We have all been there . We all want to start out playing the guitar with the greatest guitar on earth. However our parents think we will abuse it and give up trying to learn so they do not want to spend alot of money on it. So they usually buy us some cheap piece of crap that the guitar salesman talked them into. Don't blame your parents ,they simply don't know any better. A cheap guitar to learn on is o.k. and recommendable if........It is comfortable enough to play properly.To many times people's first guitar is so cheap that it wont hold itself in tune. Other times the action(space between the neck and strings) is so high away from the neck that you can't comfortable hold the strings down without cramping your fingers. This is not only discouraging to the kid tryin to learn but by pushing the string so far to get to the neck you actually stretch the string resulting in a pitch higher than the desired note. So your guitar's intonation (ability to stay in tune all over the fret board) is way off. This is enough to discourage any kid from sticking with it.
I had a similar story but i got smart. I saved up some money and went to the pawn shop and traded in my guitar with the added money and got another piece of junk a step up from my last one. I saved some more money and did the same resulting in a little better guitar everytime. After going through 5 or 6 cheap guitars i was able to score a pro guitar within three years of playing. However on the flip side all that bad action did help me to build up strength in my fingers...lol
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