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It depends on what style of music you want to play. What brands do your favorite player play? Eric Clapton plays Fender Stratocasters, James Taylor uses Martin or Taylor (expensive brands he can afford to play). Gibson is a favorite of many players. There are many fine makers of Guitars, and not all of them are familiar brands. Small guitar manufacturers exist and make exceptional instruments. For example, Michael Kelly Guitars, Minarik Guitars, and Reverend Guitars among many others. For a first guitar pay a little extra to make it easier to learn on, though expect to pay anywhere from $199 to $499 for a decent first guitar. If it becomes a hobby it will last you a life time. If it becomes more than a hobby then you can spend big money on a top of the line instrument (although a $500 instrument can sound just as good as one costing thousands of dollars). One more thing if your left-handed, learn to play on a right-handed guitar. There are few advantages to learning to play on an oddball instrument.

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Paul Reed Smith.
they make the best guitars and simply top all other brands in all topics from quality in sound to looks.
PRS is the way to go.

Gibson and Fender are also great guitars! Gibson hand makes all of their US Certified guitars in a private factory in Nashville Tennesee. Fender does the same. If you like a nice, fat tone, Gibson is good for you. If you like jazz, Fender is your type.

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Wesley guitars but most of there guitars are sold out at the momennt but will be back on the site at the end of april.

The best guitar maker is Gibson but they are expensive.

Stick with those two.

Do not buy a encore or squire.

Also I would avoid any guitars with thin sounding single coil pickups.

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Tony Zemaitis built the best electric guitars of all time, his custom built Pearl Front series was perfect it is sad that he has passed on. For Hollowbodies its a toss up between benedetto and a number of private luthiers. Straight accustics your looking at the Martin D28 Herringbone or again a private luthier maybe grit laskins amazing works of art. Those are my opinoins but there is nothing out there that is definitively better.

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Electric

  • Gibson
  • Fender
  • ESP
  • Jackson
  • B.C Rich
  • Ibanez
  • PRS

Acoustic

  • Taylor
  • Guild
  • Gibson
  • Alvarez
  • Takamine
  • Martin
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There is no "best". One may think Gibson is the best guitar maker in the world, another may think Fender. Other may belive they are both rubbish and may think Yamaha is the best. There is no universal answer.

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Gibson. Fender, Ibanez, BC Rich, Yamaha, Rickenbacker, Epiphone, Squier and there are lots more but these are pretty much the best

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Well Gibson and fender are the most widely known but if you are looking for less expensive then you might want ibanez Epiphone or Yamaha if you want acoustic definitely Martin

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FENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh YEA BABY!!!!!!!!!!

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