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Re: A first guitar

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Posted by johnny burleson (from: ) on December 02, 2001 at 02:35:14:

In Reply to: A first guitar posted by georgi on November 27, 2001 at 03:16:26:

:The best advice i can give you, is:
1.Make sure (if buying an electric) it is NOT made out of plywood (hardwood, solid wood, are the usual discriptions for it in catologs).Make sure it is made of maple, mohogany, agathis, ash, basswood.
2. For a beginer, make sure the guitar does NOT have a tremelo. When lerning to play, the last thing you need to worry aboutis trying to keep a floating tremelo in tune. A tune-o-matic bridge is best and easy to find.
3. When you find a guitar, take it into the music store with you to find an amp. This will clearly be your tastes. I find a good solid state amp, with a 12' speaker is great for beginers. A tube amp is an investment you want to make if you realy grow a desire to play for a long time, but they are very expensive.
4. Use the thickest chords, and Patch chords you can find. The cheap skinny chords they try to get rid of in music stores, short out too easily, and are not worth the head ache.
5. Lastly, keep an open mind when hearing other music. Dont get locked into just blues or metal or country. Try to also listen to music that doesnt have guitars in them.
Good luck at the music stores, and with your budget, you can afford to be picky.

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: :The best advice i can give you, is: : 1.Make sure (if buying an electric) it is NOT made out of plywood (hardwood, solid wood, are the usual discriptions for it in catologs).Make sure it is made of maple, mohogany, agathis, ash, basswood. : 2. For a beginer, make sure the guitar does NOT have a tremelo. When lerning to play, the last thing you need to worry aboutis trying to keep a floating tremelo in tune. A tune-o-matic bridge is best and easy to find. : 3. When you find a guitar, take it into the music store with you to find an amp. This will clearly be your tastes. I find a good solid state amp, with a 12' speaker is great for beginers. A tube amp is an investment you want to make if you realy grow a desire to play for a long time, but they are very expensive. : 4. Use the thickest chords, and Patch chords you can find. The cheap skinny chords they try to get rid of in music stores, short out too easily, and are not worth the head ache. : 5. Lastly, keep an open mind when hearing other music. Dont get locked into just blues or metal or country. Try to also listen to music that doesnt have guitars in them. : Good luck at the music stores, and with your budget, you can afford to be picky.

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