🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)Nov 20

Update! I'm now the proud owner of a used sparkly black Ibanez Gio, a Katana:Go, cheap bag, and various picks for $340, from American Music. Dude was helpful and also gave me like $100 off the sticker price.

Heeeyyy Fedi!!! I have a question that I *know* a bunch of you are going to be able to answer.

For the past couple decades I've wanted an electric guitar, but my ex always shot it down. So, now that I've escaped that abusive relationship, and with it nearing the holidays again, I've decided I'm going to finally get one.

Last time I played guitar was in middleschool (and some bass in highschool), so I'm starting from scratch.

My constraints:
- 6 string electric guitar
- under $200
- used/hand me down is great
- pink would be awesome
- probably right-handed (because that's what I learned on)

Does anyone have a recommendation (or better yet, an old guitar near Seattle that could use the sweet, sweet love of a new owner?)

#AskFedi #ElectricGuitar #Music #Recommendations #RepairReuseRecycle

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@alice Knowing what little I know about guitars, those starter sets could be very hit or miss. It’s likely to be made of less than optimal materials, won’t be overly durable and overall may not be fun. Neck warping is a particular concern with cheap string instruments. I especially wouldn’t get it from Amazon, as their store appears to be rife with fakes and knock-offs these days.

If you have instrument stores in the vicinity and feel safe going there, I’d have a look - sometimes they deal in second hand instruments. They’ll be more likely to sell you a decent instrument that has been looked after, set up properly and will last a decent time.

Nov 20 at 8:13pmWeb