Hello community, i am finally leaping forward to buy my first electric guitar.
After quite some research, i have chosen NEWEN STRATOCASTER (SINGLE COILS) and MARSHALL MG15GR as the amplifier.
This is the most my budget can handle.
This guitar is made in argentina.
It is not available in any of the local stores therefore i need to order online, but im a little scared of anything going wrong.
Please share your thoughts regarding these 2 choices and if you are experienced please search about it and let me know your thoughts. It is really essential for me to be guided correctly as i have no teacher to do so.
Iām afraid I donāt have experience with those particular guitars or amps. However have you considered buying second hard? I buy most of my guitars second hard - you should get a lot more bang for your buck, although the choice maybe smaller. Perhaps you could find a secondhand Squire Classic Vibe (Iāve got a classic vibe Tele (I got it very cheap as āBā stock as the shop had dropped it, and itās great).
If you are buying online, Iād make sure there is a good returns process just in case.
Also, if at all possible Iād save some budget to have it set up, as this could make all the difference. If budget doesnāt allow then a Strat style guitar should be fairly easy to set up and you could tackle most of it yourself with help from the forum / youtube.
Best of luck finding a guitar - I hope you have loads of fun with whatever you get.
cheers
Paul.
A oke I understand that well ā¦
I certainly think that a lot of videos have been sponsored and often by very good guitar players with good amplifiersā¦ so you have to pay close attention to who is recommending whatā¦ I have had good experiences with Justin (duh ), Paul Davids and āThe Captainā Andertons .
But Iām afraid these people havenāt tested your guitar (Iāll take a look too), and hopefully someone with your guitar preference will soon be able to say something useful here.
From minute 17 he also says something that I think is very important
But with a good chance of not helping you with this at all and possibly increasing the stress of the choice again I say sorryā¦ but I would have liked to have seen this video 3 and a half years ago
Yeah Iāve seen this one.
Well, for a few years my choice too was yamaha pacifica 012 before newen strat came in.
Who knows if i may have to settle for yamaha as they are locally available.
But i was longing for a good looking guitar and yamaha is just , well not like a classic strat.
250 dollars might be less but the guitar and amp combo will cost me 30,000 in indian rupees. @roger_holland
Avleen where are you based?
If youāre in India, check the local laws but you might have to pay import tax, local VAT and other duties.
Whatās your total budget?
What stores are available at your location? Thomann? Amazon?
More importantly, you said youāre afraid of doing anything wrong. What do you think can go wrong? What are you worried about?
When I was choosing my first electric several years ago the Yamaha was on my short list until I decided I wanted a tele. I ended up with a Squier Classic 50s Vibe. Both the Yamaha and the Squier get consistently good reviews (and yes, you mostly canāt trust reviews, but I also trawled the forums for personal recommendations).
But your key phrase here is ālocally availableā. You need to be aware that these are mass-produced instruments and quality control is not very high. So if you order one to be shipped to you it will be a lottery. In my case the Squier had an E string that sounded like a sitar and I had to take it to a local luthier to be adjusted. If I had tried it in a shop I would have rejected it. It was also remarkably heavy - again you can only get a feel for this personally. It did me fine for a few years, but I have now upgraded to a better (and lighter!) guitar.
So my strong recommendation would be to go with what is locally available, so you can check it out in person. Good luck with it!
I bought my Dean Zelinsky Tagliare online, because Dean only sells online or in his own showroom in the Chicago area. He doesnāt sell through dealers because he wants to maintain complete control.
I was very fortunate, because I had no clue what I was doing, and the guitar was great when it arrived. Also, Dean has a āno questionsā return policy. But yes, buying sight-unseen carries risk.
OK. Iām looking at the Newen ST and Yamaha Pacifica 012 side-by-side on my laptop and they look identical except for the bridge pickups and the Yamaha only having one tone knob. The Yamaha certainly looks like my Fender Strat (in the picture anyway).
Personally I would buy the guitar I can pick up and play over a mail order model.
Sir if you look closely the yamaha doesnāt look like a classic strat, in my eyes newen more so.
You see Iām already drawn to newen, but canāt make a final call due to offline unavailability. @jacksprat
), Paul Davids and āThe Captainā Andertons .
