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First Guitar

  • 14-03-2006 4:47pm
    #1
    odhran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 337 ✭✭


    Hi! I want to start playing guitar and am looking to buy a good acoustic suitable for a beginner. My budget is about €250. I would really appreciate some advice. Thank you in advance.


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  • #2
    anothervictim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭anothervictim


    Hi, i've been playing 11 years and I would like to offer my opinion. When it comes to buying acoustic guitars you do pay for what you get. cheapest for around €150 and most expensive is maybe around €4,000. For a beginner, I would suggest buying a cheaper guitar. You get a nice one for €150 or so, and in a year or three, you can sell it and get one for €400 thats 10 times better.

    The type of guitar I suggest you buy is a full-size, steel-string, dreadnought, acoustic. an example of one is on the current argos catalogue pg. 1360, prod. no. 3. (yamaha €149.99) This is quite a good deal for a beginner, given the extras that come with it.

    If you want to shop around an get a different looking one, say, walk into any instrument shop and look for guitars that look like that guitar in argos and are similarly priced. (or give the storeperson the descrption I wrote above in bold)

    TIP: if buying in a shop, ask them to throw in a spare set of strings (ask for "light guage strings". they will oblige. (light guage stings are easiest on you fingers, so good for starting off as your fingers will hurt at first)

    Finally, choose which hand you want to play with. most people are right handed and strum the guitar with that hand. (finger the notes with the left)
    less often, there are people (like me) who play the opposite way. when you pick up the guitar you'll know what will be most comfortable for you, trust me. Also bear in mind that the above type of guitar can be strung to play either left or right handed, should you choose to change later.

    I hope this info helps, feel free to ask any questions.


  • #3
    Seany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭Seany


    I would recommend this with this for a total of €251.50 plus €15 shipping to your door. You will get a lot more for your money when ordering online and thomann are pretty reliable in a few dealings I have had with them.

    Its a fender acoustic with cutaway & onboard electronics so it can be plugged in for when you get better and want to play a few songs in front of people.

    Best of luck,

    Seany


  • #4
    Paladin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭Paladin


    Dont forget a tuner.
    ESSENTIAL for a beginner.

    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_korg_ga30_guitar_tuner_prodinfo.html


  • #5
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Seany wrote:
    I would recommend this with this for a total of €251.50 plus €15 shipping to your door. You will get a lot more for your money when ordering online and thomann are pretty reliable in a few dealings I have had with them.

    Its a fender acoustic with cutaway & onboard electronics so it can be plugged in for when you get better and want to play a few songs in front of people.

    Best of luck,

    Seany

    I wouldn't worry about onboard electronics personally. Get a better guitar for your money without them, then install better ones later when you do need them.


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