BEGINNER (BUDGET FRIENDLY) ELECTRIC GUITARS
If you are looking for the best beginner/intermediate (and budget friendly) guitars that will not only look stunning, feel comfortable to play and sound incredible then look no further than the following selection of guitars.
Here are my Top 3 Recommendations!
Squire Classic Vibe 60’s Stratocaster
Body: Nato
Neck: Maple
Neck attachment: Bolt-on
Fingerboard: Indian laurel
Fingerboard inlays: Pearloid dots
Neck profile: C
Frets: 21 Narrow tall
Nut: Bone
Nut width: 42 mm (1.65")
Scale: 648 mm (25.51")
Fingerboard radius: 241 mm (9.49")
Pickups: 3 Fender-designed alnico single coils
Controls: 1 Master volume, 2 Tone
5-Way switch
Pickguard: 3-Ply parchment
Tremolo: 6-Saddle vintage-style synchronized
Machine heads: Vintage-style
Hardware: Nickel
Colour: Lake Placid Blue
Squire Telecaster Affinity Series
This Tele features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck profile, a string-through-body bridge for optimal body resonance and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing.
Squier single-coil pickups produce crisp, articulate tone for a wide variety of styles.
Comes in a range of colours
Easy to play
Epiphone SG Standard Heritage Cherry
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Indian laurel
Trapezoid fretboard inlays
Neck profile: 60s Slim taper
22 Frets
629 mm (24.75") Scale
Nut width: 43 mm (1.693")
Pickups: 2x Alnico Classic Pro humbuckers (neck and bridge)
Controls: 2x Volume and 2 tone CTS electronics
Bridge: LockTone ABR Tune-O-Matic
Stopbar tailpiece
Colour: Heritage Cherry
BEGINNER (BUDGET FRIENDLY) ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Here are a selection of the most popular beginner/intermediate guitars and for good reason! not only are the big baby taylor and the martin LX1 small bodied acoustics (perfect for guitarists that find full sized acoustics a bit much to handle) but they are also incredibly comfortable to play and sound great! the epiphone Hummingbird is a firm favourite for it’s playability and warm tone and is full sized!
Here are my Top 3 Recommendations!
EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD STUDIO
Solid spruce top
Mahogany back and sides
Mahogany neck
Pau Ferro fretboard
Scale: 629 mm
Nut width: 42.8 mm
Slim Taper D neck profile
20 Frets
Pearloid parallelogram fretboard inlays
Fishman Sonitone pickup system
Pickguard is decorated with original hummingbird artwork
Pau Ferro bridge
Grover machine heads
Total length: 106 cm
Colour: Faded Cherry Burst
MARTIN LX1
Type: LX - Little Martin (Small Body)
Top: Solid spruce
Back and sides: Mahogany high-pressure laminate (HPL)
Neck: Rust birch laminate
Fretboard: Richlite
Fingerboard Inlays: White Side Dots
Nut: white Corian
Nut width: 42.9 mm
Scale: 584 mm
20 Frets
Rosette: Multi Stripe
Bridge Material: Richlite
Compensated saddle: White Tusq
Encapsulated chrome machine heads
Original Strings: MA550T Authentic Treated Medium (Art. 473904)
Colour: Natural
Includes gig bag
(also available with a pickup system if you need to plug in)
Martin LX1E (with pickup)
Martin LX1 (no pickup)
BIG BABY TAYLOR
The Big Baby "e" model features an almost full-sized body and Taylor ES-B electronics. Great for those players who like to play a little more intense. Includes active volume, treble and bass controls and a tuner. Easy to play and to take with you just about anywhere.
Style: Small Body Dreadnought
Top: solid Sitka spruce
X bracing
Back and sides: Walnut plywood
Maple neck
Fretboard: Ebony
Dot fretboard inlays
Scale: 648 mm
Nut width: 42.8 mm
Nut and bridge: Nubone
20 Frets
Expression system Baby electronics
Tortoise pickguard
Chrome machine heads
Colour: Natural
Includes Taylor gig bag
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