Thread: Buying an Electric Guitar

Hey there, you might as well only keep reading this is if you play electric guitar and know a bit about the instrument.

Basically I've played piano for about 8 years or so so I know a fair bit about music, but in the last year or so I've become quite interested in rock, bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, and that kind of thing. I enjoy experimenting with sound and piano can only take me so far with the range of different noises you can get out of it, so I'm going to try picking up electric guitar.

I have no equipment at the moment, so what I really need is some suggestions as to what I should get. As I'm a beginner and there is a small chance I'll give up playing or not play that much, I'm looking at something around £100 ($200) if that's possible, but obviously I'd still want a quality guitar that I could go quite far and do a fair bit of stuff with. I'd also need an amp and anything else you think is necessary.

So yeah, any ideas are very welcome, please ask more questions if you think you need more info.

Thanks.

For a solid beginner, without knowing whether or not you are going to go much further with it, you could get something like a Peavey Raptor (my first guitar). Right now, I've got a Epiphone Les Paul, which is pretty nice, without being up in the high-end range, so I'd recommend one of those, too. I don't know too much about the quality of the more high-end guitars though, since I'm still relatively new to the guitar scene. I think either one of those would be good for you, though...

And I don't know a damn thing about amps, yet. The only two amps I've ever had were Peaveys. They get the job done, and you can find them pretty cheap, but I honestly couldn't tell you how well they stack up against the more expensive ones, or different brands.

Check out Rondomusic.com, and look at the Agile instruments. Do check around the web for reviews of them as well - you'll find the reviews universally positive, and note that these instruments rarely end up for sale used.

They are Korean made, but not in the same factory that makes the Epis and most of the other Korean instruments. The bang-for-buck is incredible.

I own an Agile jazz box bought from them - an instrument I paid less than $500 for (with shipping included) that plays, sounds and looks as good or better than instruments I auditioned costing four times (or more) as much.

I wouldn't hesitate to replace my Agile if I lost it, and I'm seriously considering getting one of their dot-neck 335 clones now.

Don't buy an amp without taking YOUR guitar to a store, and plugging it in to test it.

For $200 you'd probably end up with a Fender Strat just like everyone else

I've got a Fender American Telecaster (custom), that put me down about 1200.

But for a guitar and an amp, 200 will either get you not much or something like a starter pack. I'd say go online, look for some really cheap guitars, and post back here, see what guitarists think about them.

Once you've found one, go to your local store and show them the ad for the guitar and ask if they can match the price. Most often they will.

wooo!!

Imma buy me an electric quitar and make up my own way of playing ^_^.

Just because imma cool guy.

Plus I can't read music .

imma dumb dumb.

But in all seriousness, if you want a good, inexpensive electric quitar, and don't mind it being slightly used, ebay has great offers .

mhm.

-patience

I got a nice little Fender last week. New, and only £75 when its RRP was £130. So pretty cool. I like the thing a lot, although I'm obviously crap at the moment. Any tips for how to start off practicing?