im thinking of buying one.. but i wanna know if this is a good beguinner guitar, i mostly play david gilmour songs. so yeah.

i currently own a ibanez gio grg 170 dx

This post was edited by icp_1 on Oct 15 2009 08:45pm

yeah its a good beginners guitar

better then a ibanez gio ? im currently offering it for a squier

I suppose it is. This is down to the fact that a Beginner guitar is the bare minimum needed to strum. I'd imagine the Ibanez has a floyd rose? Or perhaps it has EMG pickups? Either way, the Fenders are real basic guitars at the lower end of the price spectrum, and this is what a beginner needs. No point in giving a beginner a guitar with lots of fancy stuff because it won't help them progress until a later stage.

Regardless your ibanez is hand over fist better than the squier. Squiers are absolutely god awful guitars, especially the beginner ones. Keep the ibanez, no point in taking a step down.

what i would recommend..

lmao!

dont buy a squier though, seriously

If you buy a Squier (or any "brand name" starter guitar, you are going to get a cheaply made guitar built overseas at a very low cost - whether or not you pay for a name like Fender on it doesn't matter. You won't notice an increase in quality from that Ibanez to a Squier guitar, though your preferences may lead you to like one of them more than the other.

I recommend looking at small name guitars if you want something inexpensive, companies like SX and Agile make entry-level guitars that are very inexpensive and can be ordered very cheap online - you can get a decent guitar without paying for the name and a retail store, you will get something similar, it is unlikely to be set up perfectly, but it doesn't require professional work to set it up to play quite well.

If you are considering trading it, don't bother unless you prefer a Strat/Tele style guitar, it isn't going to be better overall, but it can be better for your personal playing style.

just buy a telecaster straight up.


i love mine.

id keep that ibanez
IMO ibanez>fender