Subj : Re: Help! - guitar newbie
To   : Psyduk Freek
From : Jenn Cowfish
Date : Wed Jul 19 2000 06:37 pm

 SP> Hi Jenn!

 JC> I want an Ibanez 7-string which costs [...] close to 3 000$ .

 JC> [...] I was wondering if I should keep saving for the Ibanez guitar,
 JC> which could take me several more years, or if I should just start
 JC> shopping around for a more affordable one now.


 SP> That is like saying "I will not start playing violin before I cannot
 SP> afford that stradivarius". Not very reasonable... ever year you will
 SP> wait will be a lost year and just imagine, that you might find out,
 SP> that you don't like playing guitar... you will lose lotsa money. I'd
 SP> recommend to get a good squire strat or something like that and a
 SP> medium priced amp and start playing. Maybe just start with an accoustic
 SP> guiutar ( a guitar teacher would probably recommend that, but I think,
 SP> if you want to play electric, why not start electric).

 SP> And if you find a Japanese Squire, that has a body that is not made of
 SP> plywood, you can let the pickups replaced with better ones one day and
 SP> have a decent guitar. Keep in mind, that the quality of sound doesn>'t
 SP> necessarily depend on the price of the equipment.


 JC> Something else I'd like to know is how hard/easy it is to get started on
 JC> the guitar.  I'm not asking to become Santana in a week, but I'm just
 JC> wondering how long does it take to get the basics down.

 SP> It depends on what you want to play, but I think, it can be pretty
 SP> soon. After a week, the fingers will not hurt any more and the rest
 SP> depends on how talented you are and how often you practice and
 SP> what/how you practice.
 JC> As a player of
 JC> over half a dozen different instruments, I know that none of them are
 JC> easy.  But what I mean is it easy to start up on, like will I need
 JC> lessons, or will it take me years to learn off books etc.?


 SP> I think, you might consult somebody (not bnecessarily a guitar
 SP> teacher) to show you the basics. Then you should practice the basics
 SP> and then you might want to consult a teacher. It is important that you
 SP> don't get used to bad techniques. It will be hgard to get rid of it
 SP> again.
 SP> Maybe you want to read about this topic on my website. I have written
 SP> a couple of things about beginning to play guitar there.

 SP> Take care
 SP> Sven

 SP> Sven's Guitar Site: http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Sven.Petersen/
 SP> Sven's Guitar Zone:
 SP> http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/9440/



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