Monoprice has
Indio Cali Classic Electric Guitar (Blue) w/ Gig Bag (Various Colors) on sale for
$70.54 when you apply promo code
BF15 in cart.
Shipping is free.
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NeoSlick and
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discuss] for finding this deal.
Indio Cali Classic Features:
- The Cali Classic features 22 frets, a 25.5" scale, and a 9.5" neck radius
- The large open cavity allows for complete customization
- Includes 1 month of free online guitar lessons
- Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous
- Tremolo Bridge
- Body Material: Basswood
- Guitar Pickup Configuration: Single coil
Monoprice also has
Indio Retro Classic Electric Guitar w/ Gig Bag (Blue) on sale for
$70.54 when you apply promo code
BF15 in cart.
Shipping is free.
- Note: Pricing for the two blue color styles only.
Indio Retro Classic Features:
- The Indio Retro Classic features
- 22 frets, a 25.5" scale, and a 9.5" neck radius
- The large open cavity allows for complete customization
- Includes 1 month of free online guitar lessons
- Hand Orientation: Right
- Body Material: Basswood
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Also NOTE - this price is also good for the Telecaster equivalent. I just bought the blue with maple neck. https://www.monoprice.c
It's not restricted to being a practice-only amp; yet can go low volume too.
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The entire Monoprice site is 15% off. Look for sales and get -15% the sales; unless it says already with. both.
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I tried to exchange it to see if it was just the cheap lottery but they were out of stock.
In conclusion, it seems like a $70 guitar 🤪
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One of the problems with first learning anew is being too loud for others and giving up. Being unplugged lets you practice quieter than an acoustic. Plus you'd want an acoustic amp for acoustic eventually anyway. And it's better to buy acoustic guitars with a good acoustic pickup, for less price combined.
But there is a different "feel" to learn with Electric guitar and amplification. Do not ever buy a practice-only amp (generally). Put that cash toward something better. Because you can likely hobble a connection to something you may already have and play clean to Jazzy tones; that way. For practice-only then you're set. Why not? And remember headphones.
Add: In later post here I add Smartphones and computer for amps/effects/IR/Looper/drums/syths/etc... with detailed tips for PC's. Newer phones and $2 adapter or make it.
Gear can motive you to practice; but if you don't have any more self discipline than that then you will just get GAS. Gear Acquisition Syndrome and become a collector; not a great player.
Then there's good distortion gain, for Blues, Heaver Rock and Metal. At this point you'll need a combo for the best deal. But there is another way.
You could go digital and get a multi effects peddle. See $40 "Cube Baby" for low budget goodness, and get a full compliment of different tones, that way. Newer ones sound like many different tube amps. While this will still need an power amp (but has a pre-amp) and a speaker(or headphones). It's a "flat" (FRFR) line out, not just mid-range guitar,. So that can go into regular systems; like powered computer speakers with a good sub-woofer. For practice loudness, not bands.
Note: Why pay for multiple pedals when you can get about 1 multi amps/effects/cab_IR's peddle/box? >$40 and rechargeable.
Note: An old Karaoke box may have guitar/mic input (pre-amp) to bring it up to line-level and also have some amplified speaker(s) or an output to a better system. Even linuxmint.com on your computer.
Note: The Cube Baby pedal can also replace a DIrect-In, DI box; that changes a low-level signal up to line-level and converts it (ADC) and send your signal by USB, to your computer. Yes, this also means it can convert an analog tube pre-amp to digital, USB, clean computer input. Plus; it even has a noise cut feature to stop hum when you stop playing.
Do not use noisy soundcard mic-in. Computer effects will sound bad. Use a pre-amped line-in.
But you may need or want a real combo amp (Slick Deal) specialized to the task. I think it's better to be portable, work at low practice volumes and loud, up to real drums volume. This way you have one amp to master. At home and with friends. Even gigs maybe. Because saying, "You can just mic that practice-only amp up", really says you do not need a practice amp at all, to do that. You could just pipe the $40 cube baby into a PA system. See?
And let the fact your amp can play quiet, to loud enough with a drummer then motivate you. Not from paying to much $$$$; which could bring you down and to give up.
Two COMBO(Slick Deal) Amp recommendations.
#1 When on sale; get the $200 Monoprice 1x12 15W (like 50W solid state) amp brand new. It's all tube, has effects loop connections, it's a best value combo(Amp, Speaker, Cab) and mainly has an excellent, highly underrated, mid-range 12" Celestion Guitar speaker. Not the 5W. And the whole thing is 25lbs, and best value. It does the several tones (Clean to Metal) without any pedals. However the Cube Baby compliments it in many ways. Best of tube and digital together. And no menus to wast practice time. You don't even need the Cube Baby's presets. You just dial in the EQ, amps, effects, reverb and cab IR's, like the analog amp controls.
#2 A USED Digital, with everything Katana 50W mk2 1x12. just 25lbs. The Katana 100W Mk2 1x12 option has the effects loop connectors and better sounding guitar speaker; but it weighs more. 34lbs I think.
Note: A new Katana is not as good of a value as a good used one for a lot less. I love Katana's but they are more likely to become an impractical to repair, no-parts available, paper-weight or at least become yesterdays old version soon. Thus buy used at about half-price. Just know what they are.
Did you know most Squire are made out of the same Basswood?
Did you know high end, expensive guitars get fret sprout too?
Did you know things change? The Strat, for example was made so unskilled labor could put them together well. These are not the weird, bad quality guitars of old.
They typically come nice and playable. But fret sprout happens, so you just fix it or have it fixed by someone handy.
So once again; why is this Slick Deals? If you want to pay more then enjoy.
And no. I would not say these are exactly the same, as say a $500 and up guitar. They are extremely close and $70. They are not $70/$500 quality. It does not work that way.
The actions were good out of the box and I didn't bother with set-ups
I was using a Epiphone LP but came to dislike the LP shape sitting down.
I wanted to try a Strat/Tele configuration and these made it easy/cheap.
They don't stay in tune as long as my LP but they aren't bad either
My LP is pretty amazing for keeping tune awhile
Did you know most Squire are made out of the same Basswood?
Did you know high end, expensive guitars get fret sprout too?
Did you know things change? The Strat, for example was made so unskilled labor could put them together well. These are not the weird, bad quality guitars of old.
They typically come nice and playable. But fret sprout happens, so you just fix it or have it fixed by someone handy.
So once again; why is this Slick Deals? If you want to pay more then enjoy.
And no. I would not say these are exactly the same, as say a $500 and up guitar. They are extremely close and $70. They are not $70/$500 quality. It does not work that way.
If you can take this guitar to someone who can set it up and correct any problems properly, then it'll be a great guitar for a student.
You can get one of the USB audio interfaces and virtual guitar amps currently listed at SlickDeals and play the guitar through your computer.
You can also buy an adapter to play your guitar through your smartphone.
Here's how to think about it:
If you take 10,000 high-end guitars from a recent production batch and 10,000 lowest-end guitars from a recent production batch, how many of each batch do you expect to have fret sprout?
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