Looking into picking up a beginner guitar.

M0oN · Post by **M0oN** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:48 pm

I've been told Ibanez and Jackson are great beginner guitars because of the narrow necks but I was out in guitar center look'n arounda nd really liked the feel of the Dime-O-Flage Dean guitar.

I'm looking to spend around 300 bucks tops so the price is right. I'm told by friends who play that it'd be a good guitar to start with, is there anything I should know about it that might turn me off at a 299 price tag?

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:16 pm

check out craigslist, jackson soloist or dinky XL are pretty good, relatively cheap. nothing wrong with a badass strat either.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:12 pm

i dont think you'll find a cheap soloist.

but i suggest you check out ebay first.. see if by any chance a good guitar has it's price really slashed. if not, get an ibanez w/o a floating bridge.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:19 pm

Get an Ibanez. Best bang for your buck.

Are you factoring an amp into this $300?

M0oN · Post by **M0oN** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:38 pm

Pfl?yd wrote:Get an Ibanez. Best bang for your buck.

Are you factoring an amp into this $300?

No, in total I'll be blowing around 600-700 I think.

Kellan · Post by **Kellan** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:02 pm

Ibanez or Schecter. Jacksons suck unless you pay quite a bit for them. This coming from someone who owns a lower-end Jackson.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:52 pm

M0oN wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:Get an Ibanez. Best bang for your buck.

Are you factoring an amp into this $300?
No, in total I'll be blowing around 600-700 I think.

Okay, an Ibanez guitar and Crate practice amp and still money left over for cords, strings, and a sixer.

chuckbuksquared · Post by **chuckbuksquared** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:00 am

I had a few cheap fenders and an Ibanez Silver Cadet. I learned to play on guitars with low fret action.

M0oN · Post by **M0oN** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:18 pm

Was fortunate enough to find a SL1 soloist in near mint condition for 500 so I went with that, guitar feels real nice, going to bring it to a friend to have him give it a professional tuning.

Guess I'll have to wait for another paycheck to pick up everything else to go along with it hehe, for a 2006 model I couldn't turn down that price, though.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:40 pm

wow that's really fucking cool. i feel bad for the guitar though.

Kellan · Post by **Kellan** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:51 pm

Dimejandro wrote:wow that's really fucking cool. i feel bad for the guitar though.

but seriously nice fucking steal

washburnML · Post by **washburnML** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:23 pm

M0oN wrote:Was fortunate enough to find a SL1 soloist in near mint condition for 500 so I went with that, guitar feels real nice, going to bring it to a friend to have him give it a professional tuning.

Guess I'll have to wait for another paycheck to pick up everything else to go along with it hehe, for a 2006 model I couldn't turn down that price, though.

pics?

M0oN · Post by **M0oN** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:39 am

I'll post pics of it next week, it's at a friends house getting work done. There are minor scratches on the back of the guitar and a small chip at the base of the body, nothing into the wood and no cracks, though.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:36 am

awesome, soundds like a helluva deal. goood call on following my advice.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:45 am

nice, soloists are sweet guitfiddles.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:40 pm

M0oN wrote:I'll post pics of it next week, it's at a friends house getting work done. There are minor scratches on the back of the guitar and a small chip at the base of the body, nothing into the wood and no cracks, though.

Wear and tear is pretty cool on guitars. It gives them character. Guitars are resilient and if they're well made they won't have their sound or playablility fucked up easily.