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I'm planning on buying myself a guitar because I wanna learn to play. Can any of you lot recommend a good one for a beginner. I wanna create muse like sounds and it's gotta be under £200. Have already found one but I'm not sure if it's good as I have no idea about guitars at all.

 

Here's the one i found

 

Thanx

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theres something wrong with my computer so i cant open new windows so i dont know what guitar youve seen but....

 

i would go for a yamaha pacifica 112. cost about £160-180 and they play amazingly well. u wont get a muse type sound with a £200 guitar i wouldnt think. his cost up to £6000 and are filled with effects and stuff. if u really want muse sounds then save up and buy a fuzz factory or a digitech whammy later on.

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don't get the one you found, its made by encore (shudders)

 

get a yamaha pacifica 112, like In_Your_World suggested. It will create more muse-like sounds than most other things because matt started out with a pacifica. They also make a different model which i cant remember the name of which has humbuckers in bridge and neck, as opposed to just bridge. That might be the one to go for, someone at school has one and it does sound good compared to anything else for that cash. Go to the yamaha website and see what you see there. I think they make a pack with the cheapest pacifica's in. Also checkout soundslive. I think they sell em.

 

Good luck finding a guitar.

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don't get the one you found, its made by encore (shudders)

 

get a yamaha pacifica 112, like In_Your_World suggested. It will create more muse-like sounds than most other things because matt started out with a pacifica. They also make a different model which i cant remember the name of which has humbuckers in bridge and neck, as opposed to just bridge. That might be the one to go for, someone at school has one and it does sound good compared to anything else for that cash. Go to the yamaha website and see what you see there. I think they make a pack with the cheapest pacificas in. Also checkout soundslive. I think they sell em.

 

Good luck finding a guitar.

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ebay is a great place to look, if you're a beginner you're not likely to mind about how a guitar plays as you're not going to be able to play it to find out.

theres often sub-200 quid Ibanezes and Epiphones on there, be sure to keep an eye out for a bargain.

 

BUT. NO. ENCORES!

ebay is such good value you might as well try and get a guitar made by a reputable company...

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sorry.. cant get away from the fact that its an encore, they really arent worth getting at all. Yamaha or maybe an epiphone les paul (looks the same) and plays a hell of a lot better. Not sure they make one in your price range though, my mate bought an sg special for £160 and it wasnt too bad.

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Yamaha Pacifica is the way to go on a low budget ;)

Epiphone aint bad to learn on... But I think Yamaha actually has the better hardware in general...

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looks alright, buy what you like the look of, but not an encore. get a yamaha or an epiphone. I would recommend vintage, as mine is, but mine is one of the older ones, the ones that were good.

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amp-wise, marshall MG series are great for their price. Laney, Fender, Crate and Behringer also make resonable amps (though behringers aren't well liked by most, i think that their kit does sound very good)

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ok, well have found a marshall mg amp for around a tenner and a yamaha pacifica for for just over £90, only thing is it's missing a trem arm or whatever. I have NO idea where i'm gonna get one of those!

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some local guitar shop will have a spare one prolly... And you don't need trem arm on those guitars anyway, you'll probably jank them out of tune anyway ;)

 

(hail to locking tuners!)

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