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11-26-2016 | 08:53 AM
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Morning Al.
Mark - Yep. You buy cheap ****, you got cheap ****, especially when it comes to guitars.
Instead of ordering a new one, go to your local pawn shop. This is a great time of year to check them out.
Look for something like a Yamaha, Alvarez, or Takamine. Decent middle of the road instruments that can usually be had for a couple hundred bucks. If it's a little beat up so much the better because in your case little hands are gonna want to be all over it and that's not a bad thing at all.
Get a dreadnaught sized guitar, not one of the smaller ones. If the kids really want to learn as well, then get them a smaller one later on.
Make sure the neck is straight and that the strings are not way high off the frets even toward the bottom of the neck. Makes it a LOT easier as you develop the toughness of your fingers pads.
Use light gauge strings and get a tuner. You can pick up electronic tuners pretty cheap these days that work just fine.
Learn your chords, natural, minor, and 7th, and practice changing between them to help with developing dexterity and hand strength.
There are a bunch of good sites on the net to help you figger out how to play the songs you want to learn.
Try to find a friend who already plays and get together to have some fun with it.
Practice, practice, practice, and then practice some more. The more you learn the easier it will get and the more pleasure you will get out of it.
Mark - Yep. You buy cheap ****, you got cheap ****, especially when it comes to guitars.
Instead of ordering a new one, go to your local pawn shop. This is a great time of year to check them out.
Look for something like a Yamaha, Alvarez, or Takamine. Decent middle of the road instruments that can usually be had for a couple hundred bucks. If it's a little beat up so much the better because in your case little hands are gonna want to be all over it and that's not a bad thing at all.
Get a dreadnaught sized guitar, not one of the smaller ones. If the kids really want to learn as well, then get them a smaller one later on.
Make sure the neck is straight and that the strings are not way high off the frets even toward the bottom of the neck. Makes it a LOT easier as you develop the toughness of your fingers pads.
Use light gauge strings and get a tuner. You can pick up electronic tuners pretty cheap these days that work just fine.
Learn your chords, natural, minor, and 7th, and practice changing between them to help with developing dexterity and hand strength.
There are a bunch of good sites on the net to help you figger out how to play the songs you want to learn.
Try to find a friend who already plays and get together to have some fun with it.
Practice, practice, practice, and then practice some more. The more you learn the easier it will get and the more pleasure you will get out of it.
11-26-2016 | 09:10 AM
It seems a lifetime ago, but in Jr High I played cello for a year and a half and I wish I remembered how to read music. I know that is bass clef and acoustic guitar is not but I wish I still knew how to read the basics...but maybe I can re-learn that. It all depends on what people want to spend for Christmas. They might pool their money to find me a guitar...or not. We shall see. Beth, as far as I know, is still planning on getting me the DD6 builders kit so I know a guitar is not coming form her.