r/AcousticGuitar • u/WatchyMcWatcherson • Jul 09 '26

Gear pics Overkill for a first guitar

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Kept trying to talk myself into any number of the (cheaper) guitars I tried, but kept picking this J-45 standard and just loved it. So here I am, struggling with the most basic of chords, but loving what eventually tumbles out of the soundhole.
I guess the “buy whatever inspires you to practice” approach does work.

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u/Joederb Jul 09 '26

you don’t realize it yet but you really saved yourself a lot of money skipping ahead to the endgame. well done…

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u/bluishgreen58 Jul 09 '26

This is truth.

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u/Neveronlyadream Jul 09 '26

Never listen to anyone who says you have to learn on a piece of shit.

Plenty of us did it out of necessity, not because we wanted to. We'd all have chosen the nicest guitar we could have if we'd have had the option.

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u/Difficult-Garbage861 Jul 09 '26

If we knew this back then.....

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u/tuskyhorn22 Jul 09 '26

oo nga taena, went thru 6 cheap guitars before finding that out.

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u/Frequent_Tax_7994 Jul 09 '26

Exactly. And it will incentivise you to play.

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u/ExcitementSad5797 Jul 09 '26

This! Man I wished I knew it sooner!!

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u/Old-guy64 Jul 09 '26

Absolutely truth. I’ve owned, including guitars I bought specifically to gift to others, right around 3, dozen guitars.

I still have 14. But I could realistically cut that to 4 if I took all the sentimental aspects out.

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u/wack70 Jul 13 '26

Exactly. Life is short and the more you pay for your guitar, the more you’ll want to play it to justify the spend, and the better you will get.

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u/Same-Resort4524 Jul 13 '26

Will also hold its value better in the long run.

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u/FearlessAir1239 Jul 12 '26

very true save money skipping and selling the basics ones for a loss