Comments on: How to Buy Your First Real Guitar

By: will the thrill

will the thrill — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:03:22 +0000

As other posters have mentioned, this article has omitted a lot of nice guitars that are out there today. Depending on what type of player you are, there are a lot of asian built guitars that rival american made models in terms of looks quality, playability, and in some cases overall craftmanship.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:54:13 +0000

Hey, Gibson and Fender make some great guitars but the Japanese especially in the late seventies and eighties, made some of the best guitars out there! When Fender and Gibson were bought out by CBS and Norlin, the Japanese stepped in and duplicated the specs and quality of the older Fenders and Gibsons to a “T” Tokai, Greco, Orville, and Burny are no slouches to guitar manufacturing. The Tokai Springy Sound is a replica Strat that was one of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s favorites, i’m sure a bunch of pros have some of these in their arsenal to this day. If you think about it, the small Korean and Chinese factories are building guitars in some low tech factories not unlike the Fullerton and Kalamazoo factories that put out some of the best vintage stuff out there !If you get a chance, check out the video thats out there about Leo Fender and his Fullerton factory, it’s amazing how low tech the place was,,,very cool video!!!

By: Ricardo Presas

Ricardo Presas — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:06:20 +0000

Actually, you’re very mistaken about Japanese guitars being low quality. Major Japanese brands like ESP are considered equal to, and in many cases, funtionally and tonally superior to Fender and even Gibson (ask Metallica).

Epiphone guitars are made in korea, china, and indonesia. The top-tier epiphones are made in Japan. Most fender guitars are made in Mexico.

By: j. mathews

j. mathews — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:16:13 +0000

Nice guitars!wow! this is the most imformative site I have found so far, I’m really glad I found this site!

By: James

James — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:08:31 +0000

great post thanks so much

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hair clipper reviews — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:06:26 +0000

Still remmeber the day I first bough my guitar, good times
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By: Guitar Wizard

Guitar Wizard — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:29:06 +0000

Excellent blog/post! It’s amazing to me that I still have time to read as I keep finding interesting things to read! Very cool design. Paul Reed Smith baby!
Thanks and appreciate the contribution.
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By: Matt Miller

Matt Miller — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:32:45 +0000

Orchidmantis, I totally agree with you. An important thing to keep in mind is that a lot of guitars you buy off the rack may have been sitting there for years and may need a little tune-up/intonation/action adjustment before thinking seriously about playing. The action can be adjusted on any guitar. I would say the most important thing to look for is tone and really just an attraction to the instrument.

‘Black Acoustic Guitars,’ it’s a good idea to get a cheap guitar but a lot of those guitars are very difficult to play (even if they are tuned-up/intonated/adjusted). There’s a learning curve and MOST people will give up if it’s extremely hard at first. There’s a balance. I’ll put it this way, if your first car was a clunker that constantly broke down on you and was uncomfortable and hard to drive, you wouldn’t develop much of an affinity for taking to the road…

And Jeff, I can agree with you to a degree. That’s the way I started, on an acoustic and then I graduated to the electric. It’s definitely an easier transition but then again there are no real rules in the world of music.

By: James

James — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:31:05 +0000

Good article, agree with the other commenters, beg, borrow or steal a guitar to see if you're in it for the long term, then purchase your own. Likely to become a lifelong obsession! .-= James´s last blog ..Edwards Guitars on eBay =-.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:48:31 +0000

Good info, but I would stick with an acoustic guitar to learn on. You need to focus on learning chords and scales. Electric guitar can come later after you've mastered the basics. .-= Jeff´s last blog ..Learning Electric Guitar =-.

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black acoustic guitars — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:22 +0000

You should start playing guitar on a friends guitar or a cheap $50 one for the first month. If it turns out to be something you really enjoy, then yes, you should definitely splurge. .-= black acoustic guitars´s last blog ..Ibanez AEB5E Black Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar =-.

By: OrchidMantis

OrchidMantis — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:08:33 +0000

I would recommend not getting a guitar with the action too high – meaning the strings aren’t too high off the fret board. I’ve found, as a teacher, that beginner guitarists have hell of a time trying to play guitars where the action is much too high. With low string action, you lose a bit in tone but gain a lot in ease of play from my point of view.