|
 ChopperDave
member
Registered: 08/10/03
Posts: 177
Last seen: 19 years, 8 months
|
 Learning Guitar 
#2011648 - 10/15/03 03:01 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Its my birthday friday, and Im probably going to receive anywhere from $200 to $300 from my family. $50 to $60 is going towards construction of a PMP and other supplies im running out of, but with the rest I have left over im considering buying a guitar. Im really interested in playing acoustic, as my favorite artist (conor oberst) plays that exclusivly. I see acoustic guitars for sale at the marts, and best buy for around $60. Would those be OK to learn on? I also dont want to invest too much into it incase I dont get the hang of it. While were on the topic, I heard from a few people that if you play video games, you learn guitar easier, because of the hand-eye co-ordination. Myth?
|
Infrared
sleeping
 
Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 12,988
Loc: Chicago, USA
Last seen: 1 year, 10 months
|
|
ehhh, i dunno about that video game deal. if youve played any type of music instrument before it will help you learn because all music is essentially from the same notes. cheap guitars dont sound nearly as good as a more expensive guitar. i wouldnt buy a guitar from any discount store, just go to a music store, they still have cheap ones that sound good. all i can suggest is to practice, practice, and more practice. dont think of it like a chore, just fiddle around with it, and if it sounds good do it. there is no right or wrong in music really, its all subjective.
--------------------
When chemistry is outlawed.. Only outlaws have chemistry
|
 slime_R
The Good Doctor
Registered: 04/20/02
Posts: 858
|
|
I would stay away from the extremely cheap guitars and go for one of the lower end models at a real guitar shop.
That guitar on the infomercial for $99 would probably be ok too. As long as the thing can stay in tune and sounds decent it's all good.
|
clam_dude
stranger in astrange land
Registered: 09/10/03
Posts: 1,717
Loc: twilight zone
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: slime_R]
#2011889 - 10/15/03 04:12 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Yah, if you're worried about not playing it, you probably won't want to play a $60 guitar anyways. Try renting a guitar or maybe borrowing one from a friend. Then, if you want one, they start at around $200 to $250 for something that has properly aligned frets and that you will want to play.
But for sure, it takes a while to get you're fingers strong enough and stuff, but its real fun once you get some chords down.
--------------------
"I would like to thank god for making me an atheist" - Ricky Gervais
|
OldSpice
Geritol Breath...
Registered: 08/25/03
Posts: 59,080
Loc: Crankytown, Texas
|
|
I suggest a lower end Yamaha because the neck can be adjusted..
Dont even think about buying one that doesnt have a adjustable neck  If you do it will be a El Kabong guitar ..
My first real guitar was a Yamahe FG 110 and i had a ball with it.. I strung that bitch every which way including nylons  ...I even thought i would be the second coming of Willie Nelson.....Needless to say that didnt happen and i had to go to work the next day 
--------------------
So hard to be ....WDWGFH?
Texas is humongus compared to France
Our Gair, who art in Texas,
Paw Paw be thy Name....
My friends are thirsty
You never see a motorcycle parked outside a Psychiatrist office
|
notapillow
I want to be a fisherman
Registered: 09/29/03
Posts: 31,129
Loc: A rare and different tune
Last seen: 3 years, 9 months
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: OldSpice]
#2013104 - 10/15/03 10:33 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
lern the bass man
its fun
--------------------
|
Anonymous
|
|
i also recommend a cheap yamaha. My buddy picked one up for around 100$ and it plays fairly nice. Make sure you get a steel string. You'll be dissapointed with a classical (nylon string), as the cheap ones are easy to out grow, and the nice ones will run you close to a grand. =O I tought myself how to play guitar and i have been playing close to 9 years now. everytime i pick up my guitar i learn something new. Just open your ears. You'll learn more from making a chord by listening to each note, than by reading one out of a book. Good luck...it is a life long hobby that never gets old.
~J-Slice~
|
firstrays
Title? We don'need nosteeenkingtitle!
Registered: 04/29/02
Posts: 147
Loc: TX
Last seen: 17 years, 8 months
|
 Re: Learning Guitar [Re: ]
#2013325 - 10/15/03 11:40 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
There are plenty of cheap, yet playable acustics out there... if you buy a $60 guitar, you'll get a particle board box and some metal strings that will sound like complete shit... probably prompting you to quit before you start.
A few brands to look for:
Yamaha
Montoya
Fender (or their cheaper line, Squire)
Washburn
Epiphone (made by Gibson)
Dean
Jasmine (made by Takamine)
--------------------
Everybody knows you love me baby, everybody knows that you really do. Everybody knows that you've been faithfull, awww, give or take a night or two.
|
Brugman
antisobrietarian
Registered: 05/16/01
Posts: 15,887
Loc: the land up over 
Last seen: 10 years, 7 months
|
|
Taking up guitar is probably the best idea of my life so far.
I love guitar.. I love music.
I got a pretty decent Yamaha guitar about 3 years back, with an amp, for free. I still have the same guitar, but I need a new one badly. Come to think of it, I need an acoustic, too. I'm borrowing my friends.
