[Guitar Strategy Guide] What Kind of Guitar Should a Beginner Buy?

Hello, it’s Conservario here.
This column is for those who want to start playing guitar but don't have one yet.
I'm sure you're thinking, “This guitar looks cool, but is it safe for a beginner to buy? Some of them have similar shapes but totally different prices... Which one should I buy?!”
This is an easy-to-understand introduction to help bare beginners.
*I will introduce mainly electric guitars. Acoustic guitars will be introduced next time.

■ What kind of guitar should a beginner buy?

Said from a discussion
“Buy what you like or think is cool!”
Of course, there are guitars that are recommended for beginners.
They’re easy to hold, easy to play, easy to tune, these are certainly recommended for beginners.
However, if you compromise for reasons such as “I really want this one, but I read on the Internet that this one is better for beginners...” you will surely regret it.
It’s okay if you make a mistake.
It’s not uncommon for people to hit the jackpot with the first one they buy and continue to play that one instrument for the rest of their lives.
You can't tell if it's good or bad until you actually own it and continue to use it.
You can't tell the difference just by trying one out a little bit at a music store.
If you are a beginner, I recommend that you buy what your gut tells you.
The mistakes you make will definitely help you in the future.
I know some of you may be thinking, “But I don't know anything about guitars... so just tell me what you recommend so I don't make a mistake!”
Alright, I'll give you my own recommendations and the reasons why.

PLAYTECH TL250 Maple Black

This is it.
I think this is the best guitar for the price, easy to play, sound, and experience for the rest of my guitar life.
The first thing that shocked me the most when I learned about this guitar was the price.
9,980 yen.
I never thought that an era would come when a guitar of this quality could be purchased for less than 10,000 yen.
Reasonably priced guitars existed a decade ago, but to be frank, they were pretty bad.
They had the shape of a guitar, but they felt and sounded like toys...cheap and poor quality.
The price was about the same, but the very cheap guitars of the time and this Playtech guitar are completely different.
The playability is also fine.
The reason why cheap guitars are cheap in the first place is because the body, neck wood, and small parts are all cheap.
In addition, they are not tuned and are something that barely has the shape of a guitar.
Playtech guitars are properly tuned before shipping, so there are no problems with playing comfort.
I am a technical player and used to play with ultra-thin necks and sticky strings, but Playtech guitars are totally playable.
The sound is also playable.
Good sound and playable sound is different for each person, but this guitar has the sound of a Telecaster.
It can be used for recording and in live performance.
My very old cheap guitar (I remembered its name when I was writing this column, but I don't want to mention it because I’ll go down a long tangent) sounded just awful.
It was so noisy that it was painful to connect it to an amp and play it.
To be honest, any Playtech guitar would be fine, even a Strat, but there is a reason why I personally recommend the Telecaster.
The Telecaster was the first electric guitar in the world.
There is a reason why the Telecaster's shape and sound have remained almost unchanged since then, and why it still has fans all over the world.
Just hold and play one and you will understand.
Of course, if I start going into details, I can talk about how only Fender Telecasters are Telecasters... but I won't go into that.
I think the Playtech Telecaster is the best as a beginner's first guitar.

■ Summary

I introduced the PLAYTECH TL250 Maple Black, an electric guitar recommended for beginners.
Back when I was a beginner, the first guitar I bought was a Randy V guitar.

JACKSON / X Series Rhoads RRX24 Black Camo

The shape was like this, but the price was about half of this guitar. Why would a beginner buy such a deformed guitar?
I didn't know anyone around me who played guitar, so I bought one that I liked the shape without thinking about it.
It was a hard guitar to sit down and play, hard to tune, limited in the music I could play, and it brought many other difficulties.
However, I bought it because I liked it, and I used it as my main guitar for many years without any regrets.
In this column, I introduced the Telecaster, which I can recommend to any beginner, but I leave the final decision to the readers.
Please buy a variety of guitars and find the one you like best. I hope this article has been of some help to you.
Thank you for reading to the end.

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