What do you need to know when buying your first guitar?

Your fed up of playing guitar hero and you’ve got the balls to learn real guitar -well done. So where do you begin with buying a guitar? Here’s a few tips for people looking to buy their first guitar.

• What kind of guitar are you after? The myth used to be that you had to buy an acoustic before you could progress to electric. This is rubbish. Buy the guitar that will give you the most enjoyment. You’ll get more out of practising on your chosen type of guitar. The same could be said of giving a acoustic guitar player an electric guitar -they wont get the most out of it. while you are still playing a guitar, which is a good, by playing on the instrument you want your posture and hand positioning will be alot better.
• What guitar do you need to buy? So you’ve decided you want an electric, but what suits you and the style you want to play? You shouldnt get a Gibson 335, a guitar thats built for blues playing if your thing is brutal heavy metal. Different electric guitars will use different pick ups to help achieve a certain sound. Single coils pickups have a very clean tone as opposed to humbucker pickups, which will throw you a more bassier, rock guitar tone. Starting off on one of the cheaper models, such as a Squier or a Yamaha brand guitar which are good solid beginners guitars are good.
• Play the guitar before buying it. You’ll get a far better idea of if the guitar is right for you by playing it a few times first. While going into a guitar shop in front of other players can be daunting, they’ll know that we are all beginners at some point. If the guitar is a gift for someone, find out what kind of guitar they would like and ask the shop for what they recommend. A good guitar can set them onto a new path, while a bad one can put them off.

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