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Acoustic guitar eMedia Teach Yourself Pack - Steel String Natural - $60 + Free S&H

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eMedia Teach Yourself Acoustic Guitar Pack - Steel String Natural - for sale at $59.99 at Musician's Friend (save $110 off $169.99).

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Everything you need to learn steel-string acoustic, including a guitar, lesson book, DVD and accessories.

The eMedia Teach Yourself Acoustic Guitar Pack comes with everything you need to learn how to play guitar. You get a great quality beginner acoustic guitar with a resonant, bold sound, plus guitar accessories and the best-selling eMedia Guitar Method guitar lesson software to help you learn how to play guitar quickly. Also you will receive a bonus eMedia Essential Acoustic Guitar DVD that can be used in any DVD player.

eMedia Guitar Method software lets you learn at your own pace and includes over 180 easy-to-follow, comprehensive lessons authored and demonstrated by professional guitarist and teacher Kevin Garry, Ph.D. Lessons include over 50 videos to illustrate proper technique and guide you through how to tune a guitar, and play simple guitar chords and guitar basics. Then you'll go on to learning how to read guitar TABs (tablature) and guitar notes (music notation). All the beginner acoustic guitar topics are covered plus acoustic guitar techniques like fingerpicking and more advanced strumming patterns. eMedia technologies such as Interactive Feedback make learning easy and fun! Guitar lessons are fun when you practice with the over 70 included songs across a multitude of styles with hits made famous by Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, the Rolling Stones and others.

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Includes:
Sequoia steel-string acoustic guitar with solid spruce top, full-size (40") body and rosewood fingerboard
eMedia Guitar Method for Windows and Mac
Durable, nylon gig bag with backpack straps and zipper pouch
Nylon guitar strap
Extra set of strings
Guitar pick
eMedia Essential Acoustic Guitar interactive guitar lesson DVD
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ChrisN8343
09-15-2020 at 09:05 AM.
09-15-2020 at 09:05 AM.
In for 1. Was looking for a good beginners guitar since I threw my other one away cuz I sang a song for my bitch ex on it
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cabby420
09-15-2020 at 09:11 AM.
09-15-2020 at 09:11 AM.
Quote from ChrisN8343 :
In for 1. Was looking for a good beginners guitar since I threw my other one away cuz I sang a song for my bitch ex on it

Lol As good a reason as any to throw something away. TU
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kmcherry
09-15-2020 at 09:13 AM.
09-15-2020 at 09:13 AM.
Anyone think I could restring this for a lefty? My son wants an acoustic guitar for his birthday, and the instructional stuff would be great--but he is completely left-handed.
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Materialism
09-15-2020 at 09:16 AM.
09-15-2020 at 09:16 AM.
the CD is useless in my eyes. get the $40 starter kit on walmart.
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gobblygook
09-15-2020 at 10:21 AM.
09-15-2020 at 10:21 AM.
Quote from kmcherry :
Anyone think I could restring this for a lefty? My son wants an acoustic guitar for his birthday, and the instructional stuff would be great--but he is completely left-handed.
For instructional stuff, check out justinguitar on youtube or justinguitar.com (it's free for a huge lot of it).

As for making a guitar left-handed, you'll need to reverse the bridge and the nut. The nut is glued in and probably won't come out in one piece. The bridge may or may not be glued in. I'd suggest taking it to a guitar shop for the work. It may cost you $20 for the nut (new nut and installation). I don't know about the bridge. Even then, the pickguard will be in the wrong spot.

I'm a lefty and I play right-handed. I like that I have better control over the hand that does the fretting, but I'm not remotely good. To be GOOD, it's going to take literally thousands of hours of learning and practicing. Just a heads up.
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Otis23
09-15-2020 at 11:22 AM.
09-15-2020 at 11:22 AM.
At this price point, I don't expect anyone would enjoy playing this instrument for very long. Cheap guitars are a lot better than they were years ago but they're still not great, and steel strings can be rough on a beginner. Might be better off looking for a better instrument and buy it used.
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msabadish
09-15-2020 at 02:24 PM.
09-15-2020 at 02:24 PM.
Quote from gobblygook :
For instructional stuff, check out justinguitar on youtube or justinguitar.com (it's free for a huge lot of it).

As for making a guitar left-handed, you'll need to reverse the bridge and the nut. The nut is glued in and probably won't come out in one piece. The bridge may or may not be glued in. I'd suggest taking it to a guitar shop for the work. It may cost you $20 for the nut (new nut and installation). I don't know about the bridge. Even then, the pickguard will be in the wrong spot.

