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Originally Posted by Derwood
it's probably also a good idea to learn on an acoustic before an electric. you'll build more finger strength and you can play anywhere....in the park, on your porch, etc.
a website like www.ultimate-guitar.com has good tabs for beginners, and many of the songs have a chord diagram that will pop up if you float the mouse over the chord. I'd reccomend AdBlock though as the site is pretty pop-up crazy |
I must must agree with Derwood. I wanted an electric so bad when I was in high school, but my dad's guitar playing friend insisted I "earn" it by training my fingers on a acoustic.
But then again, it all depends on whatever's gonna make you WANT to play. If plugging in, turning the gain and treble all the way up and busting out the opening riff of "My Generation" is what you want to do, then do it. My first acoustic was the $100 "store brand" from Samash. Steel strings, so my fingers got really shredded up, but I couldn't stop playing. My first electric was a lower end Ibanez that cost about $250, plus a $100 Brownsville combo amp that I still use. My garage rock aspirations have come and gone, but I still love my guitars.
Ibanez -
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showit...subsearch=true
This is my new toy:
http://www.woodbrass.com/images/woodbrass/EDTSAWBH1.JPG