purchasing electric guitar

jazoo

im looking to buy my first electric guitar,i already have an acoustic and just want to know where is the best to buy one i have around 300 euros and would prefer new.

Karl Hungus

Very important question first, what style do you play?

jazoo

just learning ! strumming, starting experimenting with finger playing, a lot of blues scales ,but mostly cords and strumming,

Karl Hungus

jazoo wrote:

just learning ! strumming, starting experimenting with finger playing, a lot of blues scales ,but mostly cords and strumming,

In fairness I think you will have to tell us a bit about what style you aim to be playing. Different guitars will sound very different, and if you get one to learn on now that doesn't suit your stlye, you'll just have to be buying another one further down the road.

Paladin

For E300 quid dont waste your time worrying about "style". Just get the best value for money guitar available: Yamaha Pacifica 112

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_yamaha_pacifica_112x_yns_prodinfo.html

If you want heavy stuff, use heavy distortion and the humbucker.
If you want to strum light stuff, use clean channel....and the humbucker

Ive a quality artist series strat, but I still gig with this (borrowed from a friend) a fair bit. Outstanding guitar. You are kidding yourself if you are a beginner trying to 'niche' yourself before you even have experience with an electric. Just get quality (i.e. the Yamaha Pacifica).

Also its light to hold, and soft and easy to strum from the factory...(in my experience).

Den_M

You can't go far wrong with the Pacifica.
I would have thought most guitarists would have recommended the guitar that they learned their first chords on.:)

Mine was a Vintage (the brand not the age) Tele copy

Karl Hungus

A Yamaha Pacifica would indeed be a great all-rounder. I would worry about style though, because there's quite a lot of styles where a 2 humbucker guitar would be preferable, and the same can be said of a 3 single coiled guitar.

Johnny Storm

Pacifica gets a lot of recommendations for beginners. Personally I'd also look at an Ibanez for a good value beginners guitar. I would suggest a guitar that does NOT have a tremolo for a beginner although there is no hard and fast rule. IMHO the key thing to your future enjoyment of the guitar is the neck - does it feel good in your left hand? Also the appearence IS important - does it look cool to you?

Try plenty before you buy.