HOW TO START PLAYING THE GUITAR?

**Sun May 27, 2007 9:44 am**

How much does a crap guitar cost? :shock:

**Sun May 27, 2007 10:29 am**

I played a Martin Dreadnought for the first time. Fuckin' awesome/

**Sun May 27, 2007 3:30 pm**

Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:How much does a crap guitar cost?

Any guitar can sound crap if the person who is playing it cant play it

**Sun May 27, 2007 4:08 pm**

dawson wrote:
Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:How much does a crap guitar cost?

Any guitar can sound crap if the person who is playing it cant play it

This is perfectly true, but it does not alter the fact that no crap guitar can sound good even if the person who is playing it can.

**Sun May 27, 2007 6:53 pm**

oi've read dozens of reviews by people who bought doifferent models of guitars, both cheaper & more expensoive ones and oi've noticed theres good number of people dissapointed woith what they bought - the complains are for various stuff.. parts of guitar are low quality or falling off, too hoigh action(don't know what thois actually means), it can't be tuned, the sound is too weak when not plugged in.. to the point of some people roipping their hair off, claiming that they bought ruboish; thois happens even for good brand models woith good proices..

now thois adds fear to the purchase..
on the other hand, oim sure as Philip says that a bad guitar can produce effects of harder playabolity and people goivin' up easier! surely for a begoinner - who oinvests certain efforts in learning, the results won't be the same woith doifferent guitars - oi bet oif smn made an experoiment, the same begoinner player would show doifferent results woith doifferent quality guitars; talents and oinvested efforts surely are extremely oif not the most oimportant, but certain quitar quality comes as must

**Sun May 27, 2007 9:29 pm**

IrishRover wrote:
too hoigh action(don't know what thois actually means)

"Above all, buy nothing on which the strings are not close to and parallel with the fretboard all the way up".

(from an earlier post of mine)

That's what Action is.

**Sun May 27, 2007 10:06 pm**

After expending 9 pages on a forum to your guitar buying procedural experience I hope you will learn to play it and record some songs for us to hear.

**Mon May 28, 2007 9:12 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
"Above all, buy nothing on which the strings are not close to and parallel with the fretboard all the way up".

(from an earlier post of mine)

That's what Action is.

thanks

, now oi understand, oi'll pay attention to it

**Tue May 29, 2007 9:03 am**

IrishRover wrote:because tis' the 1st guitar oim gonna buy and due to lack of me knowledge.. me adventure of voisiting the local stores in following days doesn't come as pleasant nor they'll treat me noice as a begoinner BUT oim gonna try to oignore the selling tossers and try to see what there is in stores!

That's when guitar playing friends come in handy! Together you have chances to overhelm salesvillains numerically and intellectually. Be sure to take as many friends as possible (the bigger guys - the better).
You may try this tactics at Mitro's Music shops ( http://www.mitrosmusic.co.yu )

**Wed May 30, 2007 3:21 pm**

After damaging my guitar I need a new electric guitar and have around £400 to play with, having played (and briefly owned) a Les Paul which i love can anyone advise on can i afford a decent Gibson LP or any other recomeneded guitar?

**Wed May 30, 2007 3:50 pm**

DownInTheGround wrote:After damaging my guitar I need a new electric guitar and have around £400 to play with, having played (and briefly owned) a Les Paul which i love can anyone advise on can i afford a decent Gibson LP or any other recomeneded guitar?

I got a Les Paul Studio for around that price about a year ago. I used it here and there on the Rads Trouble Pilgrim [notably on "Second Avenue"] and sometimes use it live on "Faithful Departed". It suits me fine, though Les Paul aficionados will almost certainly be a bit snooty about it. I have not been a confirmed Les Paul man since the Rads' Ghostown days, when I mostly used an LP Custom DeLuxe. I prefer the double Telecaster set up (myself and Pete) which now characterizes the Radiators' sound.

**Wed May 30, 2007 4:22 pm**

Have just a normal Epiphone Les Paul Standard and love it

**Wed May 30, 2007 4:24 pm**

For the sake of big amounts of money is there a huge difference between Epiphone and Gibson? thanks guys

**Wed May 30, 2007 4:27 pm**

DownInTheGround wrote:For the sake of big amounts of money is there a huge difference between Epiphone and Gibson? thanks guys

There's not an enormous difference at this end of the market, no.

**Wed May 30, 2007 4:43 pm**

DownInTheGround wrote:For the sake of big amounts of money is there a huge difference between Epiphone and Gibson? thanks guys

Well the price I guess. I have an Epiphone that was manufactered in the States and not in some facotry in Korea which I think is better but that might just be my feeling

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