🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)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 how I would approach this today:
- go to a guitar shop. The bigger the better
- try out some nice expensive models. The more the better. Try to find out what "feels" good, the warmth lf the wood, the feel of the neck etc.
- then try out guitars in your budget constraints, most notably Squier and Epiphone. It's likely you'll find something very close. Don't go by model but by individual pieces, they vary in quality even within the same series
- take someone experienced with you if possible
Nov 21 at 1:52amTusky
Show threadMáňa ZalabákNov 21
@alice also note that guitars online is a lottery, especially with cheap ones: you might find a great piece and a terrible piece from the exact same series at a similar price: cheap guitars may be often good, but they are highly inconsistent in quality