I want a beginner guitar pack under $300. I want it to include a guitar (duh), amp, a strap, some picks, and if u can find one a tuner would be nice, but if u can’t find 1 with a tuner that’s OK.
I would be nice if the guitar is a Epiphone or a Fender not some no name guitar.
ive seen some fender guitar packs with what u want in it (picks, tuner, strap, and a small amp) for around 200 dollars in target
I would advise you to do one of two things:
1. (Cheaper option) Get the Squier Strat starter pack. Squier are Fenders made under licence in Japan (they have the Fender logo in tiny letters on the headstock) and they are tough instruments that sound pretty good. This is good value for a starter pack. The amp isn’t as good as the guitar, though. Picks etc. are so cheap you can get a few with the change in your pocket.
2. (More expensive option) Get an Epiphone and a Roland MicroCube. Epiphones mostly sound good (although try them out in the shop, you get the occasional lemon) and they play well. (You probably already know that modern Epiphones are Gibson’s answer to Squier – the budget version, made under licence in the far east.) Many a serious player uses one. The Roland MicroCube is so much better than the little Fender amp in the Fender starter pack that it’s not true. It can go seriously loud and it has a huge range of tones.
You should be able to keep this under 300. Don’t get a no name guitar like an SX or something, those things play like dogs and sound awful. If you have to wait and save up more money to get a better one, do so. I still have my beginner’s Squier Strat from 1987 and I sometimes even record with it, although it’s in dire need of an overhaul.