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I appreciate the links and showing me a wide variety of pickup configurations...there seems to be a good variety of guitars in that $150-$180 range! Quote:
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Unfortunately I do not....which may be the reason I try to analyze things so much prior to heading to the store! Thanks to everyone for your input!!! TripleB |
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That means you're limited to fixed bridge guitars. A lower end Epiphone Les Paul or a Squier Tele should narrow your focus. Ordinarily, I'd go for Yamaha too, as the best of the bunch at this end of the market, but all the low-end ones seem to have whammy bars.
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Honestly, to get something playable and including an amp you are going to be at around $220.
I don't think you need to avoid Stratocaster guitars w0ith whammy bars. I never see tuning problems with mine, and I never insert the whammy bar. |
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Knowing you have a strict budget, I'd tell you to stay away from the electrics at this point, and use all your cash to get the 2 acoustics.
I don't think you have the knowledge to do a basic set up on an electric guitar - which will cost you $40-$60 each to have someone else do it. The cheapest electric guitars come with non-adjustable saddles (I'm thinking of the Epi LPJr I got for $40 used!), meaning the intonation "is what it is". Cheap electic guitars tend to have cheap electronics and pickups and less-than-great sound because of that. Combine that with a small cheap solid state amp and you've got lousy tone, usually grating or piercing to the ear, buzzy, fizzy, BAD!
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Hi,
Cool story about you and your son. Good luck. Yamahas are good, squier Bullets are not good but the Affinity series are good choice for beginners, really good for the price quality ratio. |
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TripleB,
Lots of good advice here. Rather than adding to the opinion mix, may I suggest a go-fund-me campaign? You have a compelling story to tell, and you might raise sufficient funds to buy nicer guitars. It''s amazing how successful a go-fund-me effort can be. Most of us have upgraded from our first guitar once we became more proficient. Suggest you skip to the next level by raising, say, $1,000? Just a thought. |