Good Guitar Buy?

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 3:14 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
Im a begginer, well I want to start learning, and I was looking at ebay and saw this for $10 USD and I won it......

scrool down a little.

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 3:20 am

i don't know much about electrics, but i would say this is a good deal for a first timer. that is definitely a knock-off guitar, but who cares if you're learning, right? hmm, maybe I'll pick one up too.

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 3:53 am

Ouch, that shipping is rather heavy. If you'd pay 5x the cost for shipping, you probably could've gone a little higher end, heh heh. It's good that your first will be an electric -- they're easier to play -- but you'll have to pick up a cheap amp as well.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 3:54 am

Well hmm, any recomendations? for the amp?

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 5:09 am

For you, something cheap that still does effects like distortion.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 5:15 am

Crate makes cheaply decent guitar amps with effects.

Liazon · Post by **Liazon** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 10:13 pm

i play violin so i don't know much about electric guitars.

Does anyone know anything about electric violins? It'd be so cool if i got my hands on one and started playing. Not that i'm good or anything, i kinda suck at violin.

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 10:56 pm

Looks like a good enough electric guitar for the price, and to learn playing (and I can know because I play the guitar myself). But you should get a small, cheap practice amp. Preferably of the brands Fender, Marshall, Behringer, Crate or Peavey. And if you go buy it in a music store, be sure to test it (preferably with your guitar) so you can hear if it sounds well.

lecks · Post by **lecks** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 10:57 pm

for amps i say just get a little practice amp, like the one that comes with guitar value sets. those can go very loud. if you wanna play like rock or whatever make sure ur amp has a "distortion" or "gain" function, treble, and bass. there are more optional things for the amp but this is good enough.

the guitar though, unless u know the company who made it, you relly never know if yourre getting a good deal. all comanies make guitars differently, like fender makes the neck and body seperate and screws them together, and some other companies make the whole thing at one time and that really has something to do with the sound. that guitar looks just like 2 of the guitars ive had, the black and white one i have now(the NEW fender starcaster), and my first guitar (the fender squier strat). but you never know if you get a cheap guitar or not. by looking at the auction, it seems that the person makes guitars and uses ebay to sell them. i say since this is your first guitar youre probably not gonna keep it your whole life so go for it, and if you got a good buy lucky you.

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 11:16 pm

I'm going to give you some links to ebay buys which look good to me, quality <-> price, if i say u should bid, bid for the one which is the cheapest by the end of the bidding time (bidding shouldn't have stopped yet but almost):

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-1357-TONEMAS ... dZViewItem -> This is a SUPER DUPER FANTASTIC buy! Well of course people have to bid on it yet, so bid at the last moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Hot-Rod-Devi ... dZViewItem -> Now this is one heck of an amp too, don't do buyout for sure, because it'll probably be less for bid at the end, same recommendation as for the tonemaster: bid at the last moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Deluxe-112-P ... dZViewItem -> Same as the others, bid at the last moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Frontman-15g ... dZViewItem -> All the others before this one are large, not-beginner amps, this one is a beginner amp and is even at a good price at buy out, but if its a lower price by almost end of bidding time, bid on it, else, when the price is almost (or already) going over the buy out, do buy out.

I think this is a sufficient amount of amps you could pick from, they are all good ones, but for a beginner, and especially if you don't want to pay much, you should pick the last one, if you want to spend some money for a better one, get one of the other ones. It is quite a coincidence that they're all Fenders eh

Best price <-> quality at the time that i found them

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 11:21 pm

I like the last one so I bided

, thanks and lets hope I win it <$30!!

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 11:33 pm

Hmm well man if it goes near $ 75 or goes on it (or passes it), do buy out before any else does!

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 11:45 pm

Hmm wait a moment... Does it automatically re-bid? If it doesn't and u get outbid, and it goes over $ 65, u shouldn't bid again, since it has $ 15 shipping costs, u can get that amp online on Musician's Friend or ZZounds for $ 79 without shipping costs (if u get extra stuff like a bag or a tuner for $ 20 yet). So if you buy for min. $ 99 u get free shipping, and u'll have some extra needed stuff. ( http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=h ... id/480667/ )

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Fri 04 Nov, 2005 11:47 pm

The last one is signifacntly inferior to all the other ones the_unknown_one mentioned, just to let you know. However, I don't know your price range. IF you want to spend $60 or so you could get a better amp brand new.

http://activemusician.com/store/product ... =&nav=s-it
http://activemusician.com/store/product ... =&nav=s-it
http://activemusician.com/store/product ... =&nav=s-it
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=h ... id/481444/

Most of these are as good (many of them better) as the Fender 15G.

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Sat 05 Nov, 2005 4:58 pm

Yes the last one is the least good one, the others are WAY better, but they'll probably cost WAY more too. And it's true, u can get better ones new online. But keep in mind, he's a beginner, he doesn't need a big amp yet. Of the links you gave, the 2nd and 4th are NOT better, though. If you want to buy one of these, get either the 1st or the 3rd one. And I'd recommend to take the 1st one because it's 15 W (the Marshall one is 10 W) and it's a tube amp, which generally give a much better sound. But if you don't get outbid, it'll be good too, because the FM 15G is a good amp, and it'll be a lot cheaper than buying the tube amp.