Hello everyone! I'm new. and I can't decide what kind of gutiar to get.

Welcome aboard. Best advice I can give you is go to the music store/s and check out as many as you can and make your decision from that.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Thanks

New to guitars huh, yeah OK we'll play along with Sultan

Just kidding man, +1 on what Chet said.

X

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Custom Shop Pro Closet Classic
American Deluxe Strat "V" Neck
American Deluxe Tele
American Deluxe "FMT"
G&L Comanche - Honey Burst
Jackson Randy Rhodes
Cybertwin SE
Vox AD60VTH
Mesa Boogie 2X12 Rectifier Cabinet
Line 6 Pod XT
Swart AST

Great Name (handle)!!! Welcome!

So where is Mark Knopfler today?

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I always thought you did well with them Schecters.
Though a nice 62 may go well.

Welcome to the forums.

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No no and no

Welcome to the forums, man!

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2010 American Special HSS 3TSB
Marshall MG15FX

Welcome!

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American Standard Strat, Sienna Sunburst
Gibson Les Paul, Desert Burst
Gibson SG '61 Reissue, Heritage Cherry

Deletet for idiocy. Long day at work... sorry

Welcome Mark... I would have thought you already have many guitars

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Welcome Mark,I would have thought that you had a weakness for Pensa Suhr Strats.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

go to a guitar shop and play a bunch of guitar.

Squiers
Mexican Fenders
and Epiphones
and gibson even makes a cheap usa made guitar the Melody maker, its a one pick up student model
are all great, cheap guitars

how about a mark knopfler signature strat

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

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Lots of flip answers here. Seriously though, it's an impossible question to answer. There are literally hundreds of different configurations and combinations out there. Other than the dirt cheap ones and the toy guitars, there are no really bad choices depending on what you want to do with it.

One mistake I see a lot is the attitude of "I am not sure if I'll like guitar so I'm going to buy as cheap as I can get". Unfortunately, most dirt cheap guitars are unplayable and have turned off more new players than they have helped.

If you like the strat tone, I'd say go for a Standard MIM strat. You just cannot go wrong with one of those. Mid priced and the ones I've played are high quality. In fact, I like the way my MIM feels over the MIA one I have.

With a Strat, there are hundreds of mods you can do as you decide what you want.

Now, if you've been playing for a while and know what tone you want or what styles of music you're going to be playing, go to the music stores and play as many as you can and make the decision from there.

If you are talking acoustics, I would be much better qualified to make recommendations although my taste runs to the higher end guitars and I'm a big fan of Martin Dreads (D-XX) guitars as I play a lot of bluegrass and old time stuff.

I know this is a Fender forum but if you're looking for a big fat sound and play a lot of high gain distortion stuff, I like LP style guitars (I've owned more of them than Strats) and there are some really nice Epiphone LP's out there for a lot less coin than a Gibby LP.

not the "go buy this one" you asked but like I said at the start, there is no right answer to this question.

Jeff