i'm looking into buying a decent guitar to start learning on. i have a sax musical background so i know how to read music. i want something b/w $100-200......and will probably get one off ebay. but i wanted to know what the best guitar is for around that price. i don't want a taylor but something that will make the most of my money. thanks for responding to this post and i look forward to your responses.

There's alot of beginner/intermediate guitars here. I just bought a Dillion Acoustic for myself for a backup guitar. It's a little more than what your willing to pay but it's a great playing/sounding guitar.

http://www.theguitarfiles.com/ccproduct.php?productid=RH600 CET

JB Player also has some good beginner guitars.

I suppose you're best bet would be a Squire, you can get them in your price range brand new and you get a warranty with them

Dillion has a killer version of the PRS and more......
They sell them here I think






Check it out out www.dillionguitars.com

For about $135 (Rs. 9500 or so) you can get what I got - a Prince. I bought Prince LG-33 (I'm from Nepal) and I'm satisfied with it. A lot of brands produce the exact same model ("LG-33") so you can go with any one - Prince, Palmer, Wesley, Osmond and the rest.
The pickup setup is similar to strat (3 single-coils, bridge pickup tilted), but with 1 volume and tone and not a flick-style pickup selector, but 3 switches to turn either one on or off. The sound is really good on this one. The body is maple and the fretboard is maple wood.
Pretty good buy - oh yes, and it's light

btw, that 'Anonymous' is me before I registered... liked the place (but the smileys are... zombie-like)

Dude get a oscar schmit delta king semi-hollow, I got one off ebay and it rocks, I perform pretty nice sized gigs with it and all the
guitar players in the crowd think its a nice gibson. It has in it washburn HH pickups stock, those are the pickups they put in the $4000 gutiars, so there pretty cool, I play alot of like BB king on it and works, but the other day I did a gig at a hotel and they wanted stuff like Greenday and stuff, and it worked great,
very versitile for a semihollow.

I would stay away from the Squire...I owned one years ago...."honestly" this guitar is junk. In my opinion you would be throughing your money away.
Epiphone has some nice copies....they have a real nice S.G standard copy you could pick up used for a couple hundred dollars.

Check out Dillion there made just as good as Epiphone at a cheaper price.


Sold right here......
Don't want to sound like a sales guy!

Honestly.

Ok, gotta butt in here.
Modern Squires are brilliant, build quality is so good the Mexicans are starting to worry.
Epiphones are cool, I have an Epi SG and it rocks

Hey everyone. I have a question. I have heard that Fender Strats are awesome, and that Les Pauls are good, but I also want to know your take on Kimberly. Are they good for beginners?

@anon- For that kind of money, BUY USED! You'll get a better guitar... just make sure you testplay!(no ebay). While ebay rocks, and I use it a lot, if you have that little to spend, then that means you don't have the money to buy a second one when the first one's a lemon, and the hard facts of eBay is that it's overflowing with ripoffs, entrylevel junk and copies in that price range. Visit your pawnshops, flea markets and check the used section at your local music store.

I am truly the master of budget guitars.


SFGl, I'm not trying to be a pain in the arse, but you seem to have a habit of hijacking other's threads.

Common netiquette is to start a new thread for a question of your own if it changes the flow of the topic(i.e. turning the thread from a general "what's good" to a specific "is this good" thread). It also keeps the forums nice and tidy.

I promise I'm not trying to give you a hard time, and I'm not being a meanie. Just thought you might not be familiar w/standard operating procedure on forums.

thanks,
json

oops..sorry

I strongly disagree about the Squires...SORRY!!! I think they suck....but hey..thats my opinion...I would never sugest one to a friend...

But have you tried a new squire recently?
Not this affinity rubbish, a proper squire