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Question:im looking for a beginer guitar from guitar center because thats the closest store from my house. I would hope fr it to be electric.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: im looking for a beginer guitar from guitar center because thats the closest store from my house. I would hope fr it to be electric.

Don't go electric as a beginning guitarist--buy an acoustic guitar in the range of $350 or so. You must concentrate on learning chords, rhythm technique, music theory, and songs to play rather than be distracted by lugging around an amplifier, patch cords, distortion pedals and other gizmos that do not a guitar player make.

An acoustic guitar will test your motivation and determine how strong you wish to become a guitarist. After you've played the acoustic for several years then you might consider getting an electric guitar. Until then, keep your acoustic because it is definitely mobile.

If you're an absolute beginner....a Squire Strat. Don't get anything more expensive than that until you get a little ability and experience behind you.

Epiphone is a great guitar to start with. The majority of them have a decent sound and are very durable. You can always go the used route as well in that case you can get a little better quality for the $$ you would spend on a new guitar. (remember you won't have a warranty on a used guitar though). They have a Dean Vendetta XM for around $80.00 that is very nice check it out and see what you think.

get aq Fender that was my first! its a really great brand! and if your under i dont know about 13 then get a 3/4 size but if your older you need a full size! i got the full size when i turned 13 if i can remember well good luck iv been playing for a long time! its realy fun!

I just got Yamaha F325 gig maker kit or w/e

When then go there and play all the guitars that are in your budget.....I go there often.....last year I bought three guitars from them. I always advise my beginning students to buy an acoustic.....it sounds better when you just beginning.....a lot of my students think so also, they all wanted electric and some got them and then later were sorry, they don't sound like they do when played by someone who knows how to play them, especially in the beginning.....most kids think that they'll get electric and in a few months sound like Slash....well that doesn't happen !!!!!! One girl that I had got her electric and was so sorry, every time she came here for lessons she wanted to play my guitar.....finally at Christmas she got her acoustic, a Yamaha. I don't think kids are ready for electric until they've been playing for a while....otherwise they get stuck in rut just playing a few chords over and over again, and the same old songs, and then three years down the road they want to know why they can't play well. I'd start with an acoustic, start at the beginning, learn some scales, a few chords in the first position, and then learn how to read and play all the notes in the first postition, and a little theory. A new student of mine, he just started a month ago can do all that already......he's not worrying about how fast he can learn, or what rock songs he can play by next month, and these are the kind of students that I like, they do really well and go well beyond those students that just want to learn to play a few chords thinking that they can be rock stars, and believe me I have lots of students like that. One student who never played before came here wanting to know how to play Stairway to Heaven before he left from his first lesson.....well he sure was shocked when he saw that that wasn't possiable.....to be a good musician you have to start out correctly, learn to read music, know what key your playing in, be able to change chords without hesitation etc....most kids think oh I'll learn tab and get this down in a couple of months, well most who think that four years later are wondering why they can't play more then a few songs. I know this for a fact because I've had people here on yahoo ask why after four - seven years of playing do they still stink at guitar !!!!!!! If your dead set on electric I can't tell you what to buy, first of all I'd have to know your buget, and most importantly it's you that has to like the sound and action....my advice to you is to go to the Guitar Center and spend hours in there playing all the guitars in your buget... today they have so many, even some inexpensive guitar that have a decent sound, so you be the judge.....make sure that the strings aren't to hard to press down, if you can't play at all get one of the clerks to play them for you, that's what their there for. Good luck to you !!!!!!!!!!!!! Classical guitar teacher, and has played guitar for thirty five years !!!!!!!!

If your going to be buying a cheap electric guitar I would definitely stay away from the combo deals. I've played a bunch of them when I wanted to buy a guitar for my little brother when he wanted to start playing and they all were lacking in tone. So basically stay away from the Beringer / B.C. Riches / Squire jam packs that they all these companies offer.

I'm not sure when your Guitar Center has their yearly half off sale but if you really want to save some bucks and get a really nice sounding guitar thats when you should buy.

I wont suggest any brands because I'm biased towards fender but I would suggest just buying the brands you see your favorite guitarists using. They play them for a reason. If you don't have 2000 to drop on a Gibson...buy the Epi version. I've played them and when you set them up properly they have great sound. Same thing goes for all the other brands. just stay away from the few I mentioned earlier.

1 more thing...when you get your guitar make sure you have it setup right if you don't know how to yourself. And the strings you choose to play on will make a huge difference as well. Id suggest putting a new set on the second you buy.