Originally posted by blink182fan
On the focus, It said its for hard rock so that covers punk too right? I know, stupid question, but I don't want a guitar made for nirvana music or rob zombie.

You can use almost any guitar for almost any kind of music. You can use a Telecaster for heavy metal or a Squier for neo-classical (OK, maybe I'm taking it a little far there). Anyways, never mind what the description says the guitar is made for; basically it just gives you an idea of what kinds of tones you can get out of it. However, for punk music, you don't really need to get picky with tone.

I can understand how it might feel a little intimidating to go into a guitar store with little or no knowledge of guitars and try to buy one cold. I did that for my first electric and acoustic guitars, and just happened to luck out and get two good quality guitars. In this situation, it may be good to use the salesman, if they're not too pushy. Feel free to annoy him by asking all kinds of questions, and always ask "why?" if he says one thing is better than another. Always be careful of the upsell! If you have a budget, try not to let the salesman convince you to exceed it.

BTW, how old are you? Is there any chance you'd go in with your parents? Generally older folks have a better sense of value, plus you might be able to get their help in getting a nicer guitar.

Finally, don't bank on liking Blink182 forever. At some point in the future, you may want to expand your guitar playing horizons, and you don't want to be stuck with a Tom Delonge one-pickup special. The only reason that his guitar only has one pickup is because he never used the other two on a standard Fender Strat. That means that you can get all his tones and more with a Standard Strat.

Wow, another long post! Looks like I'm starting to rival PonyOne!

... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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