guitars

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I want to learn how to play a guitar. I can already play a little bit, and I was wondering what I should get, electric or acoustic? I have found to nice guitars that I really like, ones a acoustic and ones electric.

this is what I’ve figured out about both

electric-
looks cooler,
little bit heavier,
needs amp,
strings hurt a little bit more,
sounds better for rock music

acoustic-

looks a little bit worse,
better for classical other music,
strings hurt less,
weighs a bit less,
doesn’t need amp so a bit less expensive.

Money isn’t a huge deal, because I don’t want to have to buy a guitar, and then get another one, but I don’t want to waste money.

any ideas?

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what type of music do you enjoy playing more? (electric can really be used for almost all genres)

do you want to travel with the guitar? (acoustic will be desireable for traveling with)

its really just prefrence, i would say that you should buy an electric first. Then get an acoustic later on. I did it the other way around, i started with an acoustic and later bought an electric because i enjoy playing rock music.

oh also, the pain you get from the strings will go away after playing enough.

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i took guitar lessons until very recently.
i’d have to agree with unisteez.
i had a yamaha something-or-other electric. it worked out fine, and i never felt the need for an acoustic. if you were going to be playing classical music, however, i’d say that yes, an acoustic is more suited for that.

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Go with the electric, get a good cheap one that feels nice to play.

You can then upgrade to higher end guitars if you want to, which in my case, will not happen for a long long time, cause I can sound just as good on a POS guitar then I can with a 3 grand Gibson Les Paul.

You can do every style on an electric, trust me, I play every style on my electrics, Flaminco, Classical, metal, rock, jazz, blues, everything.

Dont worry about amps, you can get a good one for at least 30-50 dollars. Finder makes some good cheap practice amps, about 30watts with a nice disrtion to them, for about 50 dollars.

Brand wise, There are tons of brands, and the off brands, mainly, the top ones are Gibson and Fender, then there are tons of good brands like Jackson, B.C. Rich, Ibanez. Then there are off brands like Squire, which is made by Fender, and Epiphones, made by Gibson, which I actually like more compared to the feel of higher end guitars.

Just go to your guitar store, you dont really need to worry much about brand name stuff, just try out all the guitars you want until you find the one in your price range that feels the best to you. String soreness will go away very quickly as you learn, and later on, you can buy an acoustic, or an acoustic\electric, but for now I would start with an electric.

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The electric one that I really liked was unfortunantly about $550. It looks awesome with swirls of purple fading to blue fading to green. It played really nicely and had a nice shape that felt comfortable on my knee. Do little amps work as well as the big ones?

thanks,
Miles

Only like 2 mor emonths until my birthday if I feel like waiting :roll_eyes:

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Is that a jackson? or a B.C. Rish, I have seen that design on one of those brands, or an Ibanez. Each one of them are great guitars and play very nicely and have a good sound. The price you said was a pretyt good price for the guitars as well.

Some of the small amps, are really high tech, and have loaded effects in them, like delay, distortion, reverb, chorus, tremelo, and some more. If you can find a good small amp that is pretty loud, and with 2 channels, a clean and a good distortion, it will make a perfect amp. Bigger amps, some of them are basic and just have 2 or 3 channels, a clean, a distortion, and anothing basic setting. Others, are louded with effect and special inputs and outputs, but mainly the big amps are used for stages and shows, while the little ones are more for in your room playing.

For me, I have a 100 watt amp, that I never turn louder than 3 or 4, or else it over powers the music i am playing too on my sterio or comp, when I use it for shows I turn it up to 6 and that filled up my school auditurium, with drums, bass and singing. So if you just want a good basic one, look anywhere from 25watts, to 50watts, maybe 70. =p

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I always say start from the beginning with the basics. Learn the acoustic first.

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buy an acoustic electric then it solves your problem with choosing witch one you want

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i would get the acoustic because i like folk music but i play lots of phsyce folk on electric.

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you say electric strings hurt your fingers more?
I disagree…as long as you aren’t bending the strings a whole lot, acoustics are more painful to play on (for me at least)

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I’m almost positive the guitar was a jackson or something along those lines. It’s supposed to be like a $700 gutar, but at guitar store it’s on sale. Thanks, I’m going over to one of my friends house who is like pro at guitar and get her opinion.

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this is the guitar.
Drool…

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If I were you, I’d buy a used electric set up.

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nice…very nice

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:slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: I have an early '60s harmony rocket!:slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Yep, thats a jackson, get it, the pick-ups are great for a crisp distortion sound, that youll enjoy later on once you get into heavier stuff.

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ok thanks. Also, can somewho knows a lot about guitars maybe post a link to a good and preferably small amp? I really don’t know anything about amps.

now the question is if I should get the guitar or get a MUni. so hard to decide :frowning:

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i have a gibson epiphone les paul(tobacco burst fading to black), a gibson '76 explorer(it is dark blue and white, it’s my favorite), and a beginners acoustic its called a FirstAct it’s high quality for being a “learners guitar”

i suggest getting a 100 watt amp and then buying a pedal with several effects.

or hey if you are going to get wet why not just dive in (or something like that:p ) and just get a half stack and PA system haha…

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I started playing 40 years ago on an acoustic guitar. Get the acoustic and really learn how to play. As far as the strings hurting your fingers, you can get lighter gauge strings on either guitar, which will make for less finger pain. Eventually you’ll build up calluses on your fingers and they won’t hurt anymore.

It would be alot easier to play an acoustic guitar while riding a unicycle.
An acoustic guitar is an all in one instrument. You don’t need an amp to hear it.
Playing an electric guitar during a power outage isn’t much fun.
Playing an acoustic guitar at the beach is lots of fun.

What ever type you choose, learn the basics and build on them.

Good luck in your decision.

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Heres a good fender amp.

You can find this model almost everywhere, its a very popular amp amongst beginners, so you can find it online everywhere, in guitar stores, and in some pawn shops, so you can do some searching for a lower price.