Any in the standard series or better are wonderful! Every time I walk into a pawn shop or guitar shop I play the different squiers and ever single one China-bad, Indonesia-good and if you come across an old Japanese or Korean made (especially the Japanese) for a good price, like under $200 BUY IT(not that it will ever happen).įender is already skating on the name alone. Made in Indonesia-pretty solid and nice playing guitar. Affinity series: made in China- wouldn't even take a free one. My friend has a squire precision bass, and upon hearing it, I honestly thought it was an actual precision bass at first, so, if you must get squire, than consider either the tele or the precision. Personally, I don't like the fender and gibson knockoffs, and squire's aren't the best brand, but I have a squire telecaster, which is actually great quality, better than I expected, and it has a slightly more drier, shaky tone that an actual tele, which is a nice feature. If you like the fender look lineup I'd just save an extra couple hundred and get the real thing. It felt like crap wood, which it was lol. They have guitars that go for $3000 plus and are better guitars than any person commenting on this board will ever have the opportunity of even being in the same room with (including myself) Who would have thought?! Go figure.įirst electric was a used squire. First Act has a couple of guitar lines that are some of the finest guitars I have ever seen, heard, or even read about. Then something strange happened, I did a little research and found some info that was stunning. They sell pedals that are a complete joke, leaving you with the impression that they must be a bad, bad joke. They have guitars that sell at Toys R Us that will literally fall apart in your hands. Don't buy a new iphone and save money for your future.įirst Act is a very peculiar guitar company. I would tell you that not everyone gets to race formula 1 either. Then go get it set up! If you want to hate me and say "not everyone can afford to buy a better guitar but they still want to play". I've found that for beginners, saving about $500 to buy a NEW guitar (or picking up a decent one used) is the way to go. Don't buy a custom shop fender if you don't know what your doing either. You will spend more to have this guitar set up to be "playable" than you bought it for. Unless your goal is think you sound bad purely off the fact your instrument is poor, I recommend going out and trying guitars at different locations with someone you know that has experience in the field.įirst act guitars (beginner models) will set you back in your progress. No joke though, the best beginner guitar should be one that makes you want to pick it up and play it. at least that one would have been well made. (he said sarcastically) Even for beginners, you'd be better off using a cereal box with rubber bands as a guitar. The body is born from the hands of the utmost prestigious luthiers in the world. Now, point at the "guitar" and laugh at it.Ĭomes in a cardboard box one would be forgiven to believe is from a knock off Lego set. All-natural endorphin booster: Whenever you feel down, simply set this plywood abomination across from your favorite chair, grab a drink, and have a seat. A prop for a low budget film studio or theatre company.ģ. Smashing (on the ground, over someone's head, etc. However, when it comes to PRACTICAL uses, these so-called "guitars" are rather excellent for any one of the three following jobs:ġ. These are only guitars in the philosophical sense, they're guitar-shaped, they have frets, six strings and are made of of something that, at some point, qualified as wood. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT under ANY circumstances use First Act guitars for playing music of any kind.
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