I’ve been saving up Amazon Gift Cards I’ve acquired until I have enough to buy an inexpensive guitar (a Squier Bullet stratocaster by Fender) and a copy of Rocksmith 2014 to teach myself how to play.
I don’t recommend a fender squire. Remember you pay for the name when you get a fender. […] Since you are going the Amazon route, I recommend getting a cheap Sawtooth guitar. They are the same price but a bit higher quality as you are not paying for the name.
Seriously?
That makes me feel better about having bought a left-handed Rise by Sawtooth strat from Amazon for my nephew a couple years ago. …That’s actually where my interest in a guitar starts. I bought a cheap guitar (and Rocksmith 2014) for my teenage nephew, having done some cursory research before buying it. I don’t think he ever got into it, but ever since then I’ve daydreamed now and then about having a guitar myself. I love music and have some experience with playing brass and piano.
Since it’s me buying for myself, I was considering paying (a bit) more money for a starter set than I paid for him, and again, having watched Youtube videos, heard a few people say pretty good things about the Squier Bullet.
I’ll have to think about this some more. Why specifically Sawtooth?
JEDIT: I think one reason I liked the Fender Squier is it can come HSS (two single coil pickups and a humbucker), which, from my understanding, can give a better Rock-style sound than just single coils.