Archive for September, 2009
Tips on how to buy an electric guitar cheap.
If you imagine yourself as a guitarist, you probably remember the electric guitar. It looks really cool posing with, and they make great sounds. But is it so cool you want to spend days learning what is the best guitar for beginners, where to get the best price, what amp to use ? Or is it better to get that over with so you can concentrate on learning and having fun? So let’s go on a journey over the desolate desert of comparison shopping, so we can graze on the lush meadows of power chords and adoring chicks later.
So let us begin compiling a pack of necessities for the beginner electric guitar player. Your local guitar store is packed with cheap electric guitars, which may or may not love you back when you start caressing their strings, all in different price ranges. How can a novice find out which brands are best at what price? Okay, grab an electric guitar and see how it is made. It is a piece of electronic equipment and should be built to withstand years of use. A well-built electric guitar, should be made of wood, not laminate or plastic.
For most beginning electric guitar players,, the vibrato, or “floating” bridge is the one to get. The other type is the fixed bridge, which you can not “bend” notes with the tremolo arm or “Whammy Bar. While we are on this issue should be warned that the Whammy bar in a cheap guitar often leads to broken strings, so if you end with one of these you want to remove the Whammy bar for a while. And another thing: an electric guitar has 22 frets. Some beginner models have less. But stick to one that has 22.
As for price developments, the guitar at the lower end of the price range inferior to the more expensive ones? Heck no! You will certainly enjoy music for many years with one of the less expensive models.
Now let us turn our attention to the amplifier. The way your new guitar sounds will depend largely on your amplifier. The power of a guitar amplifier is measured in watts. The higher the wattage, the more volume. Start thinking in the five-watt environment. That is about the size of the average practice amp. You may be able to find an amp that uses vacuum tubes for cheap, but din’t worry about that now–learn to play your instrument.
Just keep in mind that you do not need to bankrupt yourself on your first guitar. Paln ahead, and you should be fine.