I wanna learn guitar...?

Question:I really wanna learn to play, i have the time to invest in it, but really dont know where to start, and in brand names, or should i start with acoustic or electric, any insight would be helpful

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I really wanna learn to play, i have the time to invest in it, but really dont know where to start, and in brand names, or should i start with acoustic or electric, any insight would be helpful

Acoustic is good for beginners; it doesnt require any amps or other equipment, so you can play it anywhere.

Brand names typically dont matter so much when you are just starting, but if you want a good quality guitar, dont settle for the cheapo beginner packs or whatever nonsense they try to sell you (unless you're trying to save money, of course :P)

One of the most important parts of being a decent guitarist is having an instrument that is in tune, so I highly reccomend investing in a guitar tuner. Since I'm assuming you have never tuned a guitar before, you might want to have someone who knows what they are doing help you (such as people in a music store). Keep in mind, guitars can tend to come out of tune, especially when you first get them, so if something sounds off, make sure it's tuned up properly.

If you dont have the option of taking a class or having someone teach you personally, I would get some kind of beginning song book or something; a chord chart would definitely come in handy.
Learn to read guitar tablature (known as "tabs"), it's pretty self explanatory. Then, go check out some guitar tab sites such as ultimate-guitar.com and look up some songs.

As long as you are willing to learn and practice, and this is something you want to do, you have the potential to become a decent guitarist. Good luck!

better go to a music taecher

if you are considering playing, i am happy for you. :). personally, i would start off with nothing but a cheap acoustic guitar that you can pick up basically at any music store. it doesnt really matter if the quality of the guitar is all that great if you are just beggining.

of course though, if you want to take the step straight to electric, it really depends on what style you play, if you are a begginner intermediate or advanced and what your budget is.
if you are just beginning a great guitar is a squier strat or any typ of fender squier. and the great think about squiers is that they are inexpensive seeing as the materials used to make the guitar are not as good as quality as the materials used to make fender guitars. their prices range from i think around $100 - $500 AUD. (Australian dollar). But from what i have heard you are not exactly a beginner so maybe the squier is not best for you. But not to worry because there are many begginer electrics on the market. There are more than a few ashton electrics out on the market. From what I know about ashton, they supply alot of cheaper guitars from around $150 - $??? AUD. Other brands that supply reasonable quality beggining electrics are Yamaha, some Ibanez and Epiphone (great quality) (epiphone les pauls tend to be bettter than epiphone Sgs.

Go to a music store and talk to them and get the name of a guitar TEACHER while you are at it.

Look for Encore, Squier, Yamaha, epiphone - basically any electronic guitar bundles which come under, say ￡120 (about $250). eBay is a gold mine.

Bookmark these links:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com
and http://www.justinguitar.com

Learn to tune your guitar (a tuner should come with a guitar bundle)

Go to your local bookshop/library and get a beginners guide to guitar. All you really need to know right now is the common major/minor chord shapes.

Keep practising those for about 30 mins at least a day, practice changing between chords to help flex your fingers and to build up strong skin on your fingertips (it will hurt after the first few times).

I'm self taught, haven't had a single lesson. Sure I might not know as much music theory as other people, but at least I haven't paid hundreds to get where I am. I can play pretty much any song competently.

You don't have to get a teacher. How will you know if the teacher's any good if you can't play and don't know where to start?

You should start the way nearly all great rock, country and jazz guitarists started: work out what songs you want to be able to play, get a guitar to play them on and start copying the recording. Or trying to. Get a book to show you where to put your fingers, and start messing around - it's a myth put about by guitar teachers that everybody needs a teacher. Some people are just very bad at taking lessons and are better at teaching themselves (me for example).