Lightweight Electric Guitar For Ladies

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Hi,

I'm planning to take up electric guitar lessons, hence I'm looking for a suitable electric guitar. I do have one at home, the brand name is ROCKER cannot remember the model name, but everytime I pick it up, the weight (around 4kg) makes it difficult for me to play properly. I must admit, I am too skinny and dun possess as much strength as I would like. So now I am hoping to look for a lightweight one suitable for a skinny lady. :) Any recommendations or suggestions on which model/brand, the prices and where to buy? Thanks for your help... :D
 
You could consider "chambered" bodies, meaning the electric guitar has some hollow space in the body like an acoustic guitar. Some Fender Thinline Telecasters weigh in at 7 to 8 lbs (~ 3.1 to 3.6 kg) if I'm not wrong.

Or you could try out some travel or headless guitars. Headless guitars like Steinbergers can be about 6 lbs. The Traveler Ultralight Electric is only 3 lbs 2 oz... that's under 1.5kg. Such guitars will of course sound slightly different to traditional guitar designs, but nowadays they can come pretty close.

One thing to take note of when looking for smaller guitars is to make sure is has a "full-scale neck", meaning the neck is the same length as normal guitars and it doesn't feel cramped.
 
Hey,

Thanks all for the recommendations. Going thru all of those suggestions right now. But I noticed quite a few of the recommended guitars specs dun come with the weight specifications, which makes it difficult for me to judge... does anyone happen to know the weight of these guitars? I've looked up daisyrock before, the weight is perfect according to the website, but the range in singapore seems limited.
 
faekildare said:
Try looking for the Ibanez S or SA series. Those are pretty small and very light.
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Actually my first guitar was a SA260FM. Heavy like balls! My PRS now is lighter :/ I wouldn't suggest the SA, the S probably since it has a smaller body, but with the S you have the Edge bridges which is also a hastle if you're a beginner
 
I wouldn't recommend guitars with floating bridges for beginners. way too many things to take note.

weight varies from guitar to guitar. not trying to be funny but I really think plywood guitars tend to be lighter. Since you are a beginner and all, maybe tone is not that important at the moment. what's most important is that you have a comfortable guitar to play with.
 
Sorry... quite a few ???? after reading your responses coz lots of terms I dunno yet... What's a floating bridge? And what's PoMo? :P

I've surfed a couple of websites last night. Been to Swee Lee's e-store. There's a nice looking Ibanez S470BK with a scary price tag (to me only maybe) of $1k+. Is this a good beginner guitar? I mean my main criteria is so far just weight, tone maybe I still dunno enough to be picky about. :)

Btw which are the local stores which carry brands like Ibanez, Traveler etc? How about Yamaha RGXA2? Any good?

Sorry for asking so many questions in one go... And thanks for your help. :)
 
PoMo is a building along Selegie Road. There's a shop+studio in the basement that stocks Daisy Rock guitars you could take a look at.
http://gothere.sg/maps#q:PoMo

Most webstores, online stocks for shops here are very irregularly updated. Visit a brick and mortar shop or give them a call, it'd be your best bet on actually getting what you might see/hear.

1k for a guitar is way beyond a beginner budget :o. $150/200 should be enough if you go second-hand, otherwise ~$400 is about the average for beginner bundle deals (guitar + cable + gigbag + strap + practice amp + tuner).
 
ya, i agree... but is it hard to find a lightweight one at tat type of pricing? i'm not a frequent visitor to music stores... hee... and i really want to get one which is light enough so that i dun get backaches all over after just 10 minutes of practise. currently the $150+ one my hubby got for me is simply too heavy. everytime i try to play, after few minutes, cannot tahan...

btw a question not so related to this topic. i've been trying hard to play barr chords on my acoustic guitar but never succeeded. at least one or two strings will not ring properly. i dunno is it my fingers not strong enough, my positioning wrong, my guitar issue or watever. is it true that this sort of chords are easier to play on electric guitars? but won't certain songs also require barring on the acoustic/classical guitar?
 
there is a good chance that the strings are thicker on the acoustic guitar, and the action (distance between strings and the frets) is higher.. well for electric guitar there are very very light gauges on strings such as 0.08 gauge, so you can start with that, and progress to thicker gauges to build up your finger strength
 
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Traveler guitars are available at Guitar Gallery at Parklane (right next to PoMo). You'll find a few other guitar shops there as well.

The other hotspot for guitar shops is of course Peninsula / Excelsior Shopping Centre, with Davis, SV Guitars, Guitar 77, and many others. Most shops will carry the common big brands.

Before you buy anything from Swee Lee, do a comparison with online prices.
 
Ibanez SA series will be heavier than the GSA (budget version) series as the SA series use mahogany bodies. The GSA series uses basswood bodies, which are lighter. So perhaps you could consider the Ibanez GSA series, or something similar with a basswood body.
 
just get a good 2nd hand squire strat or tele from the classifieds , its flooded with em
its mostly basswood or alder( very light woods ) , good beginner guitar.

if you only prefer to play clean and acoustic songs , i don't think the electric is for you, however if you do like jazz or rock, the squire is the best beginner choice , but if you are a metal fan , i suggest you start out with the ibanez gio series.

if you want a lighter guitar , you just got to look at the body wood

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/options/bodywoodoptions.aspx

usually the warmer it is ,the heavier it is , and vice versa for brighter

popular woods include alder , mahogany , basswood

 
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need to find one day to go down PoMo to see and feel, I guess... :)

I hope the sales there are friendly and patient enough to handle a noob like me...

btw, is the whammy bar a must have or good to have if I am going for the yamaha lead guitar course? I noticed some of the guitars dun come with one.

thanks for all your help btw... :)
 
maybe u should give pomo a miss, they only have a few guitars. plus the staff at pomo aint guitar players, well at lest thats how i felt when i rented their studio. a whammy bar is to add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the string. well for a beginner, maybe u should get a fixed bridge, cos low cost guitars with trem usually dun stay in tune that well... well from experience. a good beginner guitar will be the LTD m10, i think it sounds good, the neck is thin, and its pretty light. in a sense, the weight is evenly spread out.
 
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