Getting Started With Guitar Part 2: The Best Budget and Beginner Friendly Guitars

In the not so distant past it used to be difficult to find cheap guitars that were actually good. The saying “You get what you pay for’ was such a true statement in the past but luckily things have changed. There are quite a few options for cheap guitars.

Top Electric Guitars

1 . Yamaha Pacifica series

The Yamaha Pacificas have been a beginner top seller for many years. They offer high quality at an affordable price point that rivals some guitars with a higher price tag.

2. Harley Benton Guitars (From Thomann)

Harley Benton is a newer brand from Germany (manufactured in Asia). They offers a lot of familiar styled guitars at budget prices . They make great modification platforms for future upgrades. The only flaw with buying a Harley Benton is that you have to buy it from Thomann and it might take a few weeks to get to you.

3. Ibanez GIO and Mikro series-

Ibanez makes amazing budget friendly guitars. I would really only suggest these guitars if you’re interested in playing heavy songs with a lot of distortion or you want to play really fast like Steve Vai or Joe Satriani

4. Squier Bullet and Affinity series-

Squier is Fenders lower priced/more affordable brand. In the past few years Squier have really made an effort in trying to make their guitars compete with other guitars in the same price range. If there was ever a good time to buy a Squier it would be now.

5. Firefly-

Firefly is a guitar brand that can only be bought on amazon. Firefly has gained a lot of attention and hype through YouTube and social media. These guitars can be hard to come by, once they are restocked on amazon they sell out almost instantly.

Top Acoustic Guitars

1. Recording King

Recording King an acoustic brand out of china. They offer great acoustics at an amazingly low price

2. Eastman PCH series-

Eastman guitars are an affordable brand that competes with brands that cost 5 times as much.

3. Yamaha F series-

Yamaha has been an industry standard for affordable acoustics since the late 60s and is often underrated. You can never go wrong buying a Yamaha.

4. Cort Guitars-

Cort is a guitar manufacturer in Asia. They make guitars for many big name guitar brands. Their own brand of guitars off the same quality as the bigger brand names but without the big brand name prices.