I've decided to buy an electric guitar, together with my bro. I started playing acoustic one 'bout one month ago, and he's been playing for 10 years so he's kinda experienced.

I'd like to hear some good advice, keeping an eye on the budget (I wouldn't want to spend more than 200 € / 260 $ ). I already have amplifiers.

My thought were mainly on Ibanez, or perhaps a second-hand Fender. But i'm open to suggestions of any kind.

Thanks!

I don't know too much about guitars, seeing as how I am more of a bass guy. You can get a pretty decent ibanez. For about a hundred more you could get a pretty good Dean. I dunno, the guitar my brother has is a Les Paul Black Beauty, so I don't really know lower end guitars too well.

Fender Strat is always the answer :band:

Not always. Like I said, my brother had a strat for awhile, but he decided he liked the Gibson Les Paul sound better. The Black beauty is such a beautiful guitar. I think it's what BB King plays

That's what they all say( most of them cause that's the only 'good' guitar they've heard off :bleh:) , for your mone you can't buy yourself a great guitar, but there are a few good picks probably in used guitars I can't think of any models, but buy a known brand!

If you want a good guitar and not so expensive the Strat is the answer... but I have to agree with your brother, the Gibson Les Paul sounds and looks so much better :ok:

Yeah, Gibson Les Paul's rock and so do Fender Stratocaster's. The two classic guitars. Can't go wrong with those two choices.

However, you might want to take a look at a Fender Telecaster. It's got a deeper fuller sound than a Stratocaster and it's also a classic. LIke the Stratocaster, it has a curved neck, unlike the Les Paul, which is flat. This is a matter of preference but I find when I'm playing funk or lots of high on the neck frantic chord playing (muted chords, ala Prince/Red Hot Chili players), I dig the curved neck (while I use my Ibanz guitar with a flat neck for metal/thrash songs).

You'd be surprised how many classic rock album's people think were recorded with a Les Paul or Strat and were actually Telecasters. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is almost always seen in pictures with a Les Paul but a little known fact is that he recorded almost the entire first Zep album with a Telecaster. Also some of Jimi Hendrix classic songs, he used a Telecaster as well, and not his classic reverse strung righty-Statocaster (Hendrix was left handed but played a right-handed Start).

Or you could be like Van Halen and get his classic "Brown sound" and use a Stratocaster and change your pickup's and put a humbucker pickup in there.

But really, I'd ask yourself what 1) Guitar gods you like to emulate, 2) what type of music you like and 3) if you'd prefer a curved or flat neck.

Or then again you can be like me and what happens to every other "serious" amateur guitar player and after several years of playing you'll eventually have several guitars. =)

Yeah, telecasters have a really smooth sound too. I think I prefer them to strats.

I personaly would go with a Epiphone Les Paul for a cheap guitar. But if you want to spend some money then perhaps a Gibson SG.

when i consider my personal experience, ibanez and epiphone are very good!

ESP is recommendable as well. fender and gibson are classics for sure, but these
products might be set quite high, budget-wise! otherwise, if you search for second-
hand guitars you could be lucky and find some low-priced ones...why not.

for me not only the company name and the quality of a guitar is important but also
its design. design-wise i would always prefer ESP and ibanez for i love their sharp
shape, but that's a matter of taste.