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Originally Posted by HairyScaryMark  I would advise bidding on Ibanez RG5xx (the first number should be 5 or higher) on ebay for £150 until you get one. Replace the average stock pickups with good pickups of your choice in a year's time (or whenever you have £100 to spair) and you will have a guitar on par withthose costing many times as much (at least as far as tone and playability goes). |
Pickups weren't realy my biggest issue when I started out. I was more into nailing the mystical F major and looking shit hot in front of a mirror.
Started out learning on my old man's Yamaha acoustic (was pretty fortunate he plays too), and then I got an Aria Pro II second hand for my first electric guitar. For a first axe, it was absolutely amazing: humbucker so I could play grrr metal (which split) and a really nice neck. Only let downs were the dodgy bridge (to this day I've not been a fan of floyd roses), and some slight electronics issue, but you can expect those second hand.
And I've still got it! Can't bring myself to sell it for the measly sum I could expect to gain. Really needs a new bridge and that p90 I keep promising it, but the neck pickup still throws out some sweet blues.
So my final advice to beginner guitar buyers... find somebody who knows their stuff to help you, buy second hand, and go for a guitar that can compensate for different styles of music (Telecaster, Strat, HSS Superstrat). Finally, don't give BC Rich a second look.