I'm a lefty and I play right-handed. I like that I have better control over the hand that does the fretting, but I'm not remotely good. To be GOOD, it's going to take literally thousands of hours of learning and practicing. Just a heads up.
As a lefty player, I will second that.
To me, the typical "righty" setup favors left-handed players as your left hand does the dextrous work on the fretboard, while the right hand is only involved in much less demanding strumming.
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aznxenon
09-15-2020 at 03:08 PM.
09-15-2020 at 03:08 PM.
Quote from Otis23 :
At this price point, I don't expect anyone would enjoy playing this instrument for very long. Cheap guitars are a lot better than they were years ago but they're still not great, and steel strings can be rough on a beginner. Might be better off looking for a better instrument and buy it used.
I bought a used Yamaha for 80 bucks off Facebook marketplace, successfully played Happy Birthday for my baby girl on her birthday last month! Big Grin
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BrightSummer5105
09-15-2020 at 05:16 PM.
09-15-2020 at 05:16 PM.
Quote from Otis23 :
At this price point, I don't expect anyone would enjoy playing this instrument for very long. Cheap guitars are a lot better than they were years ago but they're still not great, and steel strings can be rough on a beginner. Might be better off looking for a better instrument and buy it used.
I bought two of these for my twins when they were on sale for $100 a while back. These guitars are not only very playable, they are well built and as good intonation as any acoustic I've ever owned and I've owned dozens over the years all across the price spectrum. They are better than similar priced offerings from Epiphone/Fender/Washburn/Takamine, all of which I've owned and all of which are laminate top as opposed to solid like these.

In closing I highly recommend this acoustic, they are great little guitars for anyone, newbie or experienced. They both played well out of the box, acceptable action, even the strings are decent (no mention of the string brand). Keep in mind that Tom Scholz played a $100 import acoustic on Bostons first album according to him.
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kmcherry
09-15-2020 at 06:19 PM.
09-15-2020 at 06:19 PM.
Quote from gobblygook :
For instructional stuff, check out justinguitar on youtube or justinguitar.com (it's free for a huge lot of it).

As for making a guitar left-handed, you'll need to reverse the bridge and the nut. The nut is glued in and probably won't come out in one piece. The bridge may or may not be glued in. I'd suggest taking it to a guitar shop for the work. It may cost you $20 for the nut (new nut and installation). I don't know about the bridge. Even then, the pickguard will be in the wrong spot.

I'm a lefty and I play right-handed. I like that I have better control over the hand that does the fretting, but I'm not remotely good. To be GOOD, it's going to take literally thousands of hours of learning and practicing. Just a heads up.
Thanks everybody for chiming in. It's really hard to find starter sets for left-handed players. I actually wondered about whether a flipped guitar would make more sense. Seems to have worked out for that Hendrix guy.

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Stn
09-15-2020 at 07:58 PM.
09-15-2020 at 07:58 PM.
My fingers are pretty big. What kind/style of guitar for big hand people to play? Thanks in advance
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gti
09-15-2020 at 08:46 PM.
09-15-2020 at 08:46 PM.
Funny ... on Amazon ... the magic word "Solid" (Spruce top) magically disappeared for the same product.
https://www.amazon.com/eMedia-You...B07GZ67HRL

Also another version from this brand (w/ a cuyaway) on Amazon received comments from someone complaining it is a laminate top.

So ... don't fall for it yet just because you thought you are getting a solid top guitar. Do your DD. Even if they allow return it is a hassle if you have to do that. FYI.
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gti
09-15-2020 at 09:17 PM.
09-15-2020 at 09:17 PM.
Quote from Stn :
My fingers are pretty big. What kind/style of guitar for big hand people to play? Thanks in advance
The profile of the neck (how thick/thin/contoured, etc.) also matters a LOT in addition to the "Nut Width" and "String spacing at the bridge/saddle" spec. Looks for these numbers when checking out guitars.

I assume you are interested in Steel String acoustic guitars. Nylon strings guitars usually have a wider nut width than steel strings if you go for that.
For steel strings "1-11/16" and "1-3/4" inch nut width are most common. There are some that comes in "1-7/8" inch as well (mostly designed as a fingerstyle guitar).

But many big/fat fingers are playing "1-11/16" nut acoustics without any issue. Your technique is the key here. Grab some guitars in your actual hands with someone who is more experienced as a start and go from there. You may not need to worry about "guitar for fat fingers" if you have the right technique.
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09-15-2020 at 09:39 PM.
09-15-2020 at 09:39 PM.
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the CD is useless in my eyes. get the $40 starter kit on walmart.
Link please?
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