While it’s easy to find a guide to buying a guitar, many of us still struggle to take the leap. As guitarists, one thing many of us tend to do is get overly attached to our guitars, and often our first guitar.
The problem is, most of the time, the first guitar you own is NOT the most ideal one for you.
I get asked a fair bit about what to look for when buying a new guitar.
For starters, I really don’t pay much attention to the technical details of a guitar, at least not until I have bought it.
I enjoy geek guitar stuff as much as anyone, but when in a guitar shop with a big range of guitars, knowing the neck radius, scale length, and other technical factors doesn’t help me.
I simply look for the following three things.
