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high-snap said...
For those that took the time to respond:
My Father-In-Law lent me his guitar. A Epi a-10. It is 32 years old and has been in the case for 30 of that.
From what I have read online, it is decent. Gonna save me the cost of a new one for now. Atleast I can get started. Have to get new strings.Will figure on what I want to buy while I learn on this one. Thanks again
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VegasTide said...
Why is everyone telling him to get an expensive one first? When I was 14 and told my parents I wanted to learn, they didn't believe that I'd stick w/ it. They bought me a crappy used Yamaha acoustic for around $150. After a couple months, I learned that the action was too high so I had it shaved down a bit. But for starting out and learning, you don't need to spend a ton of money. Also, if you buy a used Yamaha (pretty standard starter brand) for 150, you can probably sell it for 150 when you're ready to upgrade. JMO, of course.
When I turned 18, my folks got me an acoustic Seagul for 400+. The sound was much better and I haven't had to make any modifications to it and it was awesome.
Now that I'm 30, I went out and got myself an acoustic/electric Martin and love it. Paid over 1k, but I'll probably have it for the rest of my life. Also, I've only ever bought used or slightly used guitars. As long as its in good shape, it should make no difference.
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trojanNorCal said...
Agree, I had a yamaha for about $250, then a washburn, then my $900 Boulder Creek. Its always fun to upgrade!! And nothin wrong with buying used. Also, what Dr. Stache said above was good advise, elixer strings are awesome and they're built to last 3 times longer. They're my second fav string behind martins. Also the good Dr. advised you to go steel over nylon, DO WHAT THE DR. SAYS!!! Nylons suck imo, very dull. And for my last advise, if you plan on singing, buy a capo. Capos are clamps that attatch to the fret board. The purpose of capos is to be able to move a chord octave up or down into your vocal range. Say your playing a song in G and its to low for you to sing, you can move a capo up the fret board and even though your playing a G chord, the sound coming out will be a higher ovtave depending which fret you place the capo on. They're only like $20.
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high-snap said...
For those that took the time to respond:
My Father-In-Law lent me his guitar. A Epi a-10. It is 32 years old and has been in the case for 30 of that. From what I have read online, it is decent. Gonna save me the cost of a new one for now. Atleast I can get started. Have to get new strings.
Will figure on what I want to buy while I learn on this one. Thanks again
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