Get a Good Guitar and It Will Play Itself
I’ve been playing guitar for over thirty years. Since the early nineties I’ve gotten into music production using computers but my real love is the guitar.
As a keen guitarist I have a growing collection of guitars both old and new. My favourite is a genuine 1931 National Triolian that has clearly been well played in its near eighty years of life. The paintwork on the body is almost all chipped off and there are deeply worn grooves in the fret-board where many fingers have held the same chords and played the same notes over and over again. All I need to do is strum an open chord and slide my bottleneck up the fret-board and I’m back in the Delta with Robert Johnson looking down on me.
An instrument like this was way out of my price range when I was first learning to play. In those days all I could do was dream of owning a Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul. But then along came Tokai and Squier guitars. These guitars were affordably priced copies of popular Fenders and Gibsons. I bought myself a nice black Squier Telecaster that was just brilliant to play. An experienced guitar player once told me that a good guitar will almost play itself and he was right.
My Squier Telecaster served me well for many years when I was playing in various blues bands. Then I managed to save enough to buy a genuine Fender Stratocaster. But, to be totally honest, I preferred my old Squier telecaster which I’d sold to a friend.
There aren’t many young people who have the cash to buy a top of the range guitar. Luckily these days there are plenty of alternatives many of which are equally as good as the guitars they are copying. For example, Epiphone is one manufacturer who make outstanding instruments that play beautifully and sound exactly as they should.
if you are out looking for a first guitar always get the best you can afford as this will inspire you to play. There are many guitar stores that offer sometimes unbelievable deals so look out for these. Its always worth looking around for a second hand guitar as these will often have been setup already and cost you a fraction of what it would cost for a new one. Shopping around for the best deal is always a good idea and try to take a guitar playing friend along when you are ready to check out some guitars. And do remember that a good guitar realy can make it easier to learn to play.
Squier Stratocaster Demo
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