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Kona Learn to Play Acoustic Guitar Starter Pack For Dummies
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also search for 'intonation' on youtube. if the intonation is off the guitar can never be in tune.
IMO a 'travel sized' accoustic is a better choice for a first guitar. It's easier, and it's easy to adjust to a full sized guitar.
One piece of advice I can give you that has always helped me, and many people I know, is to actually "give up" temporarily. It sounds counterintuitive, but what I mean is, if you're just not getting something, bail on it for a little while.
I've been playing for over 20 years, but there are plenty of things that are still hard to play, and if I'm just not getting it, I quit for the day, or for several days. Then I'll pick it up again, and all of a sudden, I start getting it.
I think the biggest problem for people learning is they get burnt out and discouraged, and then they decide to just completely quit and say they were never able to get the hang of it. Guitar is something I truly believe anyone could play, if they actually stuck with it. Just don't let yourself get burned out. If you're feeling discouraged, just quit for the day. Or for a few days, but make yourself pick it back up and try again. That discouragement will go away as soon as you get something down. Then you'll get discouraged, all over again, from the next thing you can't play. Haha. It's a cycle, but it's worth it.
Sorry for writing a novel.
Downsides:
1) Quality control is non-existant. Some are good, some are bad.
2) Sound is tinny
3) Tuners are lousy, and you'll have to retune frequently
4) Even if you get a good one, action tends to be on the high side--not good for a beginner
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John Petrucci and John Myung did that and were world-class in just a few years.
Tim Hensen has claimed twelve hours, but I think might have been a joke.
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You can skip it if it's high, you'll just have to press really hard on the lower frets and probably wont make a clean sound when doing chords becaues they aren't pressed down good enough.
Best to look at some youtube videos on how to set the action and the problem a high nut gives you. Should even if you are going to let a tech do it for you, should even if you are going to skip it and learn on hard mode, so you at least know what's going on and see the value of having correct action.
I played for 2 year with a high action acustic. Honestly I didn't get too far those two years. I thought hard mode would be good for me in the long road. I don't think that anymore.
Guitars are better for cheaper now than they were 40 years ago so there's a better chance the nut won't be too high, I don't know.
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One piece of advice I can give you that has always helped me, and many people I know, is to actually "give up" temporarily. It sounds counterintuitive, but what I mean is, if you're just not getting something, bail on it for a little while.
I've been playing for over 20 years, but there are plenty of things that are still hard to play, and if I'm just not getting it, I quit for the day, or for several days. Then I'll pick it up again, and all of a sudden, I start getting it.
I think the biggest problem for people learning is they get burnt out and discouraged, and then they decide to just completely quit and say they were never able to get the hang of it. Guitar is something I truly believe anyone could play, if they actually stuck with it. Just don't let yourself get burned out. If you're feeling discouraged, just quit for the day. Or for a few days, but make yourself pick it back up and try again. That discouragement will go away as soon as you get something down. Then you'll get discouraged, all over again, from the next thing you can't play. Haha. It's a cycle, but it's worth it.
Sorry for writing a novel.
https://youtu.be/lWnncmZsDus?t=5
Also look at videos on 'intonation'. If intonation is set wrong the guitar will always be a little (or alot) out of tune no matter what.
You should always have a tuner to tune the guitar. With a tuner and some youtube videos you can learn to at least check and know if the guitar you are playing has the intonation off.
Learn about action and intonation for fun and educational purposes. As a guitar player you will never escape the need to know these two things. It's a noob-pro move to learn about them before you even buy a guitar. Knowing also lets you assess if a guitar is worth keeping. If you know this stuff you can look at used guitars and get a great one for cheap. You don't neccesarily need to even make adjustments if you know how to tell and simply buy a guitar that is already set up perfect.
Or just wing it and get a cheap guitar. Play it for awhile then mindfully take a file to the nut (cheapy file on amazon?) and learn to do it on your cheap guitar.
Everything in life takes effort. Might as well see the knowledge of setting up guitars as fun, entertaining and stimulating. See effort as fun.
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Another way to skin the cat is to get a classical guitar. It will sound like a classical guitar instead of accoustic, but it's a lot easier hitting cords and doing fingering. This big nylon strings are easy on the fingers.
Or here's another idea if you get a classic guitar with a high nut. Get a capo. the thing that sqeezes the frets down and bars them for you. tune the guitar down two half steps (two frets worth)Put it on the second fret. Then play that way for awhile.
Or just keep guitar normal, learn a song, tune down two half steps so the strings aren't as tight. You will b paying in D Major instead of E major, but it's all relatiive. can practice the song with lower string tension for awhile to build up fingers.
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