Many youngsters are obsessed by the guitar players who belt out riffs in lightning speed and think that they should also try their hands on this wonderful and showy instrument called guitar. But more than 70% of them end up losing their interest in playing or learning soon after buying an expensive guitar with all it's accessories and wasting their hard earned money and that's when they realize that
playing or learning guitar is not their cup of tea.
So in order to avoid such a frustrating situation and to help the ones who are crazy about knowing and getting their feet wet learning this magnificent instrument, I have created this article containing the reviews of some of the most top selling, affordable and best electric guitars suited for beginners and intermediate level guitar players.
But before I go into the reviews, I just want to add one important advise to all those who are fascinated by the playing skills of some professional guitarists. Learning guitar is all about hard-work, patience, talent and interest. It's a combination of all these factors. Don't just think of buying a guitar just because you like the instrument. It can be really daunting and frustrating initially when you realize that it is not that easy to play like other experts. But never lose heart, forget about the experts. All you need to do is the following,
playing or learning guitar is not their cup of tea.
So in order to avoid such a frustrating situation and to help the ones who are crazy about knowing and getting their feet wet learning this magnificent instrument, I have created this article containing the reviews of some of the most top selling, affordable and best electric guitars suited for beginners and intermediate level guitar players.
But before I go into the reviews, I just want to add one important advise to all those who are fascinated by the playing skills of some professional guitarists. Learning guitar is all about hard-work, patience, talent and interest. It's a combination of all these factors. Don't just think of buying a guitar just because you like the instrument. It can be really daunting and frustrating initially when you realize that it is not that easy to play like other experts. But never lose heart, forget about the experts. All you need to do is the following,
- Chalk out a definite path for you which is structured and proceed level by level.
- Remember to start playing any riff or solo SLOWLY and then increase your speed gradually.
- This will increase your mind and finger co-ordination and will develop finger strength and will bring a lot of crispness and perfection in your playing.
- Never push yourself harder to play faster and emulate the experts. It will only make you disappointed and you will lose interest in learning.
#1 Ibanez GRX series electric guitars
Price: Between $170 and $180
Colors Available: Black Night and Light Blue
Specifications: Built with Basswood, with 2 Good Quality double-coiled humbuckers, dotted inlays, tremolo arm(or whammy bar) and a Fat6 neck and 22 medium frets,
This is one of the guitars that I play and in my experience it suits all musical styles. From blues and Jazz to Death metal. The GRX20 that I am using handles every musical styles as good as it's costlier cousins like RG or RX series. It can produce beautiful and rich acoustic sound as well as the most heavy metal sounds without any distortion or disturbance. If you want those deep bass tone or the crunchy grunge tone, GRX20 can give you both with ease. It can be used for live shows as well as to just JAM at home.
Finish and Durability: This guitar is built sturdy and can withstand a smash on the ground easily. The finish is as good as Ibanez's costlier models.
All in all a very good and less expensive guitar for beginners. You can also check out the GRG series if you could spend 100 dollars more. You will get 3 good quality pickups or humbuckers, fat10 neck and 24 frets and it comes in 3 colors.
#2 Fender Squier Strat Mini
Price: $100 to $125
Colors Available: As per my knowledge there are 2 dual-tone colors
Specifications:
Fender Squier is a great sounding guitar good for teenagers with a medium built. You can play anything from Acoustic to Grunge or Hard rock pretty neat. The best thing about this guitar is it's 5-way switching of the pickups which can produce some variety of tones good for country music or acoustic to hard rock.
Finish and Durability: The guitar is built with perfection and everything is set up great. What I felt was the problem with the tuning pegs, which is slightly hard, that they need to consider. The built is sturdy and solid with good strap holder.
I would recommend this guitar to teenagers with a medium build, as it is slightly smaller than the usual electric guitars.
While checking out this guitar you can also check out the other scaled down version from Fender - called Affinity Telecaster and also the entry level guitars from Yamaha.
Fender Squier is a great sounding guitar good for teenagers with a medium built. You can play anything from Acoustic to Grunge or Hard rock pretty neat. The best thing about this guitar is it's 5-way switching of the pickups which can produce some variety of tones good for country music or acoustic to hard rock.
Finish and Durability: The guitar is built with perfection and everything is set up great. What I felt was the problem with the tuning pegs, which is slightly hard, that they need to consider. The built is sturdy and solid with good strap holder.
I would recommend this guitar to teenagers with a medium build, as it is slightly smaller than the usual electric guitars.
While checking out this guitar you can also check out the other scaled down version from Fender - called Affinity Telecaster and also the entry level guitars from Yamaha.
Playing any musical style is a real enjoyment & fund and it sounds professional with these above mentioned models.
