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- trooperbill
i must have hit my mid life crisis as i wanna learn to play the electric guitar at 33 years old lol...
anyone recommend a good and super cheap set up for a total n00b
- markeebee0
My advice—don't get anything super cheap. It'll be horrible to play, keep going out of tune and put you off guitar for life.
Get something used but good quality, you really won't regret it and you can sell it for not much loss if you find you don't like it (guitars keep their value quite well).
- markeebee0
I'd look at the cheaper Gretsches—I have one and it's beautiful to play, it's a shorter scale neck so the strings are easier to hold down than most guitars.
- ismith0
Are you the kind of person who has to have a new guitar or do you mind having one that is preloved? There is a positive psychological benefit to both depending on how you think.
- ismith0
I do agree though, anything really cheap will just feel like a piece of shit and only motivate you to play less.
- ismith0
Also how tall are you? Do you have small/average/large hands or fingers?
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- utopian0
When I went through my mid-life crisis I banged a lot of young chicks.
- this will also help your guitar playingismith
- finger banging anyway. and vice versaismith
- LOLutopian
- since when was 33 mid-life?monospaced
- ismith0
Under $1k I say get a used MIM (made in mexico) Fender Strat and a Marshall MG15DFX. It's a fine bedroom setup, will give you simple tone without much fucking around, and it feels really good. There's better sounding stuff for this price but this is really great for just general practicing. The little Marshall is one of my favorite solid states for practice and they can come pretty cheap on ebay.
- ismith0
If you get a used guitar though go to a small guitar shop and get a real setup, for beginner stuff a $50/60 setup will get it about as good as a cheap guitar can get but will do wonders for how it feels in your hands.
- And sound too. Nothing sucks like a guitar that isn't intonated.ismith
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- 23kon0
Guitars at £40-50 will be crap.
Price yourself about £150-200 will get you something decent and usable and should last a while.
If you find you are hopeless then its not too much money lost and you can always sell it on ebay easily.
If you pick up playing well and want to get more serious then thats when you might treat yourself to anything from £250 to thousands!- I'd suggest £300 as a minimum—a £150 guitar will still have a LOT of corners cut during manufacture.markeebee
- zombee0
Google a 'Vintage VS6'. It's a great copy of a Gibson SG. By far the best build quality and sound of an SG copy, even better than an Epiphone. Very easy to play and good setup straight of the box. You can pick one up for about £160 if you shop around.
- ok_not_ok0
go balls out!
- trooperbill0
lol great tips guys... ill check the vintage vs6 and preloved is fine... i looked at the made in mexico stuff before is it good?
and yeah im banging a lot of chicks too lol next step is a wanky car like a ferrari lol.
- chrisRG0
dont get anything < $300...
- rascuache0
Buy second hand, you'll get soooo much more for your money.
I fuckin hate playing guitars that aren't worn in, they sound and feel like crap, and they have no character.Got a 19 year old jap made Fender Tele with massive frets and I've never played anything I like more, except my mate's Rickenbacker 620, but you're talking £1400 of guitar there...
- bored2death0
I recommend going to a music shop that has guitars and finding the one that feels right. It's all about how it feels and you're not going to know if it's right for you until it's in your hands.
- pressplay0
The Squier Classic Vibe Series is getting very good reviews from users... if you are into a vintage look but favour a new guitar you should definetly have a look at these (Tele or Strat)...
a friend of mine ownes a vox pathfinder 10... it is cheap (here it costs about 70 Euros), it is small but it sounds decent and you get good value for money... so, if I‘d start playing these days, I‘d get this setup
- trooperbill0
whats the difference between telecasters and strats? is it just a model thing or is one a better build quALITY/SOUND? (oops caps)
thanks guys this is a big help... keep the advice coming.
- rascuache0
In a nutshell, Strat is a soft tail, Tele is a hardtail.
I.e. The Strat's bridge is sprung, so you can attach a tremolo arm and use it to alter the pitch as you play, though at the sacrifice of tuning stability.
Tele has no springs - so a solid bridge. This means no tremolo effects but greater tuning stability.
Telecaster also has different pickups, bridge pickup gives a stronger sound than a strat single coil, traditional "lipstick" in the neck position gives a softer, jazz-ish sound.
- tele neck is wider too which is great if you have really large fingersismith
- kona0
bump this thread in an hour or two when morilla and/or mg33 wakes up. both are true rockstars with a number of guitars. there's some great advice above but maybe they could also give you a bit of insight.
