A short YouTube clip in which Lauren Bateman gives practical advice for buying affordable guitars—recommending used instruments (e.g., via Facebook Marketplace or private sellers) and suggesting beginners start with whatever they can afford (examples: ~$300 preferred, but $100 is fine to begin).
I always tell people, like, if you can't afford because, you know, like I said, I do work with a lot of older adults. I actually work with a lot of veterans, too. So they're on kind of limited budgets. And I tell them, like, if you can get something used somewhere on, like, Facebook, Marketplace, or like, you know, you know, someone who has a guitar that's they're not using, ask them. It might not be the greatest guitar. If you can buy a guitar that's around $300, they are easier to play. But if you're on a limited budget and all you can afford is, you know, $100 guitar, then get that. And like I said, get started, start somewhere. And then if you really get into it, then you can really, you can save up and get that more expensive guitar.
