Originally posted by: sbpd
I bought my first guitar here. I holds a tune really well. Great to learn on, before you spend the big bucks on a really GOOD one.
I strongly disagree. A cheap guitar, especially one you do not personally select, is not worth the shipping cost, let alone the price of the ...
< gag >... guitar.
If you have a friend who knows guitars, have him/her help you pick out a good used one. The most important things are good tone (of course) and that it plays well up and down the neck. That means it should have a good action and intonation (playing in tune on all strings on all frets). Once you put in the work to learn how to play, the instrument has to be able to give you the reward of the music, or you'll lose interest (or at least be very pissed). This applies to acoustic and electric guitars.
With electric guitars, aside from the way they look and feel, the biggest difference between various guitars is the pickups. For example, most Fenders have single coil pickups while the most popular (but not all) Gibsons have humbuckers. Single coil pickups are a little brighter, but they pick up hum from amps, light fixtures, etc.,
much easier than humbucking designs. OTOH, humbuckers have a somewhat fatter and smoother sound. Each is better for some styles than the other.
If you don't destroy it, a good used instrument will hold its value forever, so you can consider it a good investment. A cheap, bad guitar will always be a piece of junk that is as overpriced as it is useless for good playing, no matter how cheap it is.
Music is a gas. If you're looking, I hope you find the right one.