I had a couple of guitars in high school and for a few years after. I tinkered around, played tab and never really made any progress. Eventually I sold them off and moved on to guns. I've had an itch for the past year or so to give it another go. I prefer acoustic but I figure I could play an electric without disturbing the family as much and I'm told there is software out which allows you to use a laptop rather than an amp (I could wear headphones or earbuds).
I'm wondering if any of the experienced guitar players might have some advice for someone looking to start over. I don't have a $1K budget for a guitar but I don't want a piece of crap starter guitar either. I see a lot of Ibanez for sale on CL. They were considered pretty cool when I still had a mullet, are they decent? If not, what would you recommend?
Does playing through a laptop work pretty well? Any particular software you'd recommend? Just trying to get an idea of what it would cost me to try to get back in to it a bit.
I'm wondering if any of the experienced guitar players might have some advice for someone looking to start over. I don't have a $1K budget for a guitar but I don't want a piece of crap starter guitar either. I see a lot of Ibanez for sale on CL. They were considered pretty cool when I still had a mullet, are they decent? If not, what would you recommend?
Does playing through a laptop work pretty well? Any particular software you'd recommend? Just trying to get an idea of what it would cost me to try to get back in to it a bit.