okay..stupid question

qwertplaywert

okay,i no this as properly be asked and ans before,but i want to take up guiter but want to do electric straigh away.is this wise?

Beecher

An acoustic will improve your finger strength faster and in tandem make you a better guitarist faster. On saying that I started on an electric and wouldnt change that. I just wanted some chugga chugga and you dont get that on no acoustic!!

rcaz

Depends on what you want to play. If you want some 'chugga chugga', as Beecher so elequently put it, go for an electric, but I wouldn't trade my acoustic for any electric. You get a tone on an acoustic you can't get with an electric, it's just....nice I have an electric and an acoustic, I play electric more, because I like playing with effects, but the acoustic just has a feel to it you won't get anywhere else.

And yes, acoustic will build your finger strength more, so when you move on to electric, you'll be a better guitarist for it. I started on a classical guitar, then steel acoustic, which was, I suppose, the wussy way. Oh well.

Just go to a shop and play 'em both! Decide for yourself!

BossArky

I'd recommend starting on an acoustic for the following reasons:

- very portable for parties
- you will be better when moving to electric
- you will have stronger fingers for moving to electric
- you can write and sing with an acoustic more so than with an electric
- you'll never forget your first acoustic, like a first lover

qwertplaywert

kk can someone recommend a good acoustic for me,cheap, and able for me to self learn on?maybe with a guide book?

Johnny Storm

If you want to go with an electric first, do it. They are easier to play and lets be honest, they look a LOT better when you're posing in the bedroom mirror both of which factors may encourage you to persevere when the going gets tough.
Just my 2 eurocents.

Karl Hungus

There's really little point in picking up acoustic if you want to play electric.

I think the idea of getting an acoustic because "You'll be a better player when you pick up the electric" is a little outdated. It's technically true that you would be better, but that's simple because you would already have had time to get to grips with a guitar, you'd be just as good if that same time was spent on an electric. So it's pointless to even bother with an acoustic if the end result is to able to play electric.

There's of people I know who got acoustics, tried to learn to play, and then gave up because what they really wanted to do was rock out. For that reason alone, I'd recommend you go for an electric, because it seems that's what you want to do.

Don't buy into this idea that you must 'Graduate' from acoustic first. It's the same notes, chords and techniques you'll be learning reguardless of whether it's electric or acoustic.

qwertplaywert

so..any answers to my last q?both for aucstic and electric?

Karl Hungus

qwertplaywert wrote:

so..any answers to my last q?both for aucstic and electric?

That would really depend on the style you want to play, and your budget.

qwertplaywert

budget equals low,will have to save
style.........meh dont know

John

Well what music do you plan to learn to play? What music would you like to play? If you were in a band, what would they sound like?

-=al=-

argos has a good range nowadays


Just go intoa few shops n try some out whatever u like the sound of

Rustar

Acoustic and electric guitars are two different instruments that use different techniques, just as surely as 4, 5 and 6-string basses are different instruments.
If the electric guitar is what you like, then grab one.
Just remember that it's hard to play an electric around the campfire (unless you pick up a Microcube, of course).