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Originally posted by UCUMBIYslSt3wQgJwWrDP5dQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Dm4fig6X4
I would avoid basswood, unless it has a maple top. Otherwise Dylan is spot on. I have owned hundreds of guitars. Fretboards don’t make much difference. I like big frets but that is a preference.
I gave away my first electric, a Cort Pro Custom Strat copy. I wish I still had it. It was a great guitar.
Neck length,radius ,fret size…matters a-lot…and shape…V shaped necks suck!
I have a LP Tribute. + plekked..+maple neck +$$$ +dont have to worry about the finish total gigger…+light weight….- neck pickup a little muddy…people are buying polished turds….
2:55 67!!!!
Videos that are lists should have chapters. They’re trivial to add.
My List= How well it stays in tune, how it Sounds, How it looks, and the action. these 4 things are what makes a Good guitar IMHO.
Firefly guitars are a good choice. I bought a music man EVH like guitar for $250 shipped and it plays like butter and sounds amazing! I’ve been playing since 2003 and have a Gibson Les Paul custom, Ibanez RG550, etc… the firefly plays and sounds the best to my ears. I had a USA EVH Wolfgang and it played like crap. $4,200 dollars and the truss rod was maxed out (I bought it brand new) it didn’t stay in tune either. The firefly stays in tune better than any guitar I’ve owned.
Good advice.
I have listed 10 best beginner guitars for Malaysians at my channel. It's delivered in the Malay language.
I personally like maple necks on Fenders. I just don't like the dark neck w/ the maple headstock. But that's just my taste.
One thing he left out; buy what you want the FIRST time. Otherwise it's good money after bad. Boy…how many times did I violate that rule, right?
My advice is get a GOOD amp. Don't just spend $400 bucks on a guitar and then get a $90 amplifier, that's bullsh1t. Get something with a head that is like 60w with two power tubes in it, and get a cheap but decent cab. Or just a combo amp, but it's not as good. Put it on clean channel and some effects pedals straight into it for distortion and a pedal for magically tuning down and you have a perfect practice amp. And you can turn the master volume higher if you wanna stand up and get further away from it.
You can also get into other like modulation effects if thats your thing, then you also find the effects loop and there you go. It's just as important as your guitar, you don't always need an amp to practice but try to get the best sounding one always. Or the one that sounds the best to you, at least. Buy with your ears, not your wallet. That also means do try to save money!
My amp is special to me maybe because I even put special tolex on it, it's like purple with silver brushed onto it. And I took off the front plate so it's just open and you can see the tubes popping up from the sheet metal frame. It's a "high-gain" amp to some people, to me it's just what I have and I like it. And I use it to practice in my living room lol.
Having a cab seperate just makes it more useful for attaching it to other amplifiers. When I bought my cab, I was on a completely different amplifier than I am now. But I was able to re-use the cab. I got a good deal on mine, it's a crate cab and I think the guy said it's got 2 blue voodoos mixed in it or something. I debadged it and just play this.
My first electric was an ltd explorer shape guitar… I sold a bunch of bootleg anime dvd's to my acquaintances at school to get it. But the first one that made me feel like, "you're a guitar player now, welcome to the club" was a blue epiphone les paul my dad let me borrow when I was like 18 and living in a studio behind his business. I removed the pickguard and played that guitar a ton. When he took it back from me six months later, I didn't wanna understand why. I said, "here you go jimi hendrix" in a mocking tone, and he threw it on the floor and the neck popped off of it. ????The whole neck.
I didn't buy another gibson/epiphone style guitar until late 2024! Now I have like 5 of them.
Don't buy guitars that look like that new. Male them look like that by playing them enough.
That guitar looks hideous.
tons of things to ignore. things to remember. playability. type of guitar: acoustic or electric. amp needs to sound like what you want to play.
Sage advice. When I began learning in 1974, I used my dad's acoustic guitar. The first thing I had to learn was how to tune with a pitch pipe. When the opportunity came, I took Guitar as an elective in HS. After being in that class for a year, I began to hear the tonal differences between my dad's guitar and those of other students: A Martin, a Guild 12 string, a Yamaha, a Gibson, etc. I believe the more one sticks to playing, and learning, all the stuff you said to ignore then becomes a factor.
