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Electric Guitar Packages For Beginners

By Georgia Thompkins
Nov 5, 2009
Playing a pretend guitar with a bunch of friends playing pretend instruments might be entertaining enough. Many people start off with electric guitar packages when they first start playing the guitar. With several makes and models available, you can find everything you need to start learning and start to really rock out.

Guitar Features Electric guitar packages are usually geared towards the beginning guitarist. It is a much cheaper alternative to advanced equipment, and it comes with many additions you would not be able to get otherwise at the start. This could possibly deter any newcomers from learning to play because they can't afford the higher quality and advanced equipment. There are a couple important points to examine when shopping for a guitar. First and foremost, is the type of pickups that the guitar comes with. Pickups can decode the acoustic vibrations of the strings and translate them into an electrical signal, which is then used by the amp to generate that classic electric guitar sound.

You can find pickups that are made of one row of magnets, and you can find ones with dual coiled magnets that mute out the electric hum that lower quality pickups may have. A good guitar may have one or the other, or a combination of both types. Pay close attention before purchasing any guitar so you know which one it has.

You may find that many electric guitar packages do not have very high quality pickups, but quite often the pickups can be removed and exchanged at a guitar shop either for free or a low price if you want to upgrade later.

The most vital part of the electric guitar packages, besides the guitar itself, is the amp. With no amp, you essentially have an acoustic guitar. Amps come in all sizes and power ranges, from small practice amps to mega-sized arena amps. Typically the amps included in these packages tend to be small, good enough for when you are just starting out, but is powerful enough to perform with other instruments without getting drowned out. this is fine for anyone starting out as you can always upgrade your amp to a larger one. Effects pedals and racks come after that and let you change and alter the sound of your guitar, but you generally won't see these extras in packages.

A good manufacturer will include the essentials in their electric guitar packages: suitable guitar picks, a guitar strap, and a cable to connect the guitar to the amp. Better packages include all of the above and perhaps a soft guitar case, or an instructional book.

Playing and learning to play the electric guitar is a lot of fun. Starting with electric guitar packages is a great idea for the beginner. Some guitar specialty shops will make their own special packages if you happen to be an intermediate or even advanced player. But this equipment can get expensive unless you save quite a bit. That's what makes these packages so great: their affordability.
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