guitar players...

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

how do u guys feel about those guitar tuners on ebay? worth the money?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Intellitouch-Tuner-PT-1-PT1-Guitar-Violin-more_W0QQitemZ280098484568QQcategoryZ64388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

GOD I hate those tuners, plz for all that is human do not buy that. You need a Boss TU-2 tuner. Best tuner I have ever owned besides the rack mounts. It can also power 7 other pedals as well. A must have investment.

As far as teaching yourself, I was lucky enough to have teachers most of my guitar playing days. I first learned chords and learned how to play them easily and then I went to power chords, bar chords, etc. I then started to learn scales and keys and such. After that I kind of just started learning songs by ear. I'm currently working on sweeps which is possibly the hardest task I have ever tried to learn on guitar. I can only do 3 strings at the moment.

Oh...I learned on an acoustic then I went to electric. The action and strings used on an acoustic builds your finger strength so whenever you move to an electric you can play a lot faster and easier. That's just what I think. Hope any of this helps....lol

 

[grizzly 10+ year member]

get some bongos

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

also to add, when you learn chords you need to learn strumming. Like try and work on 1 and ah 2 and ah....till four. So for example say 1 and ah outloud and strum as you say that. You are aiming to match your hand hitting the chord as you are saying 1, then and, then ah. This will teach you to strum on beats instead of just strumming widly and such. It's probably hard to understand what I mean b/c I'm a horrible person to explain stuff when it comes to guitar but I'm sure I could find something on youtube. Also you will need to learn how to do up and down strokes. You don't want to learn just to strum downwards, you need to learn both. It will help when you learn double picking. If you want some books to pick up try and find the books by brett duncan. I have 4 books by him and they teach basic and advance stuff. It also comes with cd's so you can play along. If you have any questions feel free to hit me up sometime.

A guy I've been watching on youtube is thenextleveguitar.com Pretty cool dude, kind of corny but he knows his stuff. Most of it is songs but he does have some scales, progressions and basic info.

edit: buy a metronome as well, lol.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

learn to play a real instrument like a harmonica. i've been trying for a year and still **** at it, and i can't find lessons anywhere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I'm using a Seiko ST767 Chromatic Tuner, works great for me. Cost like $100 tho.

 

[GrayMatter4tw 10+ year member]

a korg chromatic tuner works just fine, $25 or so

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

yeah I used korg before I had my boss pedal. But I also have a few pedals to power now, so I kind of need it.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

learned the intro to smoke on the water last nite...i was pretty excited //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif lol

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

learned the intro to smoke on the water last nite...i was pretty excited //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif lol

EASY! lol, were you at a party and one of your friends had there guitar and you wanted to play and then you strummed it a couple times and they said let me teach you something, and then they tought it to you? well thats how i learned. lol

 

[Railrocker 10+ year member]

If you learn on an acoustic then electric will be an easy transition.

Also

Dont learn to play guitar!

Sell it and buy one of these. I just found out about them two days ago and I am in love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4vvhpF6jz0

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

^^^ lol never in my life would i be able to play one of those.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

EASY! lol, were you at a party and one of your friends had there guitar and you wanted to play and then you strummed it a couple times and they said let me teach you something, and then they tought it to you? well thats how i learned. lol

no, i was just watchin some nextlevelguitar videos lol

 

[Railrocker 10+ year member]

^^^ lol never in my life would i be able to play one of those.

If you know how to play guitar or piano those would be a snap.\

I play both //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

If you know how to play guitar or piano those would be a snap.\
I play both //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'm mixed up. I started as a trumpet player, then moved to drums, now im trying to learn guitars. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

If you learn on an acoustic then electric will be an easy transition.

Also

Dont learn to play guitar!

Sell it and buy one of these. I just found out about them two days ago and I am in love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4vvhpF6jz0

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