Advice on Starting to Learn Lead Electric Guitar?
Another lead guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:
Question: Eg a good guitar to start with, amp, resources, how much its going to cost, whats a good way to learn?
Music style I like is blues/rock Black Keys, White Stripes, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards.
Music style I like is blues/rock Black Keys, White Stripes, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards.
Answer: Well.. A great guitar for beginners.. a Cresent. Amp… Depends.. doesnt really matter because when you are beginning, you rnot trying to sound good, You are trying to learn the ways of playing a guitar. Starting on learning.. Just ya know, for at LEAST 15 minutes a day.. play chords up and down the guitar in the same pattern over and over and over again untill your fingers hurt.. Teach yourself to go faster and faster everytime with your fingers. Get your Picking right. If you mess up.. go back and do it over and over agin. Do NOT start off by playing Music or a song.. Start off by simple excercises and do millions of the same one over and over again. HOpe i helped.
id start with a fender stratocaster guitar or a similar cheap model with an amp of about 15 watts that will probably cost you around $250 and the best way to learn is to take lessons (the cd’s and stuff like that work but only if you really dedicate yourself to them and plan to spend alot of time on it)
Start with a Tex/Mex Stratocaster. Good cheap guitar. About $300.00. Use a small amp. No more that $150.00. Learn to play chords first. C D G, etc. Then try lead. Try simple scales you can find in any cheap music book. Or just try a simple riff you’ve heard on the radio or CD. If it comes easy, then you’ve got the gift. If it comes hard, you’ll have to work at it. It may not happen.
yeah get a good tutor coz mine done 5 lessons and never came back
The cheapest way would be to start playing air guitar. See if you like it. If yes, choose one of the options above.
just start learning with what you have….when you get better and start making money then you can start choosing guitars
So many starter kits around have the basics for about £150 [$250]. But if you know a guitarist then let them check the instrument out before you buy – some can still be almost unplayable. Expect to trade up later when you work out your own preferences.
Learn the basic chords then jam along with your favourite songs. If you download free MIDI tracks from the web they play at standard pitch which is useful. Once you understand the chord structure of a song you can start to play solos and improvise lead lines.
When you’re learning you are better off with a good, cheap model. My first guitar was a Westfield Strat copy. It only cost £120 at the time (about 10 yrs ago!) and I can’t imagine it would cost much more now. It more than served it’s purpose.
As for amps, you can’t go wrong with a Marshall. Many may disagree with me here but I’ve also used a few Laney amps recently and I’ve been quite impressed with the sound and ease of use.
It’s up to you whether you get a tutor or not. I didn’t at first but that’s only because I spent at least 3 hours a day practicing for about six months! I later realised that I’d picked up quite a few bad habits (as any pro guitarist about the thumb position on the fretting hand!).
Anyhoo good luck with it, you’ll have a great time.