Becoming A Guitar Player For Life
How many people -- no matter the age -- have dreamed about picking up a guitar and learning how to play at? For sure, just about every teenage boy has dreamed of making the big time in a rock band, though it's usually the case that the band they find themselves in never makes it much further than the garage doorway. This isn't always the case, of course, so play until the fingers bleed.
Keep in mind one of the most important things to understand when it comes to playing the guitar; a cheap one is going to make learning to play much more difficult and may even cause a person to give up trying, after a while. That's why it's important to always go for quality (like what can be had in an Epiphone electric guitar) for example -- over price when it comes to a musical instrument.
And that's an important thing to keep in mind; a little bit of quality -- and the extra cash needed to get it -- will pay off huge dividends when one begins to graduate past learning how to make a folk guitar 'G' chord, for example. When it's time to start pounding out those fifths and minor sevenths and the like, having an instrument that doesn't torture the fingers to make a chord is the best.
This applies, as well, to left-handers, who always seem to gravitate away from playing a guitar because most such instruments are made for right-handers. However, it's more and more the case that every guitar maker is now making something like a left handed acoustic electric guitar for those southpaws out there who want to be like Jimi Hendrix, who's probably the most famous lefty to strum a guitar.
Keep in mind, also, that learning to play the guitar will probably be a slightly painful experience at first, at least until the calluses on the fingertips of one hand or the other are sufficiently present. Also, building up the muscles of the hand that is going to be forming notes and chords on the neck of the guitar will also take some time.
When it all begins to come together, meaning that some skill has been developed and the hands have come around, it'll then be time to consider going for an even better guitar, maybe even something like an Ibanez acoustic electric guitar (they make some great models of high quality). Practice and a great guitar can take a new player quite a long way down the path of eventual high skill, to tell the truth.
It becomes much easier to become a guitar player for life when one has taken the time to prepare smartly for a lifetime of good guitar playing by finding a quality instrument -- even if it costs a bit more up front -- then going for something cheap and which will soon cause one to not want to practice at all. Remember; all great guitarists, even Jimi Hendrix, started out where you are today.
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Should I Get an Epiphone Les Paul Special II or Les Paul 100?
Right now I only have a cheap little acoustic guitar, which is great for practicing but I want to get a beginner/intermediate level electric one. I want to start with a guitar between $100 and $300 but I am a stickler for quality and value. I have found two options: The Epiphone Les Paul Special II ($169) and the Epiphone Les Paul 100 ($299). Obviously the 100 is supposed to be the better guitar but I don't want to spend $300 if I don't have to and the reviews I've seen say that both are great for their price. Any suggestions? I am also open to other suggestions for really good electric guitars under $300 (new preferred).
Answer:
Look in pawn shops and on craigslist. I got my genuine fender strat at a pawn shop for $150. But if you must have one or the other go for the LP 100, they actually sound pretty good and they're of reasonable quality. The only problem I have with them is that the neck feels weird but other than that, it's a good guitar.
