Originally posted by: dgouldin
It may be a good value, but it'll be a crappy guitar. No new guitar you can get for $100 or $200 is going to be worth the money. Save up and buy a guitar that you'll be happy with for 10 years, not 10 minutes. There are some decent Ibanez electrics in the $500 range, but personally I prefer a nice Gibson Les Paul.
And if you're looking to learn, acoustic would probably be much better to start out on. That way you don't have to mess with an amp. My first acoustic was a Seagull for around $300, and it was an ok guitar. Not great, but decent to start out on.
What are you talking about? I wouldn't have posted it if this was a crappy guitar. I've been playing for 22 years now (5 of those professionally) and posted this because the X20 has great pickups, a decent neck, and high quality tuners all for $99 (hell, the Grovers on my LP set me back $70 alone). I find it funny that you think becuase it's not expensive it must sound terrible. I will recommend the X20 to anyone as a starter or a backup guitar. After playing it for a few days now I like it even more. I bought it for my daughter because she was having a hard time learning on her acoustic.
Also, as for learning on an acoustic, I think that is why most people drop guitar lessons within the first or second lesson. Uncalloused fingers plus high gauge strings = a whole lot of finger pain. I'm moving her to electric to start so she can build her fingers up first, then she can move to an acoustic where needed (then 12 string and my mandolin if she wants
). It doesn't matter what you learn on, and the softer tension on an electric will allow her to practice longer. I started on an acoustic and remember having to stop every 10-15 minutes becuase my finger tips were turning black and blue. Almost quit because of it, but all my friends were playing too, so I had to keep competing
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