Learning to play guitar

This guitar is designed to be an "all around" type of guitar.
It's got a couple of different pickups. (Pickups are those white tiny squares where you pick, they are what actually amplify the signal)

Like a jack of all trades you know?

Just curious... What is your spending limit if you don't mind me asking?
An extra hundred dollars goes along way with these "Starter packs".
 
I guess for a starter guitar that's pretty good... I don't think it's much of a metal guitar, Rock sure if you throw some distortion on... my First guitar was a $90 dollar Hondo back in 1996, Currently I play on an Ibanez RG350 DX .. Great guitar, best bang for your buck,ever I would say... It's perfect for what you want to play, Thin neck, jumbo frets, Floating Trem and it stays in tune just about until you change strings again, no matter how hard you divebomb on the trem

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There it is in action (With custom pickups and scalloped frets) It sounds just like that without a stompbox

Forgot to mention, you can pick it up for 400 bucks, I managed to get mine for $370 from Guitar Center in Pensacola.. they had to ship the closest one there though... From New Jersey grr
 
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imho, it's better to learn on an accustic and then switch to electric.
 
imho, it's better to learn on an accustic and then switch to electric.

QFT

In my opinion, learning classically makes you 500 times better as, well, anything. The best death metal I've ever heard has been from players who studied at a conservatory.
 
Don't (I REPEAT) DONT get a guitar with a floating trem as your first guitar.
I own one now, and it's a pain in the neck.
It makes everything much harder when it comes to setting up your guitar.
I am not saying this out of spite for my current guitar. I really like it.
I just think for your first guitar, you should have as little hangups as possible with the setup, and focus mainly on your playing.
Just get something like I already showed you.

Fixed bridge, remember those words :D

Learning on acoustic a a very nice variable. It honestly does not make much of a difference though.
The only thing that is better about learning on acoustic, is that your calluses and finger strength gets up faster.
Tenacious D plays acoustics only though, so you might want to do that.
Come to think of it, Acoustic is not bad at all.
It's all up to you though man.


Being "classically" trained is good, but you would have to have alot of patience.
And you would have to get an instructor.
And you would have to learn how to read music...
and you have to learn modal theory...
and OH NO IM BORED ALREADY!!!
>.< lol j/k

What I suggest, get a starter pack, learn some of your favorite songs (using tabs), then later when your motivated to pursue "Your music". you get yourself an instructor to teach you some basic theory.

Do that and I promise you, you wont ever get bored of the guitar.
 
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Agreed, You shouldn't get a guitar with fancy smancy stuff at first, but I personally don't think it would be much of a hassle, after taking the trem out and putting it back in again just for hell of it, I don't see it being an issue for me anymore, and as long as you take one string off at a time and replace it with a new one, you'll be ok

I never took any classes, I just kind of skipped along at my own pace, I didn't really start playing guitar until a couple years ago, that's when I really got into it, Ditched the hondo for a Fender telecaster, then decided I needed more frets... and I want to do all the wah wah noises! So got an RG350 DX.. also have an Ibanez Saber S540 but I don't like it as much

The hardest part about switching from the fixed bridge on the Tele to the RG350 was picking hand placement, I couldn't rest it on the bridge... either that or adjusting the springs in the back to perfectly counter the strings' tension.. I can't decide

You should also look into a program called Guitar Pro ... I won't bother with anything else, it's either By Ear or Guitar Pro, It's so nice to be able to play the song along with the numbers right in front of you, select the part you want, hit play, back up, etc etc
 
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nice well Spiral showed me a reall nice 400 dollar guitar. I might look into that but if anyone has any others to show im in the price range from 300-500dollar Range for my starter
 
I am actually planning on learning guitar myself. I decided to go acoustic, at least to start. They have a number of well reviewed guitars for beginners over at amazon.com, I got one last week for about $100 and am enjoying it so far.
 
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