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1 November 2013
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Maybe it came with the guitar.
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@BackInTheUSSR I heard that you want an electric guitar, so I thought I’d help you with that.
There are a few things you need to understand before buying one:
1. Dexterity
This is very important, are you right or left handed. If you’re right handed, then buying a guitar will be very simple for you because most guitars are made for right handed people, but if you’re left handed, that sucks for you and you have 3 choices:
1. Play right handed anyways, many guitarists who are naturally left handed do this such as Jimmy Page and Mark Knopfler but it may feel uncomfortable and I don’t recommend it as being a southpaw myself, I don’t feel comfortable playing this way and although I can play just about anything thrown at me with a left handed guitar, have me play right handed and I will have trouble playing those single note drones from Ticket To Ride .
2. Reversing the string order, this is what I used to do before I gave Guitar Center $250 for a Mexican sunburst left handed Fender Stratocaster and it works fine, this is what I’d recommend to a beginner because left handed guitars are harder to find than righties and rarely come in beginner packs, so this is a good way to save money and if you feel embarrassed about it, there are many guitarists who do this such as:
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even this guy does it despite being a right handed guitarist already
3. Buy a left handed guitar, I don’t recommend this for beginners due to the expense but once you get good enough, you should do this.
2. Guitar style
There are 2 things to determine when considering this:
1. What shape do you prefer the feel of. For me, I love the feel of a Fender Stratocaster although some prefer the feel of a Gibson Les Paul and some prefer the feel of a hollowbody and some even prefer the feel of a Telecaster or some other guitar model, it’s up to you, go to Guitar Center and try multiple models out to determine your preferred feel.
2. What guitar do you prefer the tone of. I really love the tone of a Fender Stratocaster, especially when it’s driven through a Fender tube amp. I know you really like The Beatles, so here’s a list of guitars they used followed by 5 examples of songs they used them on so you can choose which tone you prefer, as each different guitar model has a slightly different tone to it.
Rickenbacker 325
I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
Gretsch (the model in the picture is the Tennessean, but I am listing songs that use any Gretsch)
Fender Stratocaster
George:
John:
Good Morning, Good Morning
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Epiphone Casino (it’s like a Gibson ES-335 but with P-90’s)
John:
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
George:
Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Paul:
Gibson SG
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Gibson Les Paul
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Fender Telecaster
3. Your budget
Nothing is more important here than your budget and how much money you are willing to spend. Here are 3 choices:
1. Guitar bundle packs
These come with everything you need and are great for beginners, although the items that come with them are not of the best quality.
Here are some great packs for you:
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2. Buy everything separately, a good idea if you have the money, here are the things you will want:
A guitar
An amp
A cable
A pick (they give these away for free)
For beginners, I recommend going for the cheapest option available, such as the Squier Bullet Strat or the Epiphone Les Paul Jr.
Go into your local Guitar Center or wherever you go and buy a guitar and amp, they will gladly throw in a free cable if you ask nicely.
I hope I have helped you on your journey to success.
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Offline Best put that in spoilers @Dark Overlord, a hell of a lot of images and text. It could crash older phones with all of the information.
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Offline Do you think it’s quality advice though.
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1 November 2013
Offline The advice is sound.
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Offline @sir walter raleigh the fact that I had one made me high, of course *eyeroll* — all those lovely open frets to play around on that my acoustic didn’t have! 
Your advice is good @Dark Overlord, it just might be a lot to scroll through if you’re not looking for guitar advice.
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Offline That’s why I put in spoilers, it’s nice to see you liked it though.
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Offline I thought you guys might like to see this.
Very impressive.
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Offline Wow!
I feel like this belongs in the Hardcore Beatles Bibler thread, cause that’s hardcore if I ever saw it!
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Offline Dark Overlord said
I thought you guys might like to see this.
Very impressive.
Quite something but
by others. I think Silly Girl did it once.
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1 November 2013
Offline I’ve done that before.
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9 March 2017
Offline At least it looks nice.
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Offline meanmistermustard said
Quite something but
{It’s beean done}
by others. I think Silly Girl did it once.
Yep. 
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9 March 2017
Offline I thought I’d tell you how my imaginary friends are doing:
HMBeatlesfan moved to New York to help his mother since his father died last month, his father would’ve turned 78 in June, and HMBeatlesfan brought 2 of his friends with him, which means that in that house, there’s an elderly Christian woman and 3 people who were born in the 60’s who like heavy metal, what a combination. It’s a good thing they did this because their landlord was about to call the cops on them for using counterfeit money to pay their rent.
Starr Test is going to marriage counseling because his wife found out he was cheating on a 17 year old, he likes it because it helps his relationship with his wife and he’s also really looking forwards to Sgt. Pepper ‘s 50th anniversary, especially because it lands on his 57th birthday.
sgtpepper63 is doing same as usual, his cousin moved with HMBeatlesfan and he misses both of them but besides that, everything’s the same.
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4.54pm
1 November 2013
Offline ButI thought I possesed Starr Test back and they became a tottaly diffrent person?
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Offline But then what do I call my imaginary friend who was born on June 1st, 1960.
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Offline She, they are a transexual. She was in the closet about all that until she came to a realization one day and now was able to make the transition offical.
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Offline Maybe for you but my Starr Test is a 57 year old straight male.
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