31/07/2020
How to choose your first guitar?
Often people get inspired to play guitar and jump straight to purchasing something that might not suit them. Here are some tips of how you can choose your first guitar!
Tip 1: First guitar should be appropriate to the style of music you enjoy listening to. You have 3 basic choices of sound when you buy a guitar in accordance with your music preference:
1) Nylon String Classical
2) Steel String Acoustic
3) Electric
Tip 2: Getting your right size
Considering your age & consulting your teacher for the right size before purchasing. Electric Guitars are much smaller than Steel-String Acoustic Guitars and Nylon String Classical Guitars, they can basically be used by most people, but you do need to consider the extra weight. An Electric Guitar can weigh 5-6 Kg which can be difficult for children to handle. We would normally recommend children be at least 13 years before they try an Electric Guitar, but this is a generalisation and some children (sometimes as young as 10) have been ok.
Tip 3: Getting the features you need
As a beginner most people are not very sure of the sound, style or type of guitar that they would ultimately like to play, but after playing for 6 months or so I’m sure you will know a lot more about guitars and when it comes time to choose your next guitar it will be an easy choice. The key features a beginner needs is a guitar that is well set-up and easy to play!
Tip 4: Our recommendation for beginners when choosing strings
1) Electric Guitars 2-2.3mm
2) Acoustic Guitars 2-2.7mm
3) Nylon String Guitars 3-3.6mm