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best guitars?
Well i wanted to take guitar lessons, and i was wondering what type of guitar would be the easiest to learn?
Or which kind wouldn't be so hard on my fingers, because ive heard that they can make your fingers sore.
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I play guitar so this one's easy the first time i have ever learned to play guitar was with an acoustic they are hard on your fingers (all guitars are when your first learning how)but they are the easiest to learn with!!
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I have been playing guitar for the past 8 years now, and I have NEVER taken guitar lessons. From this I know that you definately want to start learning on an ACOUSTIC guitar. TRUE, electric guitars have "softer strings" and also, it is easier to slide across the fretboard- BUT!, this is why it is better to learn on an acoustic- to get your fingers used to the roughness of the strings. Because no matter what kind of guitar you get, when you're first starting, you're gonnna get calluses, and they're gonna hurt! Also, the type of strings you put on your guitar can have a lot to do with it. Make sure when you have your strings changed, tell them you're a beginner, and they will assist you with softer strings. But if you practice often, you should get better in no time! Have fun, and don't give up! Giving up is for drummers! =]
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well, if you want "easy," and by "guitar" you mean "rawk" then you start on an electric. they have thinner strings. and they're closer together.
if you want "easy," and you want to actually learn to play a lot of different kinds of music other than just pop-rock, then i recommend starting on an acoustic, preferably new (used is cool, but tougher to learn on). you can get nylon strings or bronze/nickel wound, with nylon being easier to play.
since you would be a beginner, i would get a cheaper brand. ibanez makes decent electrics and acoustics, but i'm partial to squier. fender owns them, and they're basically just fenders for beginners, although they have pretty high-end ones too.
if you don't want your fingers to hurt you shouldn't learn to play the guitar. i've played mandolin (ahem, doubled strings, like a 12 string guitar) for 6 years and it still hurts sometimes. i've played bass for four years and my fingers still hurt sometimes, and i've played violin for 8 years and it still hurts sometimes. it's gonna hurt until you develop major calluses. sorry, but that's the way it is. honestly, i just started teaching myself guitar, but it still hurts after a while.
-collin
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Yeah. I got my first guitar about a month ago, and my fingers still throb a little after a couple hours (granted, I tend to play for three or four hours on end every day, which may be a little excessive, but still).
I decided to learn on an electric, largely because of the size of the guitar versus my hands. I have pretty small hands - I can barely comfortably reach an octave on a piano - and I thought an acoustic would be difficult for me to learn to stretch my hand on, and I wondered about the possibility of hand injury because of it.
I also wanted to learn to play rock songs - my favorite band is Disturbed.
I have an Ibanez RG120. I found it decently easy to play, and it sounded good to me, albeit a little tinny. I still had to work to get my hand comfortably around the neck, but less so than on an acoustic. Squiers are good, cheap starter electrics, too. Gibsons have wider necks, but they're higher quality, and I believe that brand also makes acoustic guitars.
Any guitar will make your fingers sore. They'll get calluses and toughen up, though, and it doesn't hurt as much. If you're trying to play Incubus, though, chances are you're gonna hurt your fingers doing all the bending.
I think electrics are much easier to play than acoustics in every way - the strings aren't nearly as thick, the neck is thinner, and the bodies are thinner, too. I always feel overwhelmed holding an acoustic, because it just feels so giant to me.
If your hand size isn't an issue and you want to learn good technique, you might consider acoustic. It's kind of a back-to-basics type thing, and it allows you to learn without having an amp as a distraction.
Your best bet is gonna be going to a guitar store and messing around 'til you find one you can't stop playing with. That's what I did, and I still haven't stopped playing it. =D
Good luck!
-Siren =)
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Hey,
I've been playing for seven years now, and I learned playing an acoustic guitar. I now play three electrics, two acoustics, and a classical. As for which is the best to learn on, the answer is really a matter of opinion. Personally, I would suggest a standard acoustic guitar. The strings are tougher and stiffer than that of an electric, which may be more difficult to play at first. However, the benefits are great as the strenght in your fingers and hand will increase more dramatically than if you were using an electric. In fact, learning electric guitar will be easier, as your hand will be stronger and consequently faster and more accurate in hitting the right notes. Classical would be the next best thing, if nylon strings were used. They are easier on the fingers than steel or nickel acoustic strings.
Hope this helps. Keep shreddin bro
-kitsy
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Well, an acoustic is better to learn on, but the strings are harder on the acoustic guitars. However, either way it is hard on your fingers. Thats part of the instrument. If you want to paly there is no way to get around it. Tough it out, after a little while your fingers toughen up and you can't feel it anymore.
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