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Originally Posted by Kuroyama
...A bad guitar will make it easier to quit...
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True, for some...for those who are committed to playing, it will make them really appreciate the benefits of a better guitar. But no one's suggesting that the OP buy a "bad" guitar, just a decent Squier with a good setup...this makes a lot of sense to me. Then, while learning, play as many different models as possible, until you find what suits.
That said, if you have the disposable income and are pretty sure that you're going to stick with it, I wouldn't discourage anyone from buying the best guitar he can afford.
I bought my first guitar, a $40 Hofner with flatwound strings, from a pawn shop at age 13. I learned the basics on that Hofner, and learned about guitars at the same time, and moved on from there.
Of course, there was no internet then, so I didn't know that I should switch out the pickups, roll the fretboard edges, upgrade the bridge saddles, refinish with nitro and change the capacitors before I learned to play a lick...
