Review: Where Should I Start

For those of you who want to learn guitar but don't yet have one, I have an ideal choice for you... Behold the Ibanez RG GIO!!!

There are lots of people who have children who want to learn guitar. That's all fine and good but what do you buy for them. The answer appears simple: just go to Zellers or Walmart and buy a cheap little toy that will tide them over until they get sick of guitar. To that I say WRONG!!! If a child really wants to learn guitar don't buy them a toy. Instead, go to a music store and ask questions about instruments and prices.

However, for those of us who don't know what to ask we can always look online to find out things like that. So here's my recommendation: the Ibanez RG Gio. Here are a few things I've noticed about it that might be worth knowing.

It has good sound quality and handling, it has 2 humbucker pickups and 1 single coil pickup, and it has 24 frets. This makes it the perfect choice for someone just starting up with guitar.

But you may find yourself asking: what is a guitar's handling, what makes good sound quality, and what's a humbucker? Well, I'll tell you right now.

A guitar's handling is determined by playability, in other words how easy it is to play. A guitar's sound quality is just whether or not the guitar makes good sounds, and sound quality really depends on the genre that you want to play in - the RG Gio is good for Rock or Metal because it has a harsh, rugged sound. The difference between a humbucker and a single is that a single coil just has a group of magnets with one wire wrapped around them. A humbucker, on the other hand, has 2 groups of magnets with 2 wires wrapped around.

So if your looking for a guitar to start out with, I recommend the Ibanez RG Gio!