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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue Heeler" data-source="post: 4243124" data-attributes="member: 46613">Guitar has been said to be easy to learn and hard to master.  You will have fun with this adventure!  Years ago, if you bought a cheap guitar it would play like a cheap guitar.  Today, inexpensive guitars made off-shore can be set up to play really well for most people.  Couple options …A good music store can be a huge help in picking out what is right for you.  If they know what they are doing, they can provide a great set up.  If you like how a Fender Strat plays, Fender has Strats in all price ranges.  Strats tend to be very versatile tone wise.  I have two Strats and they sound nothing like each other.  Same with my Telecasters.  My Fenders are good examples … two were gifts from Fender’s Custom Shop and two are off the rack regular American series.  The Custom Shop guitars play great and have amazing tone … but so do the American series.  On line companies like Sweetwater can be great.  They can provide a PLEK service that will make a good guitar better.  Of course you will need to see if an inexpensive guitar + PLEK or a better guitar is the best value for you.  My wife bought me a Heritage H530 for my retirement this January.  She ordered it from Sweetwater.   Perfect out of the box.  Did wait two days before opening it to let acclimate to our house.  Get a tuner … such as one that you attach to your peg head. Being in tune will help your enjoyment … and others listening to you.  Some merits to getting an acoustic guitar.  Your strings are usually heavy which help you to develop your playing.  Won’t need an amp to get great tone.  That said, I once sat about ten feet away from the late great John Campbell who opened for Buddy Guy in a small bar in the bowels of Houston.  He plugged in an old Gibson acoustic and had amazing tone.  You can get a pickup for an acoustic if you want to add more textures to your tone. You will need an amp if you get an electric guitar.  There are a lot of great little amps on the market that are not too expensive.  Some years ago, I sold my amps that I would play at venues and moved to smaller amps.  Always had tube amps but a few years ago I found a solid state amp called the Blues Cube Hot.  Really a great sounding amp.  I have a Marshall Class 5 and a Fender Champ (it and one of my Strats was a gift from Fender back in 1988) and I plug the Blues Cube in most of the time (when my left thumb is working). I would recommend an amp with head phone jacks.  Good luck and have fun!</blockquote>

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