Complete Guide On Buying A Guitar

Acoustic Guitar Lessons

Excellent article on guitars. But I would like suggest one thing to you go and look for Acoustic Guitar Lessons once through their online videos they also provide nice and easy tabs to learn and you can buy guitars also.

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Need some more help

Thanks for an informative Post that you have made,
I am Beginner and i need a Acoustic Guitar for my practice can you suggest any Brand which i should buy
 
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I am new meember and I need tab and chord for Song "EK ASNAM CHAHIY AASHIQUI KE LIYE......." from film Aaskiqui, Please help me

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thanks a ton....really helps a fresher like me ..and really appreciate the effort of putting the time and energy to write an article with so much detail....
 
jpsgujral said:
Can anyone suggest different brands of guitar available in market
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Some really good ones which actually arent tooo expensive are are good sounding are Cort, GB&a, if you stretch a little Takamine......I would say save up and invest in a good one, Because you will hate the cheap ones once you are 6 months old in learning the guitar......Thats a Real Promise.....
 
https://indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=20279&page=2

That's a nice guide on buying. I remember reading it earlier. It's served me well before ;)

Now here's what I consider essential for newbies. Guitar and related gear SELECTING guides.

I post it here because a. I'm sick of writing this same damn stuff for everyone and b. I hope people read this thread and come across this post too, and stop asking moronic questions and having moronic expectations (like, 'wut elctric gitar 4 10k?')

Electric guitar choosing guide <- MUST READ
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=365675
Acoustic guitar choosing guide
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233360
Amps pickups and FX guide (WIP but bet it'll be awesome too.)
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278232

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The previous links were to show what you should look for in what you're looking to buy. The list up next is of tried and tested stuff - we've recommended this stuff to like whole generations of newbies. Besides, in the previous links, some gear mentioned ain't available here, and we have some options they haven't written about (Greg Bennetts, for instance), and some things are just out of production. So this following list gives you the choices (they're all good) you'll have here.
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So, while I'm at it.
Good cheap guitars list -> Yamaha Pacifica 012/112, Fender Squier Telecasters, Greg Bennett Avion AV series, Greg Bennett Torino TR series, Schecter Omens* and Damiens*, Ibanez RG* (RG321EX, RG7321, RG321MH) and S* (S470, S420) series.
AVOID LIKE PLAGUE - Fender Squier Stratocasters, Givsons, Grasons, *avoid double locking tremolos (Floyd Rose) at a price less than 35k (the cheapest working FR guitars are Ibanez S470 and S420)

Good cheap amps ->
(solid state) Roland Cube series, Laney LXs, Peavey Vypyr series.
(Tube amps (these are better than solid state, hybrid, and modeling amps. You should research and understand how they work.) Laney Cub series, Vox AC4 series, BE3 amplifiers (https://be3amplifiers.com/, pro quality, pro features, unbeatable value for money...there's nothing better for the price.)
AVOID LIKE PLAGUE - Strangers, Beta Alvin, Marshall MGs, Line 6 Spider amps.

RESEARCH before you buy. Read Harmony Central reviews, Ultimate Guitar reviews, The Gear Page forums, gearslutz forums, extensively. And again, don't trust all reviews. Some people are newbies when they write them. The ear evolves over time and practice, what sounds good today wont after a week, or a month, or a year, or some years by the time you learn to pick the sounds' details apart. Has applied and will apply to every musician ever.

And NEVER trust shopkeepers! ;)
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All right, now that's it, I'm NEVER WRITING ALL THAT AGAIN. Whew, I feel like a man freed.

ultrabot90 requesting your leave. *bows*
 
Whoops, forgot my hat.

Actually, I forgot to add...
Guitars to avoid like plague - low end (below ~40k) ESPs (be sure of what woods they use, don't get it if any part of it uses agathis ;)). Java guitars, Ibanez GRGs. Anything that has a double locking tremolo at this price, actually (the Yamaha Pacificas are not double locking, btw.)

On pickups
You're not likely to get a guitar with good pickups at the...under the 50k range. lol :p
In fact, once you know what kind of sound you like, you should always switch out the stock pickups on almost any guitar you buy (unless it's Cepheus pickups of Agile guitars/Custom Oni pickups of Oni Guitars, lol) with pickups that you know you like the sound of. Wood of the guitar also comes into play while selecting pickups (for example, it's not recommended to use a fat sounding pickup with a mahogany body, because both are warm sounding and the sound will become muddy and unclear)...but selecting pickups comes into the picture *after* you get a good (tube) amp.

Oft-recommended acoustic guitars
Long/original version - https://indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=45849
In short -
Classical guitars - Yamaha C40 and C70 are recommended. C70 is better (tuners, woods, but you've to listen to every C70 in the shop to pick out one which sounds good. Get an experienced teacher along, as always.).
Steel string acoustics - Yamaha F310, Takamine G220, Fender CD-60, Ibanez V72E, Ibanez V70, Ovation AE127, Ovation AE128.
 
thanks buddy...just in time for my guitar....i was very nervous about how to purchase one....with no one to assist me....now i am relieved.....thanks once again
and will be following u for some more advices!!! :)
 
hey,new here

i havnt played my guitar for 3 yrs or so , so im completely outa track
now i need to buy a guitar for like 2k [can b below 3k if it is worth it]
i am buying this for some1 and shes a complete novice , so plz tell accordingly

nice guide , but i really wanted to know like a model number of wht i can buy and its approx price , just so i dont get ripped off :P
i own a givson venus rose right now [in the cheap range ]

location : noida [next to delhi]

thnx :)
 
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