| You want to play electric guitar but you have a | | | | you recognize those names? They make cheap |
| limited budget. Your first electric guitar needs to | | | | electric guitars some of which are copies of more |
| be cheap so you need to get some idea which is | | | | expensive models. The basic difference between |
| the best brand to buy. If you do not buy a good | | | | cheap guitars and expensive guitars is quality of |
| quality electric guitar your guitar playing learning | | | | materials. The reason you need to be aware of |
| curve is going to be that much more steep, and | | | | which cheaper brands to buy is that you do not |
| you are going to feel like a prize dumbbell telling | | | | want to go too far into the realms of cheap and |
| people that your playing would be much better if | | | | nasty. Without wanting to influence you unduly, I |
| your guitar was not such a pile of junk. | | | | think you could do a lot worse than buying a |
| Let us set some ground rules. Do not buy a | | | | Squier Stratocaster for a first electric guitar. It is |
| cheap guitar online unless the vendor is in your | | | | made by Fender, the makers of the original Strat. |
| local area. Also, when we talk about cheap guitars | | | | Another thing you need to consider is the type of |
| we should be talking cheap brands, not old guitars | | | | music you want to play. Once you start looking |
| of dubious quality and unknown condition. If there | | | | around at guitars you need to be aware of the |
| is a music shop or two somewhere close to | | | | sound. Right from the first day as a guitar player |
| where you live, they should be able to cater to | | | | you should be listening to yourself making a sound |
| your needs. There are a lot of deep mysteries | | | | that you are happy with. |
| connected with guitar playing but finding a cheap | | | | One really cool thing you should be taking with |
| guitar is not one of them. | | | | you when you go looking to buy a cheap electric |
| To start with, there are big brand name guitars | | | | guitar is a guitar player. Even if it is one of the |
| that you may not be able to afford, and indeed it | | | | neighbors who bought a guitar years ago and |
| would be silly to pay a fortune for your first | | | | never did anything with it, it is better than nothing. |
| electric guitar, but there are copies of these | | | | And then there's the color. Your neighbor may be |
| famous guitars which you CAN afford. Amongst | | | | able to give you some advice on the construction |
| these copies of the big name guitars made by | | | | of electric guitars or the benefits of this or that |
| various guitar makers, are good and bad quality | | | | pickup, but only YOU can decide what color you |
| guitars, and you need to be familiar with the | | | | want. When Mark Knopfler decided to buy his first |
| better quality makers of cheap guitars. Any guitar | | | | guitar he knew he wanted a red one. It is an |
| factory in Outer Mongolia can churn out realistic | | | | important consideration. You will not feel |
| looking electric guitars but they may not be able | | | | comfortable posing in front of the mirror with the |
| to hold together for longer than five minutes. | | | | wrong color guitar! |
| So, let us first look at a few big name guitars. | | | | You will not be posing in front of the mirror? Oh . |
| Fender, Gibson, Washburn. You recognize those | | | | . . okay. |
| names, right? Squier, Ibanez, Yamaha, Crafter. Do | | | | |