How to Choose the Best Guitar for Your Needs and Budget
In many ways, we are living in guitar heaven today.
There are countless brands and styles of guitars, almost all of which you can purchase with the click of a button. And these guitars come in all shapes, sizes, and, importantly, prices.
In one sense, this is great: you can get literally whatever you want whenever you want it. In another sense, it’s not so great: with so many options, it can be easy to feel paralyzed. How can I make a good choice? How can I know I’m buying the best guitar when there are so many out there and I can’t try them all?
This is a big question that deserves a longer answer than I can provide in this article, but I do want to tackle one portion of the answer today.
I want to give some advice on how to choose the best guitar for you based on your needs and budget. And instead of suggesting various brands, which is always going to be subjective, I’m going to stick with price ranges.
But first, it’s important to consider a few questions you’ll want to ask yourself if you are in this predicament.
How much do you want to spend?
This is the biggie. There is no right answer to this question; it’s all about your comfort level. Some people adopt a “go big or go…