You get what you pay for!
With a soft economy, many people are looking to save money. We shop for deals and often settle for the cheaper choice. However when it comes to guitars, you usually get what you pay for! A cheaper price means a cheaper guitar. When you are a beginning guitar player, a cheap guitar will make learning more difficult. The experience is unpleasant and often causes the beginner to quit before he or she really gets started.
Here are two points to keep in mind when shopping for a beginning guitar. First if you can hear and feel the difference between the cheapest guitar and the next price level up, then pay a little more and get the better guitar. You won’t regret it. Second purchase a guitar that has been set up by a professional luthier (each and every guitar we sell has been custom “set up” in our shop). A luthier will charge between $50 and $75 (we include it for FREE) but a set up makes all the difference when it comes to ease of playing.
Remember anything worth doing is worth doing well. Don’t sell yourself short. Buy the best instrument you can afford and give yourself the best chance for success!
