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The saying "A good artist isn't limited by his tools" can be true depending on how interpret it!. If you define "good" as in the music sounds good, than no!. I remember around the late 70's we didn't have all of these new gizmos and gadgets like the loop pedal, or the harmonizer!. It was pure skill back then!. Now, you have all of these enhancement pedals, and sustaining pickups, and floating tremolo bridges that make you sound like you have mad skill, when really, without those enhancements, you're nothing (Not naming any bands here!.!.!.!. *cough* Dragonforce *cough* What!? I didn't say anything)!. Now on to you're questions!.

Q: What affects can having a really cheap guitar have on my playing!?

A: The material of the guitar can vary between guitars!. For example Rosewood (A common wood on cheap guitars) doesn't have a very good tone compared to Koa, or Maple (Which are found on alot of expensive guitars)!. Frets can make a huge difference during playing!. If you have sharp frets, good luck on trying to shred!.

Q:Does it just affect the sound or can it hamper my ability to learn!?

A:It can do both!. Like I mentioned earlier, woods tend to have different tones, and different feels, therefore it will affect your sound, and your ability to learn because you be used to that feel, and when You become a professional (like me) you will be using guitars made by such companies like Gibson, Martin, e!.t!.c!.

As you said, you're a beginner, I'd recommend a brand called Epiphone!. Epiphone tends to make very good guitars, for extremely low prices!. Since you are a beginner, I don't recommend you to play on an acoustic, because acoustic guitars are harder to play than electric guitars!. I started out on the electric and I'm damn good now, and I'm good on the acoustic as well!. Most guitarists later on end up using Electric guitarists almost 80% of the time then they did acoustic (unless you're one of the old fashioned song writers)!. Well I hope this helps you out on your quest to find a good guitar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I've spent much of my life fighting with mid-range instruments!. When I was finally able to upgrade some of them to first-rate stuff, I learned the truth; you ARE limited by your instrument!.

Now, a cheap guitar won't necessarily create bad habits!. But if it's set up wrong, it might!. Take your cheap guitar to a cheap repair service and have them adjust the neck (and if they can't adjust it, time to go to http://www!.shopgoodwill!.com/ and get a new cheap guitar for yourself)!.

And a really, really cheap guitar will go out of adjustment easier, and will hold tuning less, and will have a thin tone, and will make you a little slower due to uneven frets and odd string spacings, etc!. But that much you might live with!.

The thing that can lead to bad habits--sometimes fatal ones--is trying to teach guitar to yourself!. You need a teacher for at least a few months to make sure your fundamentals are correct!. If you are holding wrists or using fingers wrong, you risk tendinitis, arthritis, carpal tunnel--get a teacher who can correct any of those problems now, and you won't need to unlearn and relearn to correct it in the future (or give up guitar altogether while trying to raise the cash for carpal tunnel surgery)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You are only limited by your imagination!. Save up for a better grade guitar, and keep practicing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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He is limited by his mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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