Walmart Guitars

New players and beginners often fall into the trap of buying their first guitar from Walmart. It is by far one of the worst decisions you could make. While it may seem like a wise choice at first, it is convenient, cheap and might have cool designs. However, the quality is almost unbearable, and it makes starting out playing so much harder than it should be. You could probably take some of the best guitarists in the world and they might only sound half decent on a Walmart guitar. My brother made this mistake before, and it was really miserable to watch him suffer learning because of how difficult they are to play. The things that make the Walmart guitar so unbearable is the size, strings and the material.  The size is usually a bit smaller than the standard guitar which usually makes most chords more difficult as well as affecting the tuning. The strings that come with them are probably worth a total of 2 cents combined, they are so flimsy and cant hold their tuning at all. The material of these guitars are usually very flimsy and have a very big plastic feel to them which is a very cheap feeling. The sad thing is that there are a lot of bottom tier guitars (low $100s price range) that are such an immense upgrade compared to the Walmart Guitars that it’s literally a sin to buy one. If you are looking for a real budget guitar than you could maybe find a nice used one at a Guitarcenter.