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I bought a guitar because I've always wanted to learn and very dedicated to following this through. I can't seem to understand the finger positioning or exactly how it all comes together. I have a book "idiots guide to playing guitar" but I'm wondering if i should take a couple "in person" lessons with a teacher. Has anyone actually learned on their own? How long until you got the hang of it? I'm not expecting a fast transition into being amazing, just some helpful thoughts. Is it too hard once you get the hang of it? Lessons?
Hi there, I started learning guitar in Feburary 2006 and I started with an acoustic. I was self taught pretty much until I started taking lessons in May. First, I learned the basic chords (can be found at http://www.learnguitarmusic.co m/images/g... ) Then I found this great website, www.nextlevelguitar.com , They taught me popular songs but they got shut down from teaching people songs due to copyright reasons. They have a youtube page too where they teach songs inspired by popular artists. That page is http://youtube.com/rockongoodp eople...... . A site that I use ALL the time is www.ultimate-guitar.com , this is a website that provides tabulatures (tabs ) and chords for popular songs ABSOLUTELY free. I got a lot better once I started playing popular songs. At first my fingers hurt SO BAD but once you play for a month or too, you will start to notice that you're developing callouses on your fingers (hard patches of skin) you won't feel it at all. If you don't practice for a week or so the callouses will go away then you're back to square one. Once I started playing, I thought it was really hard. As rediculous as it sounds, I started playing pieces like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Mary Had a Little Lamb" etc. after a few weeks, I advanced to playing popular songs Once my playing started to get better, in June, I bought a Squier Beginner pack, it's a package that is made by Fender (Squier is a lower end of Fender guitars) that comes with an electric guitar (the quality isn't so great but its good for beginners), an amp, picks, straps, cables, tuner etc. I got it for a great price, about $230 dollars. I have to admit electric guitar is more fun than acoustic but you're supposed to start with acoustic. If you keep practicing your acoustic, after a while, you could get an electric. In my opinion, electric guitars are more versitile because you could play softer stuff on it, as well as rock stuff like AC/DC, soloing etc. I started out with an Ibanez acoustic guitar (Feburary 2006) In late June I purchased the Squier Beginner Pack ( http://www.musiciansfriend.com /product/s... ) Then in Late October I bought an Ibanez bass guitar (it plays great and it was really cheap) Then in Feburary 2007 I purchased a Epiphone Les Paul. As for some guitars you could start with, here are some models that are great beginner acoustic guitars for affordable prices: Yamaha F310 Seagull S6 Takamine G-240 Fender DG-7 Epiphone DR-100 Washburn D10S Blueridge BR-40 Ibanez AC100NT Taylor Baby Taylor Martin LXI And here are some good beginner electric guitars: Squier Stratocaster Epiphone G-310 SG Yamaha Pacifica 112 Epiphone Les Paul Special II Danelectro 56-U2 After you become good and you love guitar, here are a couple nice guitars (expensive though) : Gibson SG Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster Fender Stratocaster If you have any further questions, by all means email me at mnmz93@hotmail.com I hope that helps you out, Jason P.S. - I know you asked less than what I answered but I just thought it would be helpful to you.
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I am buying my first guitar I need a amp and a guitar for no more than 300 dollars. Are guitars fun are they worth the money. I have played piano for 5 years and have fiddled with a acoustic for a year I can play the begging of songs and stuff. I was thinking of one of those ones at the music stores for 200 dollars are they ok for begginers?
them squier packs r like 280 and comes with what u need go to musiciansfriend.com
What is it that makes a guitareasier to play than otherguitars? And what is it thatmakes it sound good?
What are the factors that make one guitar easier to play than another? I play guitar and I've noticed that some guitars are just easier to play. The pick seems to glide through the strings more fluidly and it seems to make a nice sound without much effort on some guitars, but on others it is hard to strum and it just sounds bad. My guitar is like this. I have a Gibson Epiphone and it sounds bad and I have trouble strumming on it. When I play someone else's guitar or another guitar at a music store, I can play effortlessy. There are other guitars that sound bad and are hard to play, but it always seems like the one that I have is hard to play. Does it have to do with the strings? Does it have to do with how the strings are mounted? I was recently playing my roommate's Schecter guitar, and the strings felt so firm, yet it was easy to play and it sounded good. I took the strings off of mine and put them on his. So the same strings that were on my bad sounding guitar, sounded good on his. His guitar was also easier to play. The same exact strings that were on mine were used, yet his guitar was easier for me to play. I must be cursed.
