Getting Started

Before you can start practicing guitar you need to first get, surprisingly, a guitar. There are many different ways of obtaining your first guitar but the best is probably going to a pawn shop. Pawn shops are great because you can potentially get a better guitar for a cheaper price. Just know that at a pawn shop you won’t get all the bells and whistles you get at a guitar store.

Now you need to make a choice, Acoustic or Electric. One is not better than the other but both have their strengths and weaknesses

Electric Guitar
PROCONS
HIgher sound variety
Smaller  More Beginner friendly  
Softer strings              

Need an amp to properly play 
 Difficult to find a good tone 
 More expensive in the long run 
Acoustic Guitar
PoCons
Less expensive in the long run 
Easier transition to Electric  
 Smoother tone 

Heavier strings
Can be harder to pluck notes
More fragile 
 Wider fretboard
not as user-friendly 

If you want a more in-depth comparison between Acoustic and Electric guitars I suggest you watch Darrell Braun’s vidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UyaEZCsNXgeo

The main thing I can say about picking a guitar is to pick a guitar that inspires you to play. The reason for this is because if you were inspired by Joe Satriani but you sound like George Strait then you might become discouraged because you don’t sound like the players you idealize.

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