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Hey man,
I got started in this just a little while ago and've
picked up a lot of information from this group. There
are several cool and cheap guitars you can start with,
and guitar is like any other hobby...people are always
selling to buy more and upgrade, so there's no
shortage of second hand stuff. You could take your
chances with eBay (I've always had good luck with it,
but it is a risk), or do what someone else said and
take a more experienced buddy to the store with you.
My only advice after spending money on a new practice
amp is don't go for the smallest thing there if you
can help it. I spent about $130 on a new Fender
Frontman Reverb practice amp at the shop...it was loud
enough, but when it came to the reverb it just wasn't
doing it. It was barely noticeable and not real
surfy. (This brings us to our next lesson - don't buy
something before you've tried it. Duh.) One of the
guys there tried to warn me about that while I was
walking to the register with it, but I didn't wanna
spend the bucks and now I wish I had. Not to mention
that those little practice amps don't have a lot of
resale value. I'm looking forward to a new guitar amp
as soon as I can muster the funds, but if you can
swing it, shop around for something a little bigger in
the used market.
For reverb, you can't beat the Electroharmonix Holy
Grail pedal. At about $85 new they're great and will
run you a fraction of an outboard Fender reverb unit.
May not be "quite" the same, but for the money it's a
marvelous facsimile. I run that through my Ampeg 100
watt bass amp now and it sounds really nice.
Good luck dude.
~R
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