
A 19 page guide that helps you choose the right first guitar, at the right price, from the right place. Read it on your phone in about 15 minutes.
What’s inside:
- Acoustic, electric or classical, and how to pick the one you’ll actually play
- How much to spend, and why $200 to $500 is the sweet spot
- Where to buy: a local store, online or secondhand, and how to combine them
- An eight point checklist to use in the store, before you pay

I’m Jacob Sobolev. I’ve played guitar since 2004 and have written about it on Rock Guitar Universe since 2018.
