Best Electric Guitars for Beginners 2023 | Better Music

If you're a beginner looking for an electric guitar, this video is a must-watch. Matt Takes you through a small selection of his personal favorites, offering insights and recommendations to help you make an informed choice.

00:00 Intro
00:37 Epiphone Les Paul Standard
01:11 | Playing
02:30 Ibanez PGMM11 JB PAUL GILBERT MIKRO
02:58 | Playing
03:54 Squier Bullet Stratocaster
04:28 | Playing
05:26 ESP LTD VP-10
05:44 | Playing
06:36 Ibanez RG121DX WNF
07:05 | Playing
07:48 Yamaha Revstar Gen2
08:22 | Playing
09:13 Outro
09:42 Bonus

Epiphone Les Paul Standard:

Ibanez PGMM11 JB PAUL GILBERT MIKRO:

Squier Bullet Stratocaster:

ESP LTD VP-10:

Ibanez RG121DX WNF:

Yamaha Revstar Gen2:

Gag Guitar (definitely not a beginners guitar) - Suhr Modern Terra:

[deeman]

I appreciate how he also plays the clean tone for each review, that is totally always important; thank you

[jimmyo]

Matt is awesome in this! His personality really comes thru! More vids with him please! Great to see him back in the shop!

[texastwowheeltrippin]

So stoked to find your channel. I am 57 years old. I was shot twice in the stomach during a home robbery ambush in 2016. 25 operations since, lost a kidney and have been fulltime dialysis and on a kidney transplant list the last 4 years. Music has made incredible hardships a little easier. I learned a few weeks ago I finally have a living donor for a life sustaining transplant. When I am in recovery I want to start trying to play a guitar. I also want to use all that time I am getting back from the dialysis torture chair to commit to my new journey. I am ready to go buy a guitar and amp as I type. This channel appears to be my perfect point of departure. My only other concern is my smashed up fingers from years of motorcycles, motocross and general extreme stupid shit. They often get cramps and arthritis. Can send pic lol. Where is your shop? I have the usuals nearby. Guitar Center, killer private or mom and pops. Its Austin by God Texas! lol no shortage of music and music shops. Going to see the Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies tonight. Love every genre imaginable. Should I get a new one and amp? If I buy used on FB marketplace, etc. I have no idea what to even look for in quality and wear so leaning new but no need to kill the bank. So thoughts on recommend next step?? I dont know shit about notes, chords, nada. Tuning a guitar?? I know NADA! I am going to go with one of your recommendations. What would be the most forgiving for stiff not so nimble fingers?

[ChillinAxo]

I'm love the guitar; I haven't been able to get one cause my parent are really tight on money and struggling to get us the things we need. And I've been learning everything on the guitar. I know almost all the scales, but I just need to get my finger placement and learn how to tune.

[jimmythoma]

My buddy told me to get a Ibanez for just starting out for the price. I see you mentioned that one also.

[luiip]

5:45 riff hard asf sounds like it belongs in a game

[renedelafuente]

What guitar do you recommend for intermediate players? I like strat style guitars and I'm heavily into the 80s type hair bands with alot of rock guitar ballads mixed in there. I had a charvel but my picking hand sweated alot and rusted out the bridge. Currently using cheap shecter but don't know what to upgrade to. I like charvel, Jackson, esp, and fender strat just to name a few. Please give me some insight or opinions on what you think. Thanks for the video

[livem]

Epiphone lp standard for beginners my ass. Nor cheap, for someone like me whos a father of 3 monsters, a wife and mortgage. Not to mention bills ! Brother that aint cheap. Plus the weight and thickness of the neck. To me the ibanez gios squier affinitys anything under 350 is ok to be considered for beginners. Considering what are the odds of anyone sticking to it. I think theres a lot of misinformation or misconception out there now on the internet and also music store trying to sell their inventory on what is an ideal beginners guitar . I like the video pretty entertaining but start from the bottom up with squier bullets with the pacificas and whatnot.

[merikh]

Hey dude, i want to start guitar but i dont know what amp should i get, is there a difference betwen them?

[nico_valerga]

hhahaha that stare at the camera 6:10 😅

[alltimechiller]

I’m about to get my very first electric guitar. Just wondering how would someone play “Beat It” as none of the guitars have that stick like thingy on it except Squier Bullet Stratocaster?

[michaelhansson]

So many budget level good guitars not mentioned here !!

[james]

Hello I am new to the guitar world and am looking for a Strat but don’t want to spend too much as I am just starting out but don’t want to go too cheap. Is Epiphone/Squire a good starting point?

[tvmaglis]

Would you consider the Ibanez s series a beginner guitar?

[Listen]

Bro the guitar ur suggesting are out of budget still nice

[milligrams]

Will sound even matter if I’m just gonna be playing into a DAW?

[expertcreator]

Friends, these are not guitars for beginners, they can already be played at some local party. Don't be angry, but it's unnecessary to waste so much money on a guitar. Most give up within the first two months and eventually after a year remain below the 5 percent who are still persistent. Better to suggest a guitar pack or $100 to $200/$220 guitars. All the best

[kingdonut]

“So starting on the cheaper side we have this $1, 000 guitar.”
Me: “That’s the cheaper side?”

[Exzell]

This would have been the perfect place to weezer us, can’t believe you didnt do it lol

[arturlitvinenko]

1:35 which song was that.
I forgot the name.