learn on. I have played both acoustic and electric for about 15-16 years and have decided that an electric should be the first thing he learns since it is easier to learn on and will promote continuous playing.
(However I am personally very glad I learned acoustic before electric... more on that someday) So I am looking for a guitar in the $100 US or below price range. This pretty much rules out decent brand name guitars unless they are cosmetically damaged. So far I have these ideas: 1.) Made in Mexico Fender (cosmetic damage) 2.) Custom built no name... (upon personal inspection only) 3.) Cheapo Wal-mart boxed guitars (YUCK!!!!!) I need more ideas and help on this. If you have a well thrashed guitar you'd like to dump for less than $100 let me know as well! In my opinion... Cosmetics don't matter a bit. I'd rather have the guitar play okay and get a half-decent beginner range of sounds than get a pretty sparkly one that is made by blind monkeys. Also, attach links if you have any. Thanks in advance! P.S. Donations welcome!  Hardtail -------------------- Beginner's Amp & Guitar Gear Guide My Keeley Blues Driver BD-2 Review My Line6 Flextone II Review Guitars: Martin D-16RGT with B-Band UST & '99 Fender "Big Apple" Hardtail HH Strat Amps: Fender Blues Junior Special Edition & Fender Studio 85 (Simultaneous... yummy) |
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Jun 24 2007, 08:24 PM
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You should just get a Squier Strat. Good for beginners, but they dont last all that long....
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Jun 24 2007, 10:26 PM
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Just avoid the budget Epiphone SG that comes with an amp and a few picks. The guitar body is made mostly out of plastic.
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Jun 25 2007, 01:08 AM
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That's an awesome picture.
--------------------  Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals. |
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Jun 25 2007, 04:14 AM
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you can buy a Squier Bullet Strat brand new for $99.
this one to be Exact http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/b...625%2e595%2e069 it's nothing special, but it is 10 times better than those First Act crap from Wal mart. This post has been edited by Slammer: Jun 25 2007, 04:19 AM |
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Jun 25 2007, 04:51 AM
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I agree with starting on an acoustic. However much my nephew wants to learn the guitar he is also a very easily distracted youngster and I beleive the acoustic may frustrate him a bit too much.
He is borrowing my mother's Taylor Big Baby acoustic so I may start him with that. I just remember as a kid, my friends got electrics first and I got an acoustic and more than a decade later they can shred me like 10x over because the acoustic is very limited in what it can do comparatively... and trust me I have pushed acoustic to the limit having performed with one for 10 years.  I have a buddy who collects old Peavey guitars and he told me about some 22" or 23" scale Peavey's that are practically unbreakable and actually shred well. I may hunt Ebay for one of those for a while. SDMF75: That guitar looks sweet! And your son looks ready to melt my face off!  I am gonna look into that model myself and see how cheap I can find it.Hardtail -------------------- Beginner's Amp & Guitar Gear Guide My Keeley Blues Driver BD-2 Review My Line6 Flextone II Review Guitars: Martin D-16RGT with B-Band UST & '99 Fender "Big Apple" Hardtail HH Strat Amps: Fender Blues Junior Special Edition & Fender Studio 85 (Simultaneous... yummy) |
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Jun 26 2007, 04:47 AM
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SDMF75: What are you starting him off with lesson-wise? I'm gonna try to get some suggestions on GMC later about what to teach him for starters but thought I'd ask you now.
So I have done some MAJOR Research tonight and the Ibanez seems to be the best for him. The squiers, gibsons, and all other brand beginner guitars just have so much lower reviews than the Ibanez beginner guitars. The one I was particularly looking at was the Ibanez GRX20. I chose this in lieu of the Mikro because he is 10 years old and I think he should be able to reach everything on a full scale well enough. In a few years he'll be a teenager and have the same reach as me so i'm not worried about it. The problem I ran into.... the wife gave me the old "Heck no, that's too expensive!" So I'm trying to figure something out. I'm gonna hit all the local guitar shops within an hour of my work this week and hopefully rumage up some beat up classic I can haggle down to below $100. LOL wish me luck! I'll keep you posted with what I find. Hardtail -------------------- Beginner's Amp & Guitar Gear Guide My Keeley Blues Driver BD-2 Review My Line6 Flextone II Review Guitars: Martin D-16RGT with B-Band UST & '99 Fender "Big Apple" Hardtail HH Strat Amps: Fender Blues Junior Special Edition & Fender Studio 85 (Simultaneous... yummy) |
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Jun 26 2007, 07:53 AM
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Check out: www.rondomusic.com ya can't go wrong.
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Jun 26 2007, 03:13 PM
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lefty01: You play a Rondo? I'm wondering how they sound, durability, etc.
I'm gonna hit a small music store after work today. I'll post what I find. 
-------------------- Beginner's Amp & Guitar Gear Guide My Keeley Blues Driver BD-2 Review My Line6 Flextone II Review Guitars: Martin D-16RGT with B-Band UST & '99 Fender "Big Apple" Hardtail HH Strat Amps: Fender Blues Junior Special Edition & Fender Studio 85 (Simultaneous... yummy) |
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Jun 29 2007, 11:10 AM
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Just get a squier starter kit. It comes with everything he needs.
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 ___________________________QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Nov 10 2007, 12:27 AM)  Part of the key to success is to never call yourself good... My RIg: -Epiphone 1967 FLying V -Line 6 POD XT live -VOX Valvetronics AD30VT -Yamaha EG-112 -Yamaha GA-10 -Some Yamaha acoustic which is a magnet to dust under my bed End World Hunger |
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