A week ago I had a budget of £100 for a starter electric and amp ....
You know the drill, a few trips to this forum and I now own an Ibanez SA series, a Pacifica 112 and a THR10C and spent 4x my budget ... this place should come with some kind of warning.
Theres a '97 MIM tele with a bit of cosmetic damage locally that I think the seller would let go for a smidge over £200.
I've wanted a Fender forever.....but really can't spend any more right now ... do I stick with what I've bought or replace it with the Tele?
My head says leave it alone and focus on my learning rather than buying even more gear...but I'm a sucker when I think there's a good deal
to be had
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You're right though, I'm just terribly impulsive! If I spent half as much time practicing as I did looking at gear......!
By the sounds of it you now have gear that is up to the job so get on with it!
Lessons are good.
I'm hoping to start again in the new year though I'm actually really enjoying the 'self learning' at home.
It's truly staggering how much quality content is out there for people these days compared with when I was a kid/teen and learning new hobbies etc.
if it were me I'd pass though. If you're just starting out focus on getting the best out of what you have. GAS isn't good and I've certainly been hit with it in the past. Avoid it as long as you possibly can because it's a slippery slope.
A better phrasing of the question is 'should I swap a Pacifica and an Ibanez SA360 for a MIM Tele' and £50 in cash!
Not that it's a bad thing to have things to figure out of course!
A colleague of mine at work took up the guitar last year. He asked for my advice frequentyly and ignored it every time. Consequently he now has a collection of sub £100 guitars...
Then recently he decided he was going to learn the bass and blew £500 on a brand new bass and amp! Goodness knows what he's going to do with the guitars...
Rinse and repeat til you widdle like Guthrie/Bonamossa etc. and sell the house and buy a 59 burst.
ok maybe not the last bit - but motivation with goals really does work
The GAS has abated, I'm going to knuckle down and put my energy into playing and not shopping....for now
Your right, its the early MIJ ones I'm thinking of.