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re: Guitar Question
Posted on 10/3/23 at 1:39 pm to GEAUXLPOST
Posted on 10/3/23 at 1:39 pm to GEAUXLPOST
A cheap squire or g&l strat is probably exactly what you need. Just make sure you get it set up by a pro after you buy it.
Do squires sound the best or have the best tuning stability for 3hr gigs? No, but you don’t need that. They’re perfectly capable guitars, and if you really love it and get good enough to want to play live, you can upgrade the pickups and tuners down the road.
You can find used squires from $100-$200. You can find new squires from $200-$300, often including a cheap amp with them. Fender frontman amps are awful, as are line 6 spiders, but they’re practically a right of passage for every new learner.
Amp > guitar for the tone. I recommend a solid state combo amp like a boss katana or fender mustang. They can sound great through headphones and you can download different amp tones from your computer through a usb. Orange also has a relatively inexpensive solid state amp combo that sounds pretty decent. Expect to pay $200-$350 for a decent amp that’s versatile and sounds good at both high and low volume.
Do squires sound the best or have the best tuning stability for 3hr gigs? No, but you don’t need that. They’re perfectly capable guitars, and if you really love it and get good enough to want to play live, you can upgrade the pickups and tuners down the road.
You can find used squires from $100-$200. You can find new squires from $200-$300, often including a cheap amp with them. Fender frontman amps are awful, as are line 6 spiders, but they’re practically a right of passage for every new learner.
Amp > guitar for the tone. I recommend a solid state combo amp like a boss katana or fender mustang. They can sound great through headphones and you can download different amp tones from your computer through a usb. Orange also has a relatively inexpensive solid state amp combo that sounds pretty decent. Expect to pay $200-$350 for a decent amp that’s versatile and sounds good at both high and low volume.
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 2:20 pm to kingbob
Thank you!
This may be a stupid question, but I'm a real beginner. someone suggested no matter what type of guitar I get, I should start with just strumming on time to a metronome. Once I get the down strums like second nature, advance to down ups, etc.
The stupid question is, for the sake of my wife and dogs sanity, do I even need to worry about an amp at this stage? That would be annoying as could be, even to me, listening to a beginner just clunk along.
This may be a stupid question, but I'm a real beginner. someone suggested no matter what type of guitar I get, I should start with just strumming on time to a metronome. Once I get the down strums like second nature, advance to down ups, etc.
The stupid question is, for the sake of my wife and dogs sanity, do I even need to worry about an amp at this stage? That would be annoying as could be, even to me, listening to a beginner just clunk along.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:00 pm to kingbob
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Do squires sound the best or have the best tuning stability for 3hr gigs? No, but you don’t need that. They’re perfectly capable guitars, and if you really love it and get good enough to want to play live, you can upgrade the pickups and tuners down the road.
GC has the Squier 40th Ventera II's in basically everything for like 300-400 right now and theyre up there with half the fenders just a few corners cut. The jazzmaster and jaguar are sick.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 8:43 am to kingbob
Thanks for all suggestions! I had been looking around online while struggling with my classical, and told a friend about me trying to learn guitar and looking to buy a used electric.
He then offered me an Epiphone Les Paul Custom for free. He said it was given to him used probably 10-15 years ago and he's never used it. Besides, the dust on it, it appears to be in great shape.
Based of kingbobs advice, I'm guessing it would be wise to bring it in to a store. Besides new strings and a set up, is there anything else I should have them do?
He then offered me an Epiphone Les Paul Custom for free. He said it was given to him used probably 10-15 years ago and he's never used it. Besides, the dust on it, it appears to be in great shape.
Based of kingbobs advice, I'm guessing it would be wise to bring it in to a store. Besides new strings and a set up, is there anything else I should have them do?
Posted on 12/8/23 at 10:12 am to kingbob
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A cheap squire or g&l strat is probably exactly what you need.
I bought myself an M Musi Virgo Fusion on Cyber Monday as a bang-around for the house. I actually narrowed it down to this one and the G&L ASAT Tele. I'm waiting until Christmas to unbox, but I read good things about them (for the price), so we'll see how it stands up.
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