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<blockquote data-quote="nemesis" data-source="post: 3060895" data-attributes="member: 12082"><p>Buy the best you can afford. It's not just the sound that's important. Expensive guitars have better tuners which means they stay in tune. Lesser expensive guitars use cheap, improperly fitted tuners that require constant tuning. </p><p></p><p>Expensive guitars also have a finer tuned action. String height relative to frets is very important. That requires quality neck work and wood. Lesser expensive guitars use inferior wood for necks and prone to warp. Then to eliminate fret buzz you have to raise the strings. And high strings are murder on a beginner's fingertips. That's the way they're manufactured, viz. with high strings to hide fret buzz, etc. And painful playing is the most discouraging aspect. And they can't be fine tuned/set up the way good guitars can. Cheap wood means it will be in constant movement. I've tried. It's not worth the trouble.</p><p></p><p>Also, cheap guitars have fret of varying height. That also makes it impossible to lower string height to a comfortable level. Because good playing at one string height/fret height means fret buzz on a different fret. </p><p></p><p>Research quality and price of new guitars. Then go to Craigslist and find bargains. You can also find bargains on Reverb.com. There are also tons of guitars for sale on The Gear Page .com. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and get the boy a full sized, quality guitar. He will grow into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nemesis, post: 3060895, member: 12082"] Buy the best you can afford. It's not just the sound that's important. Expensive guitars have better tuners which means they stay in tune. Lesser expensive guitars use cheap, improperly fitted tuners that require constant tuning. Expensive guitars also have a finer tuned action. String height relative to frets is very important. That requires quality neck work and wood. Lesser expensive guitars use inferior wood for necks and prone to warp. Then to eliminate fret buzz you have to raise the strings. And high strings are murder on a beginner's fingertips. That's the way they're manufactured, viz. with high strings to hide fret buzz, etc. And painful playing is the most discouraging aspect. And they can't be fine tuned/set up the way good guitars can. Cheap wood means it will be in constant movement. I've tried. It's not worth the trouble. Also, cheap guitars have fret of varying height. That also makes it impossible to lower string height to a comfortable level. Because good playing at one string height/fret height means fret buzz on a different fret. Research quality and price of new guitars. Then go to Craigslist and find bargains. You can also find bargains on Reverb.com. There are also tons of guitars for sale on The Gear Page .com. Oh, and get the boy a full sized, quality guitar. He will grow into it. [/QUOTE]
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