Comments on: Buying Your First Guitar http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/buying-your-first-guitar/ The Community for Working Musicians Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 10 Tips for Beginning Guitarists | Cameron Mizell http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-9023 10 Tips for Beginning Guitarists | Cameron Mizell Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:11:38 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=579#comment-9023 [...] optimal performance. If you need more advice in these areas, I’ve also written articles about buying your first guitar and basic set ups for fretted [...] [...] optimal performance. If you need more advice in these areas, I’ve also written articles about buying your first guitar and basic set ups for fretted [...]

]]> By: Cameron Mizell http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Cameron Mizell Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=579#comment-2824 @Endy - I'm not saying you can't find a decent sounding, playable guitar for very little money, but you have to either be really lucky, really know what you're looking for, or maybe a little of both. The real purpose of this article is to help people find a beginners guitar that encourages heavy use. That is to say, it doesn't sound bad because it's always going out of tune or the strings buzz, and it doesn't make your fingers hurt so bad that you're never able to comfortably practice 30 minutes a day. My first guitar was actually a cheap Yamaha from the '60s (it was my mom's), and it played well enough for me to stick with guitar for the last 20 years! @Endy – I’m not saying you can’t find a decent sounding, playable guitar for very little money, but you have to either be really lucky, really know what you’re looking for, or maybe a little of both.

The real purpose of this article is to help people find a beginners guitar that encourages heavy use. That is to say, it doesn’t sound bad because it’s always going out of tune or the strings buzz, and it doesn’t make your fingers hurt so bad that you’re never able to comfortably practice 30 minutes a day.

My first guitar was actually a cheap Yamaha from the ’60s (it was my mom’s), and it played well enough for me to stick with guitar for the last 20 years!

]]> By: Endy Daniyanto http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 Endy Daniyanto Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:46:05 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=579#comment-2817 Hmm, my guitar is a $70 Yamaha (when purchased, almost 10 years ago). Still used today. Musician friends still say it has a nice sound. Slightly dented, went M.I.A for a year (friend borrowed it and moved out of town for a year without leaving contact number, came back a year later). Only changed strings twice during the entire 10 years. There was some buzzing before, but it seems to have disappeared now. Though I must confess, went to a store yesterday and tried out a $1000 Taylor acoustic. Price does not lie. Cheers, Hmm, my guitar is a $70 Yamaha (when purchased, almost 10 years ago). Still used today. Musician friends still say it has a nice sound. Slightly dented, went M.I.A for a year (friend borrowed it and moved out of town for a year without leaving contact number, came back a year later). Only changed strings twice during the entire 10 years. There was some buzzing before, but it seems to have disappeared now.

Though I must confess, went to a store yesterday and tried out a $1000 Taylor acoustic. Price does not lie.

Cheers,

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