7 Best Electric Guitars Under $500 (2023)

7 Best Electric Guitars Under $500 (2023)

If you are a student or if you are just starting to play and study guitar, and you are testing where it goes, you most probably won’t have a big budget to spend on a new instrument. 

For a big budget, I mean around 2000$ as a starting point. For sure, I don’t advise you to spend much money on a brand-new instrument if you are just starting out. You can easily start with a cheap one, but still good-quality, then eventually upgrade it or sell it used for something a bit better.

Let’s also clarify that spending an enormous budget on a high-level instrument is not always synonymous with satisfaction. 

In my career, I have had medium-priced guitars that still are amazing for me, like my Ibanez RGs and AZs, and super high-priced instruments just did not fit me in the long run.

The beauty of it is that you can also buy it online, try and if it does not satisfy you entirely, you can always re-sell it used. 

Disclaimer: be sure to set up your guitar before starting to play tho, though remember that guitars coming out from the fabric are not set up, their action (the distance between the string height and the neck) is too high, and sometimes their octaves are not in tune. Be sure you regulate your instrument to a luthier before starting to study. This will spare you further pain and discourage. 

You will thank me later. 

Since high price is not always synonymous with playability, today you can easily find very good guitars for less than 500$ budget.

In this article, I will suggest you the 7 Best Electric Guitars Under $500.

Let’s start!