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Simon Fellows

Is there a benefit to buying a more expensive guitar as your first?

Man playing a PRS acoustic guitar in front of an Apple laptop.

It’s an age-old conundrum. Do you heed the voice of reason in your head, or give in to those ceaseless impassioned cries from your heart? 

On the surface, choosing a cheap instrument over a more expensive model is the most sensible route into guitar ownership. You may decide early on that playing the guitar isn’t for you after all, so you’ll want to cut your losses.  

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