Subj : Re: Cheap Guitars
To   : Nightfox
From : Nelgin
Date : Fri May 22 2020 10:44:00

  Re: Re: Cheap Guitars
  By: Nightfox to Nelgin on Thu May 21 2020 23:28:05

 >   By: Nelgin to HusTler on Sun Apr 12 2020 10:17 am
 >
 >  Ne> You get what you pay for...maybe it's not a matter of what's "better"
 >  Ne> but what works for you. I have a cheap guitar I got for $50 from
 >  Ne> Craigslist. It's a Fernandes strat in red and it's really nice. I have
 >  Ne> a $350 strat I picked up at a pawn shop and never play it these days. I
 >  Ne> have another $50 pawn shop special that I put really light strings on
 >  Ne> and play that from time to time.
 >
 > Some people say tone is mostly in the fingers, and might have you believe it
 > doesn't really matter what you pay for a guitar..  Perhaps to an extent
 > that's true - A $1600 Strat might not necessarily be any better for you than
 > a $450 Strat.  Part of it is what feels good for you to play, but I think
 > it's good to buy a guitar that is put together well with good craftsmanship.

I've been thinking on how to respond to this. I ageee that a lot of it is in
the fingers, more so for me because I don't actually play with a pick. I could never get on with it and I drove my guitar teacher mad because I refused to used one. I'm a big Mark Knopfler fan so try to replicate his style which is great for Money for Nothing or Walk of Life, not so good for Crazy Train! :)

But the build quality comes into it as well. The $50 guitar I have doesn't have a neck that is true, and if I'm not careful, with the really light strings, I can bend the high E off the fret board and it's stuck behind one of the frets before. It's really good for those David Gilmour 2 1/2 octave bends tho.

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