Learn Guitar

So, you want to learn guitar. Let’s say you’ve decided that you’ve made your decision between whether you’re going to play a classical guitar, or you’re going to play an electronic guitar. The next step is, where do you purchase the guitar?

Well, if you happen to live near one of the cities that Craigslist supports, then you’re in luck. Just go to the section and do a search to see if anybody is selling a classical guitar. Remember, though, that a cheap guitar, bought new, might be as inexpensive as a better guitar that they’re selling on Craigslist. Remember that if you’re a kid, ask your parents before you ever call someone who’s offering a guitar on Craigslist. They certainly won’t want you to be meeting some stranger, and they won’t want you inviting that person to your house.

Your music teacher might have good suggestions on where to purchase a guitar. They might also lead you to purchase an electronic guitar, instead, by asking you exactly what you’d like to do with the guitar afterwards. Realize that an ‘acoustical’ or classic guitar is much cheaper than an electronic guitar would be; so generally people always start with an ‘acoustic’ guitar. What if it turns out that you don’t really like playing guitar?

Originally, a classical guitar had strings which were made out of ‘catgut’. This didn’t literally mean that they took the skin off a cat, and used its hide to make the strings. This meant it was made from an animal’s intestines. Oops, you thought it was made out of a cat, and then you saw it was made out of intestines. They’re usually either sheep or goat intestines, and you can still buy catgut strings. They think it’s an abbreviation of the word ‘cattlegut’, which makes more sense.

It’s best not to buy the cheapest guitar that you can. They make severe tradeoffs in order to make the cheapest guitar, and it would sound so bad that you’d end up quitting the guitar.

However, be careful, a salesman will try and sell you a $700 guitar. At the beginning you don’t have to worry about whether it has expensive Turning Heads. If you are purchasing an older guitar, be aware that a guitar takes between 75 and 90 pounds of stress when you crank up the knobs to tighten it. This means that, after a few years, and particularly if there has been high humidity, the soundboard might be warped or some structural damage might have occurred. It might even be why the person is selling it. So, check before you buy and have someone who knows guitars look at it for you.

Before you can learn guitar, you need to have a guitar. How can you practice, otherwise?