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hi pat,
welcome, i'm not the first to answer your mail, but since no-one has
mentioned this....
don't know where you are, but in europe it goes like this: a) there are
squier package deals for starters, including a squier strat guitar, a small
practice amp and some extra's. b) there's loads of people who want to start
playing, buy such a set and then do nothing with it and sell it un-used
after a year or so. In short, you can buy such a set very cheap second-hand,
and for surf all you would need more is a reverbpedal. obviously not top of
the line, but hey, if you want to start and don't want to spend tons, it's
worth considering.
two more tips
- when buying a guitar, if you have any, bring a friend who's been playing
for some time; he should be able to point out the goods and the bads on a
guitar. as far as sound is concerned, it's a matter of tatste but as stated,
a strat a good place to start for urf, and is suitable for a lot of other
styles too. As far as quality goes, the prices means uhhh....nothing? there
are very expensive crap-guitars and cheapo top-axes!
Squier (a sub brand of fender) makes guitars in all categories, so be sure
to take that friend....
- a small practice amp is absolutely unsuitable for playing in a band,
home-use only! on the other hand, even for long time players such a small
amp is always handy to have, so it wont be a bad investment even if you want
to upgrade after a couple of months. shouldn't cost more than $50 or so
second hand. If you want to rehearse with a band, you would need at least,
say, a 60 W solid state or 40W tube amp, something in that range.
good luck and happy surfing!
wannes
>From: "Peristalsis_98" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Guitar n amp question.....
>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:42:45 -0000
>
>Okay, so I'm a guy who does not know how to play guitar, and knows
>only that I want to play surf. I've been looking at equipment and
>there is a lot of stuff out there. What should I look for? A
>metalhead friend of mine suggested a Steinberger as a good quality
>guitar which won't set me back tons of money. However, I'm not sure
>what kind of differences there are or preferences for surf music. It
>looks like the amp is important. Anyway if you guys have any input
>on a good starting setup, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance,
>pat.
>
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