One question that aspiring guitar players always ask is what kind of guitar
they should buy to start out with. Should they buy a beginners guitar, novice,
advance, professional guitar? Should they buy a cheap or an expensive guitar? Choosing
a first acoustic guitar can make or break a successful experience on learning
to play the guitar. It seems like most of the advice that aspiring guitar
players come across from most sources recommend that someone learning how to
play guitar start with an inexpensive acoustic beginner guitar. This can be fine
(sometimes) but an instrument that's too cheap might be a piece of junk that's
very hard to play or is impossible to setup correctly and or a complete waste
of money.
This is the case because most
people don't know anything about guitar price or quality, try a few guitar
lessons with a cheap guitar, then decide it’s too much work and give up. I
believe that having a good guitar could keep them enthusiastic about their new adventure.
If most new guitar learners started with a quality instrument, something
between cheap and expensive then not as many of them would give up from pure
frustration.
My first real guitar was an
acoustic guitar, a vintage Sigma Guitars DM-1; I believe it was an off brand
from C.F. Martin & Co. It did not sound that great because the fingerboard
split apart from the neck and some of the frets are worn out and at the time it
was a major discouragement because it just didn't sound good.
I think that for any new guitar
student or beginner should have that passion to learn how to play. If not, then
the student will buy a guitar and then that guitar will be nothing but a dust
collector. But one choice that can inspire someone to greatness is buying a
guitar that is best for the type of music the beginner wants to play.
Acoustic beginner guitar choices
do not have to be expensive to sound good. It can help but it's not necessary.
Some well established companies such as Yamaha, Epiphone, even Fender put out
some great beginner guitars. There are some very reasonably priced acoustic
beginner guitars that are quality products and sound great.
When I first stared to play my dad had bought me a Peavey Raptor and signed me up for lessons, which I do think definitely helped me out. And from there I was introduced into 7 strings and that was pretty awesome. But I didn’t get into playing acoustic until a couple of years after I started to play. It was definitely popular with the ladies, for sure! But I found out some pretty interesting things out last week, so with my new job we get training on gear every Thursday and last week Taylor was there, and man they had some awesome guitars there. But according to their rep Taylor has out sold most of the major guitar companies out there including Martin. I’m not sure if I believed though but it really seemed interesting to hear that Taylor even outsold last year Gibson electric.
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