Alright, factors are: Woods and materials- Some woods, (ussually the heavier, more expensive ones) make a guitar sound better than one with a cheaper, lighter wood. High-end guitars tend to use woods such as mahogany or rosewood, light fast guitars have basswood or maple, while cheaper poor quality guitars have plywood or agathis. Pickups- The pickups on a guitar make up the tone by about 70 percent. There are two basic types of pickups: Humbuckers and Singlecoils. Singlecoils are thin single pickups that produce a twangy, thin tone. Guitars such as stratocasters have these. Humbuckers were invented later, and were initially made to cancel feedback and unwanted noise (hence humbucker-cancel the hum) these make a fatter, warmer sound, and are more common for metal and heavy riffs. I beleive your gibson explorer has these. Some cheap guitars come with...cheap pickups. You can change the pickups of a guitar and change the way it sounds completely. Good pickup manufacturers are EMG, Seymour Duncan and D'Marzzio (spelling anyone?) Action- This is the space between the strings and the frets. Although the action determines feel and speed rather than tone, it still has something to do with the way your guitar sounds. A guitar with lower action will feel easier to play than a guitar with higher action. Neck Thickness- Guitars with thicker necks, such as Gibsons, may be harder to play than ones with thinner necks, e.g Ibanez RG's or Fender Stratocasters. But neck thickness doesn't have much to do with sound. People with bigger hands may get tired on thin necks quickly, but think necks mean more speed, in most cases. Nuff said. Amp settings- Very, very "duh" A good guitar through a bad amp will most likely sound bad. It's just the way it is. Strings- You've already talked about strings, but I thought I'd give you more insight. Strings can change both the feel and the sound of a guitar. There is a huge gauge and brand range. I use Ernie Ball Super Slinkies because I'm able to play faster on thinner strings, and yet they retain a full sound. This is all down to prefference. Strings however, wear out quicker than you think. If you practice two hours every day for two weeks, your strings will already be too old. Change your strings. It may be the most annoying job in the world (not to mention expensive) but I'll guarantee you you'll play a lot better on newer strings than worn out ones. Pickup height- I forgot about this. Your pickups have two small screws on the sides, loosening or tightening them change the height of your pickup, higher and closer to the strings gives you more tone and more crunch, while lower and closer to the body mellows it out and makes it cleaner. If you're willing to try this I suggest the following: Don't. Unless you know what you're doing, don't mess with a guitar's electronics. But if you really really really want to, then unplug your guitar from the amp. Always disconnect it before making any changes to the electronics. Try to use a screwdriver which doesn't have a magnetised tip, for obvious reasons. Keep a phone with a luthier's number handy. Make equal turns on both sides and remember, smaaaall turns, the slightest nudge can change the tone completely. Too far or too in can kill your sound. And try to measure with a modeller's ruler before you make any changes so you know how to get back to what you were like before just incase. Frets- Better quality guitars have better polished frets. They're a lot easier to play on. Higher frets and jumbo frets also add to feel. These frets are taller than frets like, say an acoustic guitar. This means you don't have to press so hard to get a sound out, but it also means you have to play light or you'll go out of tune. A scallopped fingerboard has the wood scooped out inbetween the frets, and it maximises this effect by quite a lot. However, it can sound really bad if you don't play light. And at the end of the day, it's not the guitar that makes the music, it's you. Quote: "Nobody can make a $10 guitar sound good, but lots of people can make pleasant music on a $1,000 guitar. This is one commodity where price does make a difference" I dissagree, a good musician can make pleasant music on a 10 dollar guitar, it just requires more effort. The great thing about music is that it doesn't have to be perfect.
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