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Hi Doug,
For a Fender style guitar on a budget a Squire Classic Vibe with single coil pickups is good starter. For more rock sound an Epiphone (parent Gibson) with humbuckers on a Les Paul, SG or 335 is an alternative. There are a ton of inexpensive alternatives you can you tube.
If price is no object, come and get me and we can go shopping! 🎸🙂Mike
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Hi Doug,
I went from only playing acoustic to adding an a electric 2 years ago. I agree with Mike’s suggestions for guitars. I highly recommend going to a store and trying the guitars you are considering. For example, when I went to the shop and played a few different style guitars, I found the bridge on the Les Paul style guitars difficult to adjust to. But that’s just my personal experience. I ended up getting a Squire Classic Vibe Telecaster (which I still have).After you’ve picked a guitar, you will have to decide what to connect it to. There’s alot of options and you should think about how you are going to use whatever device you decide on. I mainly play on my own at home but I wanted something that I could use if I ever jammed with others.
I chose a boss katana 50. It has multiple power control settings so I can practice at home without it being too loud or I can crank it up if need be. When I’m practicing, I mainly use the panel controls for tone. If I want to experiment, I connect it to my computer via USB and use the tone studio software to access all kinds of effects. The USB connection also provides an input to a DAW for recording. So for simple recording you don’t need to buy a separate audio interface. I have connected it to both a PC using Reaper as the DAW and a Mac using GarageBand as the DAW. On the flip side, it’s not the smallest, most portable amp.
You really have to find what will work best for you. That can be challenging because like I said there are alot of options out there.
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Ultimately, it’s up to you! Telecasters seem like a logical choice, in terms of electronic simplicity. Though Gibson style guitars tend to have wider nuts and may feel more familiar, more similar to an acoustic neck. Best to go out and try a bunch!
As far a price point, the $400-$1000 range is pretty solid, over the hump of diminishing returns and will get you a solid guitar. Squier Classic vibe, Fender player, epiphone traditional or Ibanez Artcore are all some contenders (out of many!) you might look at.
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Thanks everyone! Came home with a PRS acoustic p-20 don’t ask LoL. Ordered a Clapton strat. Only one they had was shop owners personal. It did feel great maybe because most my acoustic have v neck? Probably use my katana mini for now. See what kind of amps and pedals sound good after I get my hands on it. Great community on here.
Doug
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You got an all hog parlor guitar! Which other guitars did you pit this one against in the store?
Strats sound really good, but I found them to be finicky to setup well. You cannot quickly move to a different tuning due to the bridge spring adjustment is set for standard tuning. I had one that the b-string would break at the bridge no matter what I did to dress the contact point. Then mine always went out of tune and that frustrated me to no end. I sold the strat and replaced it with a standard telecaster and couldn’t be happier with it. Very versatile guitar for the type of sounds you can get out of it for blues, rock, country, or whatever. If you get a good one and have it setup by a pro, you might have better luck than I had. I just found that I had no use for the whammy bar and it just got in the way and caused tuning issues.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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Hey Doug,
Congrats on the new PRS and getting an order in for the Clapton Strat! Black with maple fretboard? What a starter! Never owned a PRS but every one I’ve played off the rack has felt great. Let us know how you like it when it arrives and if you want some amp/pedal advice. You bought a quality electric guitar and you don’t need all the gadgets and gizmos just a quality amp that pairs with it. BTW if you want, fill out a bit on the profile page so we can be more aware of your playing level, music interests, part of the world you are in etc.
Take care,
MikeMike
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The trick on a Strat is to just abandon the whammy bar. Open up the back and tighten all the springs to the max so that the bridge becomes essentially rigid. Then it will stay in tune. I only have to tune mine about once a month.
It’s been too long since I had one, but I thought I tried that and still had problems with the tuning. But that was my main complaint with it.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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I once owned a PRS SE Angelus Custom which was really good guitar; unfortunately, I sold it to “upgrade” to a Martin and that was a huge mistake. I tried for a year to like that Martin and it was definitely a love/hate relationship.
But the main point is that PRS SE acoustic guitars are really good guitars for the money. Well made and great tone.Would love to have PRS acoustic made in Maryland but I don’t have $9k+ laying around…..
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