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Mr. Bad Guy
Jun 28, 2006
If I'm looking to buy the first stringed instrument I have ever layed hands upon, and budget is the most important factor (I'm married), what could I reasonably expect to get away with spending on an acoustic guitar without getting eye-rolled out of this thread?

Would I be wasting my money, on, say, this $100 thing? http://www.rondomusic.com/CG195.HTML

Edit: I know it says not to get a cheap starter guitar, but I don't really know what's considered cheap.

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Mr. Bad Guy
Jun 28, 2006

Crooked Vulture posted:

What type of music do you plan to play? And what does your total budget look like?

I just want to learn to play as a way to pass time in a more constructive way than playing video games. Probably learn some classic rock. My "budget" is "buy an inexpensive guitar and teach myself how to play". My wife is a very conservative spender, which makes me one by proxy.

Mr. Bad Guy
Jun 28, 2006
Thanks for the info guys, I really appreciate it, being completely ignorant about guitars as I am.

Mr. Bad Guy
Jun 28, 2006
I'm hoping you guys can help me out, while being patient with my ignorance. I'm on deployment right now, so I don't have the option of going to a store and trying out different guitars to see how they feel and sound, and even if I didn't I'm sure that wouldn't do me a whole lot of good, being a complete guitar virgin.

I was leaning towards an Agile AL-2000 (http://www.rondomusic.com/al2000rootbeer.html), since I've heard lots of good things in this thread about them, and it's fairly inexpensive.

But then I foolishly just started looking around at what else they had to offer and I saw this Agile Valkyrie EB HC Slim (http://www.rondomusic.com/product4429.html), and I fell in lust. Now my problem is, I don't know a drat thing about guitar beyond "This One Looks Cooler, but is More Expensive" So can you guys possibly explain to me what the functional differences between these guitars would be? Sorry if I'm coming off like the annoying younger brother, here. I feel like Luke Skywalker asking Han Solo "WHAT'S THAT FLASHING?!"

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