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Question: To play American Idiot by Green Day (electric guitar)!?
I've tried playing American Idiot by Green Day on my electric guitar (I have a Fender Starcaster)
And it doesn't really sound anything like it!.!.!.!.
Do i need a distortion pedal!?
Thanks!
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Yes, American Idiot is played with distortion, as with almost all other rock songs!. But even without distortion, if you play it right, you should be able to identify the song!.
American Idiot is actually a pretty tricky song to master, so just keep practicing!.

For the Fall For You song, you can go to a guitar tab website and learn music from there!. Try ultimate-guitar!.com
Youtube "how to read tabs" if you dont know how

To tune your guitar, just turn the tuning pegs at the head of your guitar!. I think by automatic tuner, you mean like an electric tuner!. First learn the notes of the 6 open strings!. Plug in your guitar to the tuner, and tune each string to the open note!.

E A D G B E

that's from thickest to thinnest string!.

Good luck!
Guitar is a lot of fun once you get the hang of it!.
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