hello. new here

Stillies

saw the stand at the show.  thought id join and see how it goes.
been a while since ive played regularly.  life change (etc) so ive got an chance to get back into playing.
where to start lolz.
guess ideas for decent guitar?  show had lots of nice guitars but  most were out of my budget and didnt want to try them there anyway.

Bowks

Welcome!

digitalscream

Stillies said:

guess ideas for decent guitar?  show had lots of nice guitars but  most were out of my budget and didnt want to try them there anyway.

What kind of music are you likely to play? That's a good place to start, along with a rough idea of budget

fretmeister

Hello!

bloodandtears

Hello..

what sort of music do you listen to?

what sort of music do you wish to play?

do you have a guitar currently?

what's your budget?

Bridgehouse

There’s a huge amount of choice at the more budget end of the market - and the good news is that the quality is great - most of the time!

Stillies

hello back.  thanks

music.  joan jett that got  me into playing and i didnt really move much away from that
budget.  is 300-400  enough?    guitar and simple amp just for home play

ive not played for years.

FX_Munkee

Bridgehouse said:

There’s a huge amount of choice at the more budget end of the market - and the good news is that the quality is great - most of the time!

This is very much true. If you're coming back to it after a few years you'll be amazed at how good some of the "cheap" guitars are nowadays. 300-400 is more than enough TBH you can probably go down a bit

Amp wise, Katana 50 before anybody else says it.

bloodandtears

Boss Katana would be great choice for an amp.

Guitar-wise try some out.. get a feel for the various shapes.. strat/les paul/telecaster etc... there are excellent budget versions of these around. The brand "Vintage" is something to consider.

ESBlonde

Agree with @bloodandtears on recomendations.

Also welcome.

Funkfingers

Plenty of respectable pre-owned guitars in your price bracket. Some of them listed in the Guitars £ section of this very forum. 

Before anyone else Bridgehouse says it, if you are not confident about forcing your digits into guitar chord shapes, have you considered bass guitar?

terada

Plenty of good recommendations here.

Welcome!

roberty

This will do a good Joan Jett https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Vintage-V130-Reissued-Satin-Cherry/2EXX

Bridgehouse

Funkfingers said:

Plenty of respectable pre-owned guitars in your price bracket. Some of them listed in the Guitars £ section of this very forum. 

Before anyone else Bridgehouse says it, if you are not confident about forcing your digits into guitar chord shapes, have you considered bass guitar?

Stop flooding the market with better bass players than me

Stillies

thanks roberty, thats the sort of thing.
no worries bridehouse.  bass isnt for me really.  too boring.  
ill watch some katana vodeos too.  thanks

Bridgehouse

Stillies said:

thanks roberty, thats the sort of thing.
no worries bridehouse.  bass isnt for me really.  too boring.  
ill watch some katana vodeos too.  thanks

Boring??

randella

roberty said:

This will do a good Joan Jett https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Vintage-V130-Reissued-Satin-Cherry/2EXX

That's a tidy guitar, very nice.  Better-looking peghead than the Epis as well.

Welcome !

fretmeister

Bridgehouse said:

Stillies said:

thanks roberty, thats the sort of thing.
no worries bridehouse.  bass isnt for me really.  too boring.  
ill watch some katana vodeos too.  thanks

Boring??

BURN HIM!

And here's Billy Sheehan handing Paul Gilbert's arse to him(about 5:30 onwards)

Fretwired

Welcome ... don't be afraid to buy a second-hand guitar .. you can often pick up a bargain that's been played and well looked after. What part of the world are you from?

darthed1981

Stillies said:

saw the stand at the show.  thought id join and see how it goes.

Welcome aboard

spark240

Bridgehouse said:

Stillies said:

thanks roberty, thats the sort of thing.
no worries bridehouse.  bass isnt for me really.  too boring.  
ill watch some katana vodeos too.  thanks

Boring??

Ouch !....And with the name misspell thrown in as well...FIGHT !

Welcome @Stillies ;-)