Lordmarkus said:
Rose and Thorn said:
I have always loved the look of the Gibson SG when it comes to electric guitars, but for acoustic I am not picky.
The electric guitar I am playing now is a Fender Stratocaster. A very basic guitar I got from my aunts friend for free! Plays nicely though.
I fail to see how a Fender Stratocaster can be called "basic". Care to explain?
Sure. Well what I mean is the Stratocaster seems to be one of the most easily accessible guitars. It is a very common guitar, you can expect to find them in almost any guitar shop. Not to mention Strats tend to be some of the cheaper guitars. Fender also has many starter bundle packs with a Strat packed with it, coming with an amp and beginners books. Around my city most peoples first electric guiatar was a Strat because of all these reasons. Everyone knows of the Strat.
Another reason I called it a basic is, thats was it is the Basic Standard Strat. As opposed to something like a Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster like you have. A Deluxe version. Mine is just the basic version.
I tend to consider Strats, Les Pauls, Telecastors and SG's all pretty much the 'basic' guitars, as their ease to find, there decent prices and their design as the staple popular guitars. Most people know what you are talking about if you mention your Les Paul. As opposed to some crazy special limited edition guitar.
So I didn't mean basic as an insult in any way. I could have just as well used the word 'classic'.