Things to be noted while buying a guitar

I want to buy a guitar which is of less cost, preferably a Fender stratocaster or Ibanez.

I know this - the strings should be close to the fingerboard

What else would you think is important?

Note: I play for my band and we play Alt. Rock, not too many soloes like metal.

Go with the Ibanez. The Squier-Fender (no way you're getting a real Fender for a cheap price) will give you a more appropriate Alt. Rock sound, but the strings are far from the fretboard and the quality of the guitar is utter garbage. I know because I have one, and it's the reason I've switched to bass.

A lot of the problem is with the tuning knobs as well. The guitar de-tunes very easily so unless you do some self-maintenance and replace the knobs it'll be quite irritating to play for awhile. Another thing to look at is the quality of the pickups on your guitar as they're obviously extremely important.

Well a strat is pretty expensive-- you're talking about $700 for a Mexican strat, and $1100 for an American strat But I would go to every store in your city and get advice from every guitar salesman you can find. Luncbox1

Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.Neon-Tiger

[QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"]Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.AxeStrangler

Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.Neon-Tiger

[QUOTE="AxeStrangler"][QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"]Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.Neon-Tiger

[QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"]Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.AxeStrangler

Go with the Ibanez. The Squier-Fender (no way you're getting a real Fender for a cheap price) will give you a more appropriate Alt. Rock sound, but the strings are far from the fretboard and the quality of the guitar is utter garbage. I know because I have one, and it's the reason I've switched to bass.

A lot of the problem is with the tuning knobs as well. The guitar de-tunes very easily so unless you do some self-maintenance and replace the knobs it'll be quite irritating to play for awhile. Another thing to look at is the quality of the pickups on your guitar as they're obviously extremely important.

Saturos3091

Right thanx

[QUOTE="Luncbox1"][QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"]Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.jorjdboss

Since you guys seem guitar savvy, is the ]Ibanez RG5EX1 a good under $500 guitar? I have my eyes on one but never had the chance (and won't in the near future) to try it.Neon-Tiger

A tremolo is not a necessity for me coz I dont do much metal, probably alterbridge at the most. But I love to bend using extra light strings.

And quick tuning is improtant here so fixed bridges are ideal right?

[QUOTE="Luncbox1"]Well a strat is pretty expensive-- you're talking about $700 for a Mexican strat, and $1100 for an American strat But I would go to every store in your city and get advice from every guitar salesman you can find. Saturos3091

If you wan't a better quality guitar for a very low price range, the pawn shops and other used music warhouse stores have excellent deals.

Look at this freakin amazing guitar

Only 60 bucks at a pwn shop. Its not int he best condition but its great starting off, and people forget that a lot of the guitar add on's and effects can be modded.

you can generally adjust the action on any guitar, but Ibanez have thin necks which facilitate faster playing, and they normally come with a low action.Neon-Tiger

Yeah I like factory adjusted action. I've screwed up 2 guitars trying to modify the action.

One more question if i use good quality extra light strings on a low action ibanez, will it rattle?

How about extra light strings on this fixed bridge one here:

How about this affordable yet awsome one?

How about this affordable yet awsome one?

GRG121

jorjdboss

[QUOTE="jorjdboss"]

How about this affordable yet awsome one?

GRG121

AxeStrangler

I couldn't find it in in the nearest stores, but I'll search more.

What other model could be similar to this one?