How to Learn Guitar and Have Insane Amounts of Fun
Dave Wirth
Language: English
Pages: 82
ISBN: 1466337648
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Approaching guitar in a fun way isn't hard, as long as you have the right information. If you are prepared, guitar will be fun. Most beginners, however, jump haphazardly into guitar. Most beginners don't prepare for the experience of going to a guitar store, and most don't know a good guitar from a bad one. They often settle for the first teacher they find, even if he or she just sucks at teaching. Worst, when they hit a rut, they are completely unprepared to break free from it. Quitting is often their answer. There's nothing wrong with passionately jumping into guitar, but it helps to be really well-informed about it beforehand. Both Benjamin Franklin and legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said it best: "Failure to prepare is preparing to fail." It helps to know how to buy a solid first guitar and how to ignore the bad ones. It helps to know what you want out of lessons if you are thinking of taking them. It helps to know the traits of a good guitar teacher, and signs that a teacher isn't so good. It helps to have great information about how to make guitar fit perfectly into a busy lifestyle. It helps to know how long to practice, too. Having a great start is not impossible. It's worth the effort to prepare. After all, well begun is half done. The new book How To Learn Guitar and Have Insane Amounts of Fun gives any beginner the knowledge of how to start learning guitar, and how to make it fun for the rest of his or her life.
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really want your five year old kid to use your 1949 Gibson ES-125B as a trampoline? Hardshell cases come in many different varieties. Electric guitars tend to have very specially designed cases for them due to the variety of shapes. If you have a Fender Telecaster, it will be incredibly easy to find a hardshell case that it will fit in. If you want to avoid the guitar shops, Google the model of the electric guitar you have along with the words “hardshell case.” You'll find plenty of options to
having a 30 second trail of echo, commonly called delay, in which a nice new delay pedal might be in order. Or perhaps you just want to be surprised with the sounds you can come up with. One way to do this is to befriend a sales clerk at a guitar shop and have him feed you weird guitar pedals to check out. To get the ball rolling, you could say something like this: “Can you help me find a weird guitar pedal? I want to achieve a (the sound you are after. Crazy, or echoey, distorted, or messed up)
guitar on a stand permanently if it's worth more than $800. It's easier to control the humidity by keeping them in a case. Besides, it's best not have a beautiful guitar in plain sight when clumsy people are around. No other piece of equipment will help you have more fun at guitar than a guitar stand. The idea of hanging out and drinking a cold beverage of choice on a wonderful sunny day is appealing to say the least. Many people in Austin TX, my home, love to chill out and do the same. When
the get-go. It is set up chronologically in the steps that beginners most often take when they decide they want to learn. Section one goes into detail about how to purchase your first guitar. Any guitar I buy goes through a step-by-step test. I have included this test in section one, complete with helpful scripts about what to say to the guitar shop employee if you need help. I've also included a helpful tip on understanding that there isn't always a positive correlation between the price and
big name guitar manufacturers and how friendly they are to large or small hands. If you have larger, stronger hands, Gibson, Epihone, and some Fenders would be good. If you have very average sized hands and grip strength, many Fenders, some Gibsons, Taylors, and most Martins are good. If you have petite hands with not so much grip strength, Ibanez, Taylors, and some Fenders are good. Don't worry so much if you can't find an affordable brand of guitar that fits your hand perfectly. There are