So yes, do it, take up guitar!
|
Osker246
Stranger
Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 1,479
Loc: Washington
|
|
Quote:
notapillow said:
lern the bass man
its fun
no don't learn the bass, you'll love guitar better trust me. The bass is just to easy to play and is not really a challenge. I have been playing the guitar for about 4 years and im still going strong. In fact I just bought my first Marshall full cabinet which sounds like heaven. All I have to say is just practice you might actually love it.
|
SizzlinJ
walter crunkite
Registered: 05/01/03
Posts: 1,154
Loc: in miami where aint shit ...
Last seen: 20 years, 25 days
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: firstrays]
#2014628 - 10/16/03 01:04 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
all of these brands suck too... a real guitarist wouldn't recommend someone learns on a shitty guitar. Go to a music store and try out all the guitars in your price range and choose the one that fits you best, the one you're most comfortable with and is the cleanest playing.
--------------------
G2 nigga
we runnin' miami
|
Cherk
Fashionable
Registered: 10/25/02
Posts: 46,493
Loc: International 
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
|
I started the guitar a while ago. Right now I'm playing an Ibanez acoustic, solid top, and mahogany sides  A decent guitar for $180.
--------------------
I have considered such matters.
SIKE
|
ToTheSummit
peregrinus
Registered: 08/22/99
Posts: 9,125
Loc: Las Vegas
Last seen: 5 days, 23 hours
|
|
I started on guitar originally although I have developed into a bass player over the last year and a half (our band needed a bassist and the other guitarist was way better than me so I became the bass player by default)
I also would reccomend buying a decent instrument, but that doesn't have to mean expensive. My first guitar was given to me by my wife. It is an off-brand, nylon-string, low-end instrument that she got for less than 100 bucks. But she did have the sense to go to a music store to purchase it and ask a few questions. Still to this day I play on it. But now when I am not playing my bass I mostly play my 12-string (Fender acoustic/electric). But anytime I want to work out a song on the guitar I pick up my old beater. By any musicians standards it is not a great instrument but it stays in tune, sounds OK, and it is easy to play. As long as you can get those qualities out of a guitar you shouldn't have any problems.
Also, I hear a lot of people say "do-it-yourself" but I would suggest a beginners guitar class if you have the means. It helped me a lot when I was beginning (I took one at a local community college). Its an easy way to learn basic scales and chords and music theory. And you can also learn a bit about chord structure and how to build chords, depending on the class. Once you have learned those basic skills it is a lot easier to go it alone.
Most of all; just play, play, play! I never thought of it as 'practice'. That just sounds boring. Learn to play songs you like then sit around and jam and have fun. Before you know it you'll be calling yourself a guitarist!
--------------------
You invented the wheel....You push the motherfucker!!
|
simplemachine
Manfly
Registered: 09/14/03
Posts: 1,981
|
|
adjustable neck! tell em you want one with a truss rod! spend at least 150 bucks and get something that sounds nice! GO to music stores not walmart. Go to vintage guitar shops and talk to the owners they wont push crappy stuff like a music store guy will. No lessons no books no scales. just play it till you rock it! have fun mang instruments are the best investment you will ever make! peace.
|
simplemachine
Manfly
Registered: 09/14/03
Posts: 1,981
|
|
Osker246 if bass is too easy for you, your not fucking playing it right!!
|
notapillow
I want to be a fisherman
Registered: 09/29/03
Posts: 31,129
Loc: A rare and different tune
Last seen: 3 years, 9 months
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: Osker246]
#2015583 - 10/16/03 05:22 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
no don't learn the bass, you'll love guitar better trust me. The bass is just to easy to play and is not really a challenge. I have been playing the guitar for about 4 years and im still going strong. In fact I just bought my first Marshall full cabinet which sounds like heaven. All I have to say is just practice you might actually love it,and im gay
hey!!!
dont insult my muse
and its ok to be gay 
--------------------
|
Osker246
Stranger
Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 1,479
Loc: Washington
|
|
Haha sorry pillow I just started to express how I felt about bass. Also Machine how the fuck do you know im not playing it right? Do you know me? Do you know anything about my musical skills? No, so shut the fuck up. Thank you.
|
Ripple
Ripple
Registered: 05/16/02
Posts: 21,014
Loc: the timbers of Fennario
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: Osker246]
#2018578 - 10/17/03 05:46 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
At 45 am I too old to learn, I would love to play!
--------------------
The bus came by and I got on that's when it all began!
|
Infrared
sleeping
Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 12,988
Loc: Chicago, USA
Last seen: 1 year, 10 months
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: Ripple]
#2018670 - 10/17/03 06:24 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
i thought you have a band ripple
--------------------
When chemistry is outlawed.. Only outlaws have chemistry
|
djfrog
omgws!!!1!
Registered: 10/22/00
Posts: 3,710
|
Re: Learning Guitar [Re: Ripple]
#2018983 - 10/17/03 08:05 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Ripple you only need a few years to get going. You should get the book "The Complete Blues & Ragtime Guitar Player" and I'll teach you some songs out of it. Right I know some songs you've liked and thats the way to start learning them.
|
|
Threaded
Previous
Index
Next
North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies 
CBD Concentrates 
Buy Bali Kratom Powder 
Bulk Cannabis Seeds
Edit 
Reply 
StonedShroom
1 2 all )
HELLA_TIGHT
CaRnAgECaNdY
HSIHd
mushroomdelirium
Gumby
PDU
OneMoreRobot3021