There's a huge choice out there. Many kinds of axes, by now you've probably looked at all your fav axemen and the brands of guitars they wield. Come to think of it your fav guitar whatever it is that you've seen, will cost a bomb. So where do you start?
Here's the trick. Depends on the kind of music you love to listen to and play actually.
If you're stuck in the 60s and 70s and trip on classic rock, blues or funk and you have a bit of shortage on budget, then your entry level choice of electric should be the Fender Squire. Its economical, its got the tone for the entry, its got the looks as well. It'll only set you back by Rs 8,000 or 9,000. And the more important aspect, you can use this same guitar later to do some basic mods on pick ups and get a hotter and closer tone. And not to beat it, it looks pretty much like the Fenders you've seen. The choice in this is between a maple finger board or a rose wood. Ask yourself who is your fav artist? what does his axe look like? Its got a light colored finger board(maple) or dark coloured (rose wood) take you shot and go buy. Make sure you check out the guitar well, play on the higher frets to check for unnecesary buzz or noise which means that needs a fix. Or more important check the action. Action means the distance between the strings and finger board. This should not be high should be easily played with a deft touch.
If your budget is not so short and you can take it higher (say in the range 15 - 18 K) then I recommend you go for the Greg Bennett AV series. These are serious Gibson Les Paul copies. If you get and AV 6 this one axe will take you through your first dash of stage performances and even maybe your first recording. This is one hell raising classic rock axe. Comes with Duncan designed pick ups. If you are shorter than 19 then an AV 3 would be just the pick. These are extremely playable guitars, check em play em, buy em. Oh these guitars and very good looking and extremely good sounding for the price. What's more, they score on playability as well.
Now if your axe man is a shredder or heavy metal or modern jazz ... (except malmsteen who also plays strats) you are looking for a modern tone. This you'll get in an Ibanez. These are a bit more expensive than the Squires, but will last longer and are also good quality entry level axes. Budget? Around Rs 15K. Here which ever model you go for, just zoom into an axe with two pick ups and both humbuckers. Ensure you do the playability check and have fun.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=3d01d0eb-e084-4931-912e-653089273dba)

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