Favorite Guitars

As a guitar player, I’m kinda choosy when it comes to the guitars that I would be using when I perform, when I am recording or for my all – rounder. If I had all the money in the world, I would really have a good list of elite guitars lined up. Too bad, I’m just a regular guy with a regular salary. However, that doesn’t stop me from being choosy. I still have my own list of guitars. They are not the expensive ones that I would choose over anything else if I could afford it but these are the cheaper equivalents.

Favorite Guitars – Cheaper Equivalents

Here’s an example of those great guitars that are expensive and their cheap equivalents. 1. Fender Stratocaster and Squier Stratocaster – Fender and Squier are sister companies. The price of a fender strat and a Squier strat has a huge gap especially if you add the Squier starter kit to that fact. You get a decent sounding Squier strat, a mini Squier amp, a gig bag, a tuner, a cable and some rock and roll, Nuff said!

2. Gibson ES 335 and Heritage 535 – Heritage was created when Gibson left a City in the United States. So basically, they have good stuff. A heritage is not that cheap but it is comparably cheaper than a Gibson which causes around 2K plus dollars.

Favorite Guitars – Conclusion

See, you could get the same tonal quality with less the price. If not the same, well, something close to that. Besides, the skill of the guitar player also is a factor in the overall output of the guitar’s tone. So don’t worry if you are using a Squier Stratocaster or whatever cheaper equivalent you have there. You are excused as long as you have the talent and you have the skills. These are the alternatives for your favorite guitars.

Buying Your First Guitar

Buying Your First Guitar

Buying your first guitar shouldn’t be too difficult. It would be difficult for you if you don’t know what to find in a guitar. Today I will give you some guidelines on how to choose your first guitar effectively. The truth is you can’t just go inside the music store and pick up just any guitar. You might not like it and it is important that you should feel the guitar that you would be using since it would be your tool for learning. What good would it be if you don’t like it, right? So listen closely while I give you the lowdown on it.

Buying Your First Guitar

What to find in a guitar? First, you need to check the specific stuff that you need. If you are buying an electric guitar, you must need the following:

-          Electric guitar – Nuff said

-          Amplifier – needed to amplify the sound from the electric guitar.

-          Cable – needed to plug the guitar to the amplifier

-          Guitar Strings – what would you play?

-          Guitar Pick – I tell you, you would need this too.

These are the obvious requirements if you are going to buy your first electric guitar. However, if you are buying an acoustic guitar, all you need is the acoustic guitar, pick and strings.

Buying Your First Guitar – Effects

There are various effects pedal in the market. Some of the basics are the distortion pedal, chorus pedal, delay pedal, overdrive pedal and the flanger pedal. There are many more effects pedal existing but these are the basics. Now, if you still don’t know how to use these effects, you better settle down with the amp first. For acoustic guitars, you don’t need these. All you need is the guitar. That is why it is important to know these things before buying your first guitar.

Independent music for me is the next big thing. People will soon retract their trust on the major labels and mainstream garbage that they have been feeding people. The general crowd would be much more intelligent when it comes to listening to music. That is why those real bands that struggle and do everything on their own would be. Independent music is music at its rawest. You can hear talents, pure talents making their own music, spilling their emotions on the track and not just some random song that they bought off a song writer. You would hear music that you never knew existed.

But as of now, I would only think of it as a future thing. Today, the major label businessmen are still the one who’s reigning over the heads of people. But wouldn’t it be nice if you would see them disappear and be replaced by those who don’t think of music as primarily a business but a way of living, a passion and a mission. That would be the best thing ever. Young people wouldn’t become musicians for the sake of earning and getting rich. They would be doing it for the sake of music and passion itself.