Buying Your First Guitar
March 20th, 2006
Patrick Crosley has a great post on his blog White Man Stew about purchasing your first guitar. I was lucky when I started playing that we already had a decent guitar in the house, so I didn’t go through this until I had built up some guitar knowledge. If you are thinking about buying your first guitar I highly suggest you check out his article. He does a great job of covering all of the important stuff and he provides external sources to build on his points.
To sum up his post:
- Spend as much money as you can afford
- If possible spend $300 minimum for a cheap guitar
- If you are not experienced with the ins and outs of guitars, ask a friend to come shopping with you
- If you don’t have someone to help you, read guitar reviews online
He also provides some tips for people buying used guitars as their first. Buying a used guitar can be like buying a used car. There are a lot of issues that may not be apparent until you get a few hours of playing in.
One thing I would like to add to his article is make sure you budget for a case. If you are buying a cheap or an expensive guitar you want to be able to keep it in the best condition possible. You can get a cloth case, or even better go for a hard-shell case.
Tags: beginner-guitar, buy-guitar, guitar
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March 23rd, 2006 12:20
Hey, thanks for the link! Your blog looks and reads great. I’ve just posted a link in my blog.
And thanks for the cases addition. Very important and totally slipped my mind so I’ll add an update.
April 9th, 2006 16:35
Hey, no problem. I like what you are doing on your site as well!