Hi all,

As I am new to the Forum and not yet aware of the community (type), I will give a short intro: Based in the Netherlands, starting guitar 1,5 ago (now 30) on an old (45 years old Ibanez Concord Acoustic with steel strings). I now realize it wasn't the most playable one to start off with, lol. The nut is fraised by the strings and what not..

Since I am enjoying guitar so much (and even omre) it almost feels that I finally found what I should be doing with my time on earth. [br]

I want to buy (have bought one -> bring it back 22 09) my first electric guitar that could last a lifetime (budget is ~ EUR 900-1000). My prefs: kind of thin neck, good body weight distrubution (at least not a very heavy/thick neck), no vanished back neck, pref: dark wood on fret, pref. lighter (weight) guitars) I want to play: Stevie R Vaugh, John Mayer, Led Zepp, ZZ Top, etc.) As this question is being asked many many times, I did my research, please find below:

Watched hours and hours of Youtube video's on: starter guitars(doesnt really exist if you ask me), guitars under 1000 - and learned the differences between them (shapes of the neck (c,v,etc) body (sc, dc, jazz, superstrat, customs), pickups (hss, sss, ss, hh), switch to blend (H to S/S that sort of thing), etc. etc. etc. etc. I went to multiple shops here to try some and bought this guitar last week (in a sort of AHA appereance moment) -> https://www.bax-shop.nl/elektrische-gitaren/godin-radiator-matte-black-elektrische-gitaar-met-gigbag .

I will bring it back tomorrow! why: the neck side is too heavy in comparison with the body. Feels like i need to hold weight while I am playing guitar, which for me feels shit since i broke my shoulder a few years ago. Also the sounds are somewhere in between what i heard from LP / Strats (kinda I dunnow).

What other guitars did I try (and did not buy):

PRS Custom 24 -> Nice, also a bit heavy and too bold neck

Squier Telecaster (EUR ~210) -> Felt cheap, fred board wasnt flatten at all

Schecter Reaper 6 satin charcoal burst -> weight really good, also the cut in the body for your right arm felt really nice / Freat Board / back-side neck kind of quick/slippy sort of and I am not a metal guy

Charvel Pro Mod 24 HSS -> felt really nice, but I heard some people talk about these in video's -> good, but still some things going on and nobody owns them for years so hard to say whether value is maintained and if the quality will maintain over years

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Ebony / Epiphone Les Paul Custom Ebony elektrische gitaar / Ibanzed (some thing ) -> they have varnished necks and they feel really stiff while moving your hand over the fredboard (don't like that at all)[br]

Squiers -> few of them , also felt kinda cheap in some way (maybe I shouldn't have tried the more expensive ones first tho)

And others...

Thinking of buying a:

Cheap LP Standard

Or just a Fender Telecaster..

Do you guys have any tips for me?

Thanks a lot for reading my story,