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I am interested in learning to play, and i'd like a nice guitar, thats not crazy expensive...or maybe a kit that comes with a how to video. Please suggest a brand, and maybe a website of a good store to buy from. Thanks a bunch!
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I work at a music store and the guitars we sell the most for beginners are Yamaha and Harmonia. I bought a Harmonia myself because they have more color selections than Yahama. (I bought a red one.) I've had a few friends who are guitarists look at it and they say that except for the action being a little high, it is a pretty good guitar.
I work at a music store and the guitars we sell the most for beginners are Yamaha and Harmonia. I bought a Harmonia myself because they have more color selections than Yahama. (I bought a red one.) I've had a few friends who are guitarists look at it and they say that except for the action being a little high, it is a pretty good guitar.
Difference between electric, acoustic, and electric-acoustic guitars? Best for a beginner?
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An acoustic guitar makes sound when the vibrating strings set of sympathetic vibrations in the body of the guitar; the vibrating body moves air and that's what people hear. Some are nylon-string guitars, softer sounding and easier on the fingers, others are steel-string, brighter sounding.
An acoustic-electric guitar is an acoustic with a piezo pickup installed; this is a kind of microphone that picks up the vibration of the body and can send the signal down a cable to an amplifier. This is valuable if you're going to play in a band and need to be heard over a drummer, etc., or if you want to amplify your guitar for an audience and don't want to have to stand right in front of a microphone pointed at the guitar.
An electric guitar works differently; it always uses steel strings, which vibrate over magnetic pickups. Oscillating metal over a magnet creates a small electromagnetic pulse, which is then carried down the cable to an amplifier.
Advantages of an acoustic guitar; it's self-contained, just buy the guitar and you're pretty much ready to play. Many people say that acoustics have higher "action" (how hard you need to press the strings down to make a note), so they're better to train your fingers on. Personally, I don't think that finger strength is really as important as accuracy.
Advantages of an electric guitar: There are sounds you can get out of an electric guitar amp that you just can't get out of an acoustic (even an acoustic/electric), and a wider variety of them. Also, the action on an electric guitar is much easier to adjust, just a few turns of some screws; if you WANT an electric with high action, you can have the shop set it that way. However, it also means investing in an amp (and cord), so when you go to play somewhere you have to lug the amp along. You can't play electric guitar around a campfire or anything.
You can get a reasonably decent starter name-brand acoustic guitar for around $150. You can't get an equally decent electric guitar AND AMP for that price - not name-brand anyway, but the starter kits at www.rondomusic.com would probably be OK (I wouldn't get the acoustics sold at rondo). It depends on what you want to play. If you want to play rock music, get an electric. If you want to play folksy stuff, get an acoustic. Other styles - jazz, blues - get played on either, so up to you. If you don't know, I'd probably start with acoustic, just because it's simpler (no amp etc.).
An acoustic guitar makes sound when the vibrating strings set of sympathetic vibrations in the body of the guitar; the vibrating body moves air and that's what people hear. Some are nylon-string guitars, softer sounding and easier on the fingers, others are steel-string, brighter sounding.
An acoustic-electric guitar is an acoustic with a piezo pickup installed; this is a kind of microphone that picks up the vibration of the body and can send the signal down a cable to an amplifier. This is valuable if you're going to play in a band and need to be heard over a drummer, etc., or if you want to amplify your guitar for an audience and don't want to have to stand right in front of a microphone pointed at the guitar.
An electric guitar works differently; it always uses steel strings, which vibrate over magnetic pickups. Oscillating metal over a magnet creates a small electromagnetic pulse, which is then carried down the cable to an amplifier.
Advantages of an acoustic guitar; it's self-contained, just buy the guitar and you're pretty much ready to play. Many people say that acoustics have higher "action" (how hard you need to press the strings down to make a note), so they're better to train your fingers on. Personally, I don't think that finger strength is really as important as accuracy.
Advantages of an electric guitar: There are sounds you can get out of an electric guitar amp that you just can't get out of an acoustic (even an acoustic/electric), and a wider variety of them. Also, the action on an electric guitar is much easier to adjust, just a few turns of some screws; if you WANT an electric with high action, you can have the shop set it that way. However, it also means investing in an amp (and cord), so when you go to play somewhere you have to lug the amp along. You can't play electric guitar around a campfire or anything.
You can get a reasonably decent starter name-brand acoustic guitar for around $150. You can't get an equally decent electric guitar AND AMP for that price - not name-brand anyway, but the starter kits at www.rondomusic.com would probably be OK (I wouldn't get the acoustics sold at rondo). It depends on what you want to play. If you want to play rock music, get an electric. If you want to play folksy stuff, get an acoustic. Other styles - jazz, blues - get played on either, so up to you. If you don't know, I'd probably start with acoustic, just because it's simpler (no amp etc.).
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