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What’s funny is all the BS myths over the years that guitar players came up with or believed. One of the best was the big headstock on Les Paul’s is where the sustain comes from! ????
The number one criterion is playability.
Whether you are interested in electric or acoustic, if you have a friend or family member that plays bring them with you when you go to buy. Preferably someone who knows guitars and will help you find one with a good neck, good action, and stays in tune. Also a guitar that has decent intonation so as you learn the notes and chords will sound out true. There are plenty in inexpensive guitars that are surprisingly good.
One of your best vids! I've been playing for over 50 years and still, before anything else, when I pick up a guitar…how does it feel to me? All the YouTube guitar reviews talk about is the guitar size and the neck size and profile. They never talk about the players hand size! Ge the guitar that feels good in your hand and makes you want to pick it up! In 1998 I was looking for a "serious" working guitar. I wanted a Strat because I love how they feel. I went to every guitar store in the Seattle area, but I only played 5 guitars. I never plugged any of them in, because I knew I could put in the pups I wanted, etc. I still have that axe, and it's been my workhorse guitar ever since. So how it feels to you is the single most important aspect.
As for your first guitar, or in my case, my first decent electric guitar, I'm still kicking myself for selling it. It was a black Fender Lead 3 with a maple neck that I loved! Do not sell your first good guitar! Keep and cherish it forever!
tonewood deniers are the flat earthers of electric guitar.
How is that mike mcready strat? I really want a beat up looking sunburst strat, ideally like rory gallaghers. But i cant afford a rory one so the best option for specs/looks and (relative) affordability is the mike mcready one. Thinking of getting one but i don't have the option of trying before i buy.
Just buy a guitar that looks nice to you ????
@2:15 I switched off thinking you might know what you are blabbing about.
The #1 thing that matters for any professional guitarist is "Does it Play Well?". The #2 thing is "Does it sound good?".
Sorry dude…. you are full of it.
Go get something good, get something that’s not a beginner guitar, take that money and get something used.
Great info now you got the guitar now what would be a beginner amp or peddle do you need one hope a part two comes on things you might need with that beginner guitar… thanks
When I worked in different music stores over the years, I was always presented with the "acoustic vs electric for beginners" argument. My answer was always similar to what Dylan said many times throughout the video: "Which one makes you want to play it when you look at it? Because that's the one a beginner should start with." All the stuff about specs, finger strength, etc, that's all crap for guitar techs like me to worry about, anyway!
Amazing video! Will rewatch it from time to time.. whenever I get G.A.S…;-)
I am a Boomer beginner from the UK, I was a teenager between 1969 and 1974. I wanted the cool guitars that made all the great music of that era – so I had no choice other than to buy a Gibson USA Les Paul and SG, and an American Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster i.e. the most iconic electric guitars ever made. I will never become a real musician but I'm very happy learning on these coolest of guitars.???? anything else would not have been the same to me.
Great recommendations! Love my Squier Classic Vibe Tele and Strat! Got both of them used for way less than MSRP. Never knew anything about the specs you said to ignore and I still don’t care much about them.
Brian May's first red special was made of salvaged wood, with the body being made of that famous tonewood, oak. LOL
@Mrkx2328 I disagree! China produces some great high quality guitars!
Amen! Summarized perfectly.
This is a bit of an odd thing to point out, but one thing I'd advise new players to make sure of: White (or black on maple) fret markers are a lot more visible than the aged clay ones like Dylan's tele (even though those look very very cool). I've had some issues with a roasted maple neck (warmoth) with their glowy inlays (uncharged), and my CS Tele has aged clay and it's difficult to make them out in low light. Now, granted, you ideally want to move past needing to see them eventually but I find myself checking in briefly on big position changes on new songs and it sometimes throws me if I don't see the markers on the top of the neck. My eyes are not the best though.