re: Guitarists of the OT

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An interesting thing he said was: an accomplished player could make a terrible guitar sound decent, and an unaccomplished player could made a $5k guitar sound terrible.

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absolutely the truth.

number one tip is to learn how to set up your guitar or bring it in to a luthier and have it done. a proper set up will make it light-years easier to play, and can make a <$500 sound just about perfect. nothing will frustrate you more than your action (string height/gap between strings and fretboard) being too high or having an improperly adjusted intonation.

I highly recommend avoiding guitar center unless you're one of the lucky ones who lives near one with a quality luthier. if you want to purchase from a big box store, Sweetwater is by far the best. their engineers will work with you to set it up exactly the way you want it. my last guitar from them came to me with the nut replacement, string gauges, and specific tuning I wanted for it, and it was set up perfectly.