Reccomend me a guitar....

[Spud1]

Ok i'm looking to buy myself an electric guitar, dont worry about an amp etc i have that sorted Just looking for some advice on the actaul guitar

Budget is £300 max, tho less is obviously better

I want something that will let me play mainly punk/rock stuff with some metal thrown in aswell if possible =0

looking for something that looks like a squire strat - one of those would do me even

opinions? ideas?

ty

[PopUpPirate]

You should be able to get a nice Jackson Dinky within that budget with a double locking trem. Failing that, try an Ibanez. Either of those choices will get you a guitar with an extremely thin neck which is better for hard playing (vs a thick neck for lots of bends)

[Knoxville]

a floyd ain't really neccasary for punk and different tunings on em are a bugger, would say something with a hardtail meself or a blockable trem. for £329 you can pick up a fender strat or tele, single coils may not have quite the punch your after.

http://www.guitarstrings.co.uk/searc...ils.asp?ID=572

http://www.guitarstrings.co.uk/searc...ils.asp?ID=510

http://www.guitarstrings.co.uk/searc...ils.asp?ID=712

All those fit what your after, would severely reccomend going to a good guitar shop and trying everything within your budget before you decide tho.

[Spud1]

What about something like this:

Squier Standard Double Fast Strat
[http://www.guitars.co.uk/acatalog/Stratocaster.html]

Any real problems with this? bearing in mind it will be my first guitar so i wont be able to tell the difference in the sound of a £100 and £1000 one

[PopUpPirate]

Yeah that looks great - don't expect to be able to use the trem at all though, because the moment you touch it you'll go out of tune. If thats not an issue, it should be a sound choice - 2 twins, slim neck, great! Similar priced alternative would be a Yamaha Pacifica - http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_...ars/index.html

[Spud1]

probly gonna go for that squire, going to try it in the shop first tho ofc to make sure cheers for the advice

[Knoxville]

Not a bad choice man, Got a squire strat for my first guitar and it still goes to band practices etc now. I would say though if its gonna be your first guitar to either not use the tremlo arm (it will go out of tune pretty quick) or consider something with a hardtail like the custom telecaster here - http://www.guitars.co.uk/acatalog/Telecaster.html or if you can find one a delogne signature model as they're the only hardtail humbucker equipped strat squire make iirc.

[Theo]

Yamaha Pacifica 112. THE best budget guitar available (if we're talking electric guitars). 'Bout 200 squid, iirc.

Squiers are OK, nothing special. Though the silver series of strats weren't actually that bad. However, compared to the 112, the build quality is tosh, electrics are badly soldered, pickups are terrible quality, machine heads don't hold tune well, bridge is low-quality and needs readjusting more often than it should, and you'd do well to replace the nut. Other than that - if you can find one of the Affinity strat packs with amp/cables/etc for £150, you've got a deal.

I'd still go for the 112 if I was a beginner though. You'd do well to listen to me.

[Knoxville]

I disagree man, the squier series over the last few years have come on leaps and bounds quality wise whereas All the 112's I've played have felt cheap and nasty very much like encore's and imo the pick-ups are quite weak sounding even on the models with humbuckers.

It does of course depend on how well they're set-up but my strat holds its tune for days with very little adjustment, I haven't played an affinity series and they're obviously not gonna be as good as the standards like mine due to the different materials for instance if you get on such as the customs etc they come with duncan desgin pick-ups which easily blow the 112's out of the water tone wise.

[PopUpPirate]

You've got to try what you are happy with, but the staying in tune is a big point obviously, so see if you get a linear amount of key change when you turn the key.

[Spud1]

well I'm going down to the shop tomorrow [its in lemington spa] So I gonna try a few out Goin down there as i can get a nice discount on account of my mate buying his £1000 bass from there The also do a nice setup apparently =0

i'll let y'all know how i get on

[Knoxville]

Not regent guitars is it? They do a damn good set-up there

[Spud1]

yeah its regent worth going to the best really, even if i only beginning =0

[Knoxville]

Definatly, a well set-up guitar will amke you wanna play rather than dread picking up the guitar

[Spud1]

Well i bought one

http://www.guitars.co.uk/acatalog/SA.html

its the see-through grey model. set up perfectly, feels and looks great Nuff chuffed with it, tried the squires aswell as the SA and the SA definitely felt worth the extra £100

just gotta learn to play the damn thing now