Jon Hamilton

Hi guys, Many thanks for your thoughts and replies. Some good food for thought there. I might hold off final decisions until the music shops re open (hopefully not too much longer now) so that I can at least handle some right and left hand guitars. thanks again, Jon

P.S. forgot to say in my post that I write left handed, that’s why I took the assessment. thanks again, Jon

Hi everyone, I’m just looking at starting out on electric guitar. I can’t get much advice from music stores (due to COVID) so I’m hoping someone on the forum might be able to help. 1) I have been looking at the Yamaha 212VQM as a starter guitar (seems to get good reviews, has good looks and it’s in my budget range) but I’m not sure if I should go LH or RH. Online assessments seem to show me as roughly 50% LH and 50% RH. Any views on which one to buy bearing in mind that I don’t have the option of trying both in a store at the moment ? 2) Where I live, using an amp in the house wouldn’t be an option. Even a practice amp might be too obtrusive. Any suggestions of ways of being able to practise/play silently or quietly would be appreciated. Obviously I don’t want to spend money on kit where I would be disappointed with the sound quality as this wouldn’t encourage me to stick with the practicing. Many thanks, Stay safe Jon