[foremanfan]

Originally Posted by L.V.Dubb

Damn, I wish I caught this thread earlier. I am in the process of buying a guitar, and starting lessons, hopefully, private lessons. So, I have a couple of questions for all you seasoned vets. Well, First question:

IYHO, how hard is it to actaully learn how to play?

Second question is:

I heard from a couple of different people to start off learning guitar with an acoustic opposed to electric, reason being, supposedly the acoustic is the "hardest" guitar to learn and play, and if you start with acoustic, all the other type of guitars you can play too, including bass. Is this true?

Third & Fourth question:

I am left-handed, so, I will need to use a left handed guitar. Does this make it harder to learn the guitar? If I do get taught by a tutor, most people are right handed. If he/she is, will they still be able to "teach" me?

And for my Fifth and final question:

Im still looking for a guitar. I am willing to spend from $200-$400 on it, and, would prefer an Acoustic-Electric, best of both worlds, but, will take any suggestions that come my way. What would you peeps reccomend?


Thank you all, and, hopefully I will be able to claim the guitar player status, too. Im heavily into old-school synths, FM synthesis, and newer sample-based and analog modeling synths, but, lately Ive been getting into more vintage/analog instruments. I have a Rhodes Mark II coming my way from eBay, great deal on it. Looking to buy a Clavinet and maybe some sort of good B-3 emulator, as well.

I'm a lefty too, but I learned to play the guitar right-handed when I was in high school, because then you can just about pick up any guitar laying around, take it out of some crappy guitarist's hands, etc. I'd also start out with an acoustic if I were you, because like somebody else said, the strings are fatter, and also usually there's more space between the strings and the fretboard, so it's more difficult to push down the strings completely. Then when you play an electric or more user-friendly acoustic, it's much easier to play. Bigger strings always means better sound, too. The ear is the boss, though. My philosophy has always been, if you can't hear it in your head, you can't play it correctly. Trust that ear!