Buying Your First Acoustic Guitar
There are several things to consider while looking to buy your first guitar.
No one wants to spend a whole lot of money on their first guitar in the event that they may not keep with it. However, you may be taking a greater risk buying a cheap guitar.
A new musician can get discouraged easily by an instrument of poor quality. The guitar may not stay in tune long or may not hold a good tune ever. An ear that is new to music will get tired of having to re-tune constantly. This along with other bad traits can make it hard to produce good tone and sound from the guitar.
Since the goal of any musician is to sound good, it is very discouraging to the beginning musician to have a guitar that even a skilled musician can’t get a good sound from. The may loos interest in music all together and that would be a terrible shame.
So when buying a guitar for a beginner, I would strongly recommend buying a used guitar for several reasons.
As with all wooden instruments, the wood sounds better as it ages. Therefor buying a used instrument will usually get you a better sound. It may have a few dings or scratches, but the sound is the important part.
Also used guitars will cost less than their new counter parts. So you can pay less and get a better sounding instrument.
Don’t make the mistake of buying from a pawn shop on your first time out. They will try to sell the guitar at the highest price they can get away with, and knowing you are a beginner they will more than likely take advantage of you.
Lastly but probably the most important is that all acoustics sound unique. Even guitars mass produced in a factory all have varying sound qualities. Just the fact that it has a popular name on the head stock does not mean it sounds good. If you can, take an experienced guitarist with you to try out the guitar for pros and cons.
Remember that the first guitar you buy may decide whether you stick with it or not, so choose the right one.
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