Guitarists - advice please.

[goat boy]

+1 for Washburn, I bought a Washburn guitar (see other guitar threads) from that very ebay shop, It's 3 yards from me as I write and I love it to bits. Don't expect much more than 'a guitar type noise' from the amplifier though, if you get into it it's probably the first thing you'll want to replace. I got our kid a small Orange starting-off type amp last Chrimbosh, I was well impressed with that, and I paid about 120 notes for it from a place in Notlob. If that's a £stretch, and you want a bit more of a rock sound, a properly decent distortion/ overdrive pedal (aka stomp-box) can be a really good upgrade but relatively cheap.

 

[Knight1979]

Don't be so concerned with the equipment at this stage....I've been playing for 17 years when I started at the age of 12 of course I wanted the nicest, shiniest guitar with the coolest stuff.......which won't make a damn bit of difference if you don't know anything!....so learn the basics, keep your head down, have fun with it and one day you will be able to get something nice and really do something with it!

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Learn on an acoustic mate. If you can't play an acoustic you won't be able to play an electric either. It's the same instrument, the only difference is lighter strings on a lekky which requires a better touch for tone control or a shit load of effects to hide your mistakes. You can plug in most acoustics these days to hide the same mistakes.

 

[rhysmcfc]

Problem with cheap acoustics is that normally the strings are a mile from the fretboard.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Problem with cheap acoustics is that normally the strings are a mile from the fretboard.

But cheap electrics suffer from fret rattle and warped necks too. My advice is learn on an acoustic then transfer the skills to electric. Most reasonable acoustics have adjustable necks. It's almost impossible to buy a crap guitar these days unless you buy it from toys R us in which case you deserve what you get.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't be so concerned with the equipment at this stage....I've been playing for 17 years when I started at the age of 12 of course I wanted the nicest, shiniest guitar with the coolest stuff.......which won't make a damn bit of difference if you don't know anything!....so learn the basics, keep your head down, have fun with it and one day you will be able to get something nice and really do something with it!

very true. first guitar i got was a second hand encore for £30 notes. i didnt have an amp so i made my own out of an old valve amp (meant for radio/record players)

those were the days!

 

[michaelo]

My only advice would be to learn on the acoustic mate. In the long run it's far better to learn on the acoustic if a little tougher.

This ^^^^ and also pop to sound control on regent road for a good deal (think it's changed names now come to think of it).

Bought a Gorilla amp in there about 6 years ago.Still going strong :)

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Don't be so concerned with the equipment at this stage....I've been playing for 17 years when I started at the age of 12 of course I wanted the nicest, shiniest guitar with the coolest stuff.......which won't make a damn bit of difference if you don't know anything!....so learn the basics, keep your head down, have fun with it and one day you will be able to get something nice and really do something with it!

very true. first guitar i got was a second hand encore for £30 notes. i didnt have an amp so i made my own out of an old valve amp (meant for radio/record players)

those were the days!

I made my first amp too!!

Mine was out of one of those plastic record players with the built in speaker.

 

[rhysonaldinho]

Cheers aphex.

You live in Oldham dont you? Im sure its you my sister said saw us in Legends in Lees.

Noticed you're in a band, do you do tutoring?

If none of the above applies, ive clearly got the wrong person lol.

yeah that was me. im in lees at the moment, spring st, keeping an eye on my cousin (he's 16 parents away)

im a terrible teacher mate. any tips i can give tho your welcome.

I've started teaching mate and im looking for more people to teach at the moment, drop us a pm if your interested in lessons mate

 

[Anonymous]

very true. first guitar i got was a second hand encore for £30 notes. i didnt have an amp so i made my own out of an old valve amp (meant for radio/record players)

those were the days!

I made my first amp too!!

Mine was out of one of those plastic record players with the built in speaker.

haha. i thought it sounded great at the time playing along with pink floyd!