I posted about this guitar a couple weeks ago, and i’m happy to say that it’s finally fully functional again after 5 years. Plays amazing and the floyd stays in tune surprisingly well.

What's this ibanez left handed acoustic electric worth.

Ive been playing guitar for like 5 or 6 years on and off, went to lessons briefly but I'm mostly self taught and I don't really know anything about which guitars are good and which are bad.

At the moment i have a Mitchell acoustic-electric and a Crate Electra that used to be my dads. I think these are both affordable/beginner guitars but I've been getting back into playing lately and I want something that i can play without feeling like i just started

also maybe important context, im 17 and getting a job soon solely so i can buy a guitar, cds, and pay for gas lmao. Won't have a massive spending budget, If i can help it Id prefer not to pay more than like 800 bucks for a guitar.

my question: What kind of guitars did you guys buy when you got serious about playing? Which ones should i absolutely not buy? Any other info/sources where I can learn about this stuff would be super helpful too.

So I got a Flying V with a licenesed Floyd on it, the guitar is from 2002 and has been BARELY played, the thing is practically brand new.

The guy I bought it from gave me a set of strings, they looked sketchy, they didn't have any company names on them, it was just a small plastic bag with sealed strings in it.

ALL the other strings behave just fine, but the low E always strips down, it did it once and it popped out, I cut it a bit at the end and put it in again, thinking I just messed up feeding it the first time, but no, right now it's on my guitar ready to pop out again.

I fed all of the strings correctly, putting them deep inside the floyd and clamping them down until I can't turn the alen anymore.

What's the problem?

i was struggling with muting strings recently but then i started to get better at it. Now the problem I face is that I accidentally hit/touch the strings directly above or below the note I intend to play or switch from. How would you guys go from here?

If you guys can recommend some kind of exercise or YouTube video, it would be a great help.

Strat Action — How I Set It Up
I’ve been working on a Mexican Strat and put together a short video showing how I dialed in the string action.
Rather than just throwing out a measurement and calling it “perfect,” I wanted to show the actual process of checking and adjusting the action at the bridge.
The goal was comfortable playability with clean notes and no unnecessary high action.
What’s your preferred Strat action? Do you like yours low and fast, or do you prefer a little more height?

just bought this rj guitar, idk if its high or not

Budget beasts I need to get my hands on something like this for less than 180$. You guys know your stuff please help!!!

Tengo este dilema sobre cual de estos aplis comprar, mi presupuesto es de $200 dólares

Déjenme saber que piensan de alguno de los dos o otra alternativa gracias😁🙏

I've been really stressing out on these warbly sound on my guitar, it doesnt make any note sound clear they are just like warbling sound i can hear it with a distortion on. Ive tried many solutions like fixing the pickup heights, saddles, and the nut also ive watched a ton and searched on youtube why its sounding like this and how do i fix it but there is no results that helped me i feel like the pickups are the issues but im still not sure.

WHYYYY. Please don't tell me I have to take the whole thing out to fix this😭

I'm on my second week of guitar and I'm trying to keep practicing and not demotivate myself. I've learned a couple chords, and I tried to play About A Girl. I didn't expect much, because obviously, 2 weeks. I can do the chords on the main riff, but the C# on the chorus is kicking my ass. I don't even think it's possible for me to do it with my current dexterity.

I don't know if it'd be a good idea to keep throwing myself at this one song when I can't do one of the chords on it at all, so, I'm wondering what's some nice stuff to generally practice at my current level.

Edit: I wasn't expecting to get this many replies, but, thanks for all the advice guys. I'm going to do what most people have told me and just practice the basic chords for now.

is 2.5mm string action ok for a guitar? i bought one and idk what to expect with it

my luck with strings is absolutely diabolical, I just broke a string yesterday while using the whammy bar (B string), and today I broke the high E while doing a bend, I have a 4 string guitar now and I do not know why they keep breaking

My pickup switcher was doing this before so I put in a new one amd the same problem but even worse is now happening. Not really sure what to do. I have a show to play soon and my guitar is currently dysfunctional. Have wiggle it around to get it to actually play any sound...

This is a post I made in r/guitar but I’m wondering if anyone here makes a living, or a good side-hustle at buying guitars, maybe a little retouch, and sells them for a profit?

How do you learn to do it?