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Electric Guitar

July 18th, 2009

Electric Guitar

What electric guitar should I get my boyfriend for his birthday?

My boyfriend wants an electric guitar. I’m hoping to find a beautiful blue one that has nice sound and is good to learn on, that will grow with him, in terms of him getting better. He is a beginner, but I don’t want to buy him a cheapo crappo guitar. I’d like to spend somewhere between $300 and $700. I’ve been looking at some more in the $700 range, but should probably not spend that much. Any suggestions?
I was looking at http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Les-Paul-Standard-Plus-Top-Electric-Guitar-518341-i1149990.gc that one because people seemed to really like it but that’s where i got the $700 from. The blue one is gourg and I’ve read it’s a great guitar for the price. What would be a step or two down from that?

i know everyone is telling you Squier. Ignore that, i have one and its not that great.

and amps ARE important, but a crappy guitar sounds crappy on any amp.

a good guitar for a decent price is an EPIPHONE Les Paul.

Now, Gibson is the main maker of the Les paul line, but their sister company, Epiphone makes a good cheaper version. They also both make an SG, Epiphones is cheaper. An SG or Les Paul by Epiphone, is around 3-500.

Epiphone strives to make great guitars at a lower cost. Gibson is better, but Epiphone is great, and it will be reliable for a long time.