I tend to noodle around and play metal, but I want to find a guitar that has some versatility. I’d just buy a Jackson otherwise.
Full disclosure I’m 36 and haven’t played since I was a teenager. However, my friend let me borrow his Fender resonator acoustic recently and I reallllllllly want to get an electric now.
As looking at the Yamaha Pacifica but it seems like the tone might not be what I’m looking for. I do however love the look of the guitar.
If you’re willing to learn how to do a good chunk of that work yourself you can dramatically cut costs. I’d just be wary of leveling and crowning frets, took me a while to learn that and it does require specialized tools and practice. Truss rod adjustments, sharp fret ends, string height (at the bridge, not at the nut) and intonation are well within the realm of reasonable for someone willing to learn a bit and take a few precautions and they take minimal tools - you can sand or file the edge of a cheap mini file to make a safe edge, I did mine on a belt sander. A cheap set of harbor freight feeler gages works perfectly fine for truss rod adjustments. You can get a pretty reasonable string action ruler off the big “A”, but I went with the planet waves one, the dark background with light increments is easier on my eyes. A basic multimeter is really all you need to track down most electrical issues, and the ones you need a better multimeter for are either because you have active electronics or the pickups are bad. Investing around 30 bucks in tools that should last you a lifetime (unless you’re me and misplace them constantly) and some time and research on the YT is well worth it IMHO
Absolutely. I had intended to convey it as such but I guess I only said it costs more. These days you can buy a pretty good maintenance kit to cover the basics from Nomad or StewMac for a pretty reasonable price.