Guitar questions

[Philly Mike]

I'd still recommend that you start with a cheap guitar. The reason is simple. You may find that you don't like it, don't have the necessary time to put into it, or just don't play as often as you'd like. If that's what unfortunately happens, you've got either a $400 conversation piece or you've got to try to get rid of it and hope to make a decent return on the resale.

If you have an inexpensive starter guitar, and that's what happens, you're only out a hundred bucks.

Then, down the line, if you decide it's something that you really want to pursue, you can always upgrade.

I understand that one .

As far as electric vs acoustic goes, that's what I figured. I just needed to make sure.

I guess I should look at it more like getting a first car. You don't want something new. You need to get an old crappy POS to get used to the worse things that can happen, then go for the better newer cars which you can probably take better care of and even handle better after dealing with something that is constantly on the verge of breaking down.

Acoustic sounds like the old car, more difficult to work with but you become better because you dealt with the more difficult one.