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Old October 22nd, 2005
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Well, they're both made of actual wood, which is encouraging. Other than that, it's impossible to know if they're any good without playing them.

It's tempting to buy the least expensive guitar if it's your first one. You don't know if you'll like learning to play and you don't want to invest alot of money to find out. On the other hand, if you buy a guitar that doesn't play well, it's more likely that you will have difficulty learning, get frustrated and quit.

The best thing to do, if you can, is to go to a store and try different guitars. Admittedly, this may be of limited value if you haven't played before and don't know what a guitar should feel like. If you're going to buy without trying I would recommend staying with the more well-known brands. I've never heard of either of the guitars you mentioned. Squire is Fender's "budget" line of guitars. Epiphone is Gibson's. Jay Turser makes very nice inexpensive guitars (I play one). Same for Samick. You'll find lots of these on eBay or music shop web sites.

Hope this helps. Good luck.


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