I play bass, and my advice for people who are new to an instrument is to invest a bit of money. (For bass guitar, this means spending $250-$350 for your first g

I play bass, and my advice for people who are new to an instrument is to invest a bit of money. (For bass guitar, this means spending $250-$350 for your first guitar). You can buy a bass for under $100, but many of these guitars cannot be set up properly. The strings sit really high, so you need to apply a lot of pressure to play (the alternative being that they buzz against the frets). Learning on an instrument like that adds a lot of frustration. What's worse, it can teach you a lot of bad habits, like over-gripping.