Calling any guitarists

[Redbeard]

Howdy,

I am looking into getting a teacher in the So Cal area (are any of you professional guitar teachers? lol) and am trying to do some research on equipment to find some nice beginner equipment that I can get my hands on. I currently have an old acoustic guitar my father gave me, but am more interested in getting into electric guitar ultimately. I will likely start lessons wtih the acoustic and then if everything is going well and I like the teacher, purchase the electric stuff.

I really like the look of schecter guitars and will probably grab one of them (they, from what I can tell, tend to get really good reviews).

I am looking for amp suggestions. I live in a very small space right now with my wife and son so the smaller the better. Also, (this might be standard but who knows) i need to be able to plug headphones in. Ive seen a few mentions of systems where you can essentially plug your guitar into your laptop (or generally through an intermediary which then plugs into a USB port on your computer) and am interested in the idea of that.

At any rate, looking for amp suggestions,

Thanks for any help.

[EaTCarbS]

Ive seen some very small guitar amps before. Id check out Guitar Center, Sam Ash, or even MusiciansFriend.com for something. Dunno how they go as far a prices though (I'm a Drummer)

GL :thumbup:

[Maxion]

I think there are some good, small, amps at www.thinkgeek.com
If you cant find them, at least they have a lot of other cool stuff :)

[Daki]

A nice starting amp would be from the 'cube' series, I have been playing for quite a few years now and know my stuff (fairly well lol). I don't teach, I don't know enough or what I do know well enough, to be doing so. But if you would like to talk more on the fourms I would be glad to put my input.

Amp: 20x Cube (larger or smaller)

Guitar:
Electric:
Fander Telecaster: Older sounding soft rock
Fender Strat: A good standard 'all around' sound
Ibanez: Metal / Hard Rock / Rock distortion
Acoustic:
Yamaha: I have been using this one forever, and I will stick by it ;)

edit: Schecter, I too have been hearing more and more about this brand and I might look into it here soon. I can't tell you much about it, but from what I hear, it's a good brand!
edit edit: A custom built Gibson would be nice if you had some cash to spend lol!

[Redbeard]

Schecter has some guitars starting at around 300 dollars and from what I can read many people are very impressed with the sound for a guitar of that price. Depending on other costs ill probably get one in the 300-400 range. Then when I discover that I am a hidden virtuoso (LOL) ill get a nicer one. Maybe.

Anyways.

[moog]

Thought for a minute you were looking for advice on multiboxing guitars, a la Steve Vai triple-boxing :)

http://www.80srockphotos.com/fcWebApp/product_images/Steve-Vai-02-200kai.jpg

[Redbeard]

Im not awesome enough to just start wtih 3. Let me rock one then well talk about kicking it up a notch =P

[Kelevra]

You should check out the Yamaha Pacifica 112(V) and the Ibanez GRG 170
very good starter guitars, nice sound, manifold sound spectrum - great!
both are about ~200€ dont know the prices in the USA ;P

A good practice amp would be a Roland Microcube or a VOX DA-5.
I bought the VOX and i like it - great sound!

[pinotnoir]

I have the Schecter C-1 in Black + a Line 6 Spider 3 amp. I have the 12inch spider which cost close to $200. They make a 8inch spider thats $99. They are very nice amps. I love how the schecter guitars look too. So far I am on my second month of lessons and love it.

[Starbuck_Jones]

I play a mean plastic guitar on Rock Band!

[Redbeard]

I too rock out on the plastic lol.