I'm afraid I don't know much about those guitars but I wanted to comment on one thing - The ibanez has some string rattle on the low-E, lackluster pi...
Get the guitar that makes you want to pick it up and play it.That's much more important at this point than tone.I think the Micro Cube is the perfect ...
For me, the lead singers often ruin what could otherwise be great bands.It's either the really arrogant "rock star" attitude, or a really high pitched...
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Ibanez Artcores yet.You'll find a lot of rave reviews for Artcores.I was planning on buying an AS73When I came acro...
My two bits - I think almost any guitar will do for a beginner. The most important thing is that it should be one that makes YOU want to play it. Yo...
Sounds like we have a bit in common. I was pretty obsessed with motorcycles for about 20 years (don't have a cool website like yours but here's my ri...
I agree that it helps if you find a guitar that you LOVE. I think a big factor in getting me through the early days when I couldn't do much at all wi...
I am also a middle aged (upper middle aged in my case) blues fan that started with the Starcaster kit (about 1 3/4 years ago).They have changed the tu...
all good advice, i would find a guitar shop that does setups. it should be in the neighborhood of $40-$60. this can make a world of difference in a st...
I want to second the Roland Microcube as a great practice amp. Guitar Center is having 20% off of anything on Friday morning (Only the first couple o...
My PR-150 holds tune quite well - better than my electrics for some reason. So it's probably not the guitar (although low priced guitars probably do...
I'm sure Nick's deal is very good - if that is in your price range.I recently bought my first acoustic - an Epiphone PR-150. I've been playing elect...
What the heck am I keeping it all for? If you can't answer - "because I love music and I love making music", then you probably do need at least a bre...
srick - that's cool that you got so in to the hardware aspects of guitar. I didn't do that stuff myself but I did pay a pro to setup my Starcaster sh...
I own one of those "inexpensive stratocaster style guitars". (My first guitar). However, I don't think the original post is about that. He mentions...