Comments on: On Buying Your First Guitar http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/ Chris Liscio's Boo-urns Log Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Andrea Logan http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-113233 Andrea Logan Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:06:12 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=456#comment-113233 <p>haha SMUG did you name the blog just for the acronym.</p> <p>You raise valid points on all the above.</p> <p>There's just one exception and that's price. While I would love to spend 300 bucks on my first guitar I simply can't justify it to myself or family.</p> <p>200 on the yamaha fg700s however is a good compromise that I'm willing to chance.</p> <p>Other than that great post. I'm going to browse your other 4 guitar posts right now.</p> haha SMUG did you name the blog just for the acronym.

You raise valid points on all the above.

There’s just one exception and that’s price. While I would love to spend 300 bucks on my first guitar I simply can’t justify it to myself or family.

200 on the yamaha fg700s however is a good compromise that I’m willing to chance.

Other than that great post. I’m going to browse your other 4 guitar posts right now.

]]> By: chris http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-75614 chris Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:57:06 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=456#comment-75614 <p>@Jose There are many gigging musicians who I'm sure would kill to have a stage guitar that they didn't have to change between songs.</p> <p>Also, the lazy among us (myself included) who can't be assed to take a tuner out of the drawer to tune to concert pitch. Of course, I tend to use Capo for reference tones now. ;)</p> @Jose There are many gigging musicians who I’m sure would kill to have a stage guitar that they didn’t have to change between songs.

Also, the lazy among us (myself included) who can’t be assed to take a tuner out of the drawer to tune to concert pitch. Of course, I tend to use Capo for reference tones now. ;)

]]> By: Jose Vazquez http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-75613 Jose Vazquez Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:47:44 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=456#comment-75613 <p>@chris: I agree with you point, a hundred dollars more gives you a much nice guitar.</p> <p>I thought the same thing about the DarkFire. It was a gift from my wife. What can I say? I love my wife :-D</p> <p>Very cool toy, not entirely sure who's needs it fills... people with gadget lust and money to spend I guess. Seems to me a real concert giving artist would have more than one guitar with different tunings. The guys from Rush for example, seem to use a different guitar/bass for each song. Maybe a gigging artist wants something with different tunings, but then it's pricey... I dunno.</p> <p>Like I said, it's a really cool toy. Pretty versatile sounds coming out of it too.</p> @chris: I agree with you point, a hundred dollars more gives you a much nice guitar.

I thought the same thing about the DarkFire. It was a gift from my wife. What can I say? I love my wife :-D

Very cool toy, not entirely sure who’s needs it fills… people with gadget lust and money to spend I guess. Seems to me a real concert giving artist would have more than one guitar with different tunings. The guys from Rush for example, seem to use a different guitar/bass for each song. Maybe a gigging artist wants something with different tunings, but then it’s pricey… I dunno.

Like I said, it’s a really cool toy. Pretty versatile sounds coming out of it too.

]]> By: chris http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-75609 chris Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:01:54 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=456#comment-75609 <p>@Jose: Yamahas are built incredibly well for the money. The FG700s, for instance, is a fantastic buy at around $200. However, I think that if you can save up a bit more, ~$100 extra could go a long way. For instance, it'll buy you solid wood back/sides in Yamaha's range (though solid wood's not necessarily a silver bullet on an acoustic, IMO).</p> <p>And, a Gibson DarkFire? Yikes, that's a pricey axe! All four of my guitars combined didn't cost that much! That's Gibson for ya... ;)</p> <p>How'd you manage to get one? Weren't they hard to buy?</p> @Jose: Yamahas are built incredibly well for the money. The FG700s, for instance, is a fantastic buy at around $200. However, I think that if you can save up a bit more, ~$100 extra could go a long way. For instance, it’ll buy you solid wood back/sides in Yamaha’s range (though solid wood’s not necessarily a silver bullet on an acoustic, IMO).

And, a Gibson DarkFire? Yikes, that’s a pricey axe! All four of my guitars combined didn’t cost that much! That’s Gibson for ya… ;)

How’d you manage to get one? Weren’t they hard to buy?

]]> By: Jose Vazquez http://supermegaultragroovy.com/2009/07/15/on-buying-your-first-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-75600 Jose Vazquez Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:03:39 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=456#comment-75600 <p>As usual, I'm a weirdo. I started with a classical guitar. Hmm... Let's say it was my Spanish heritage that made me do it. The good thing is decent classical guitars are ridiculously cheap. I got a Yamaha C40 for what? $120 or so? That was almost ten years ago and I still use that guitar almost every day. I love that I don't have to worry about it. If the kids play with it or drop or or whatever the beast still works and sounds fine. Sure, I wouldn't record any masterpieces with it but it is still great to learn with. BTW, I do have four other guitar in addition to this one, all the way up to a Gibson DarkFire. And yes, it takes a while to get used to different guitar types, but still keep comming back to my trusty C40. I love the way classical sounds and the feel of the nylon strings.</p> <p>Barres are harder tho :-) Use a strat for that.</p> As usual, I’m a weirdo. I started with a classical guitar. Hmm… Let’s say it was my Spanish heritage that made me do it. The good thing is decent classical guitars are ridiculously cheap. I got a Yamaha C40 for what? $120 or so? That was almost ten years ago and I still use that guitar almost every day. I love that I don’t have to worry about it. If the kids play with it or drop or or whatever the beast still works and sounds fine. Sure, I wouldn’t record any masterpieces with it but it is still great to learn with. BTW, I do have four other guitar in addition to this one, all the way up to a Gibson DarkFire. And yes, it takes a while to get used to different guitar types, but still keep comming back to my trusty C40. I love the way classical sounds and the feel of the nylon strings.

Barres are harder tho :-) Use a strat for that.

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