First Electric Guitar to Buy (My Story & Advice)

Looking for reference before you plan what best model for the first electric guitar to buy. This ‘my silly personal story‘ and my mistake may help you to make the right decision.

Here I will share my story and my silly mistake along with my best advice for the first electric guitar model and spec you should consider before you decide to buy. So you don’t have to be sorry later.

By the way, if you looking for references from famous guitar players may be what you get likely advertising about their endorsed model guitar and expensive stuff.

So! the advice here is from the man who not famous or really great at play guitar. It just me sharing my personal story and personal experience as a guitar lover.

Okay! back in the day! I remember the first electric guitar that I bought from an online store was a custom V guitar. Very cheap local custom craftsman for an electric guitar. And that was also my first mistake.

My first mistake for buy electric guitar

Yeah, at that time I think ‘V’ guitar is cool. Ya! it looks cool but it’s hard to use for room practice time (Sit down practice).

You know, that you can’t play it like when you play guitar with general body shape. The only you find it comfortable to play is when you put the ‘V’ shape on top of your leg. Duh!

I always love to see guitar players playing V shape guitar. But to play it myself? Nah, it is a different story for me.

#1 Advice

So never buy a guitar because you think it looks cool. It’s better to pick one that you feel comfortable to play. What makes guitar player looks cool is how they play not what kind of guitar model that they play.

My first ‘V’ model guitar end up with I sold it a few month later after I buy my second electric guitar. 

My second mistake

If there is a foolish man who got stumbling by the same stone twice. That’s me in this case.

My second mistake. Yep! I am making a mistake two times. A few months later, I buy another guitar. This time I buy a guitar with the general body shape.

It’s an old Ibanez GIO with 22 frets and I buy it from second hand. The playability is very good actually.

But I feel that my hand always telling me that the nut width is a little bit too small.

I don’t know why since my hand is small in size compared to my brother or some friends who also play guitar.

#2 Advice

The neck is part of a guitar where your fingers dance and place where you spit the note before is send to the pickup then into your pedal, to an amplifier and last the speaker.

For the first time, I think was people with small hands with small fingers playing guitar with the small nut width, will be easier.

Oops! I am totally wrong. I found that I feel more comfortable, confident and play less sloppy when I play electric guitar with a thinner neck and the wider nut.

So, make sure you already know what kind of neck guitar type that makes your finger comfortable to play on it. Before deciding to buy your first electric guitar.

Finally, I found what model that works best for me!

So in other years later, I buy again my third electric guitar. This time I only buy the neck and build the body by my self plus shop all the spare parts and put it all together to become my first custom build guitar.

This time I found it perfect for me to play on it. Have 24 frets with The Ibanez model and the nut width is 4,3 mm.

Another guitar that I just buy lately is Cort M200 model, the design is almost similar to PRS. This one is my favorite now. Below is the video of me testing the guitar to record my demo songs on Youtube.

I found this guitar with a thin neck and wider nut works best for me. For me, body shape and guitar brand is about a matter of price that’s me, and you can afford to buy :p

Conclusion

So that’s my story guys. I hope it can help you make the right decision before you buy ‘your first‘ guitar that you can afford to buy.

The brand, model, and price. It doesn’t matter, as long you feel comfortable to play or shred on it. That’s my opinion. And that’s because I only can afford to buy a low priced electric guitar.

But if you have a good budget then great! you also can think about the quality too.

So, I hope you find something after read my silly story about my first and second mistakes for buying an electric guitar. Just be wise before you buy okay!

I no longer play in a band, but you can found my one-man-band music stuff on Soundcloud. Thanks for reading my ‘silly’ story about buying my first guitar. Hahaha, have a great day! 🙂