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Anyone out there know a good guitar out there. I really only want to spend $500 at the most. I'll rate.

Everybody is going to reccomend Fender to you, and I bet its just because Fender has advertisements EVERYWHERE.

While they're good guitars, I'm going to offer you some alternatives.

Gibson is a very nice brand, but thier guitars are usually very expensive. Epiphone makes Gibson copies of guitars -- and Gibson endorses them.

I have an Austin brand guitar, two infact, and they've proven to be very nice guitars. My electric one is a copy of a Gibson SG. It sounds the same, but plays easier for me. I'm a tiny person, and the Austin brand is lighter -- Gibsons are hefty guitars. The only difference in looks is that it has dot inlays and the pick guard is only on one side of the strings.

I recommend Austin, it will well fit into your budget. You can check them out at austingtrs.com

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