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coolzx View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 01:43 AM
Dec 30 2008, 01:43 AM	GMC:er Posts: 11 Joined: 27-December 08	I've been told lately that you should always learn acoustic first before you atempt to learn electric, but there are also who said other wise. So I just wanted to know "en masse" what everyone thinks, since i made up my own mind and bought an electric anyways. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

GuitarsANDtattoo... GuitarsANDtattoos View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 01:51 AM
Dec 30 2008, 01:51 AM	GMC:er Posts: 52 Joined: 25-July 08 From: US (Nebraska)	Well, I'm away from home with my acoustic at my side and I really do miss my electric, however, playing acoustic does seem to give some advantage when going back to electric. I think it just feels easier going from Acoustic to Elec. when one is in such a situation as I am. You can't really shred per se on an acoustic (which is what I practice a lot-shredding), but if you do it takes a lot more precision work, same with sweeping...oh man, try sweeping on an acoustic, it'll improve your skills to be sure. Either style of guitar you're going to improve if you practice a lot. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Practice, you must!

UncleSkillet View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 01:52 AM
Dec 30 2008, 01:52 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.525 Joined: 21-January 08 From: Cincinnati, Ohio	Well electric it is then mate. You made your choice so stick with it I don't think there is really any right answer to your question. It's what ever is going to motivate you to put in the time to practice. If I can help let me know. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Think of a guitar solo as a paragraph. You need a clear beginning, a middle, and an end. Look at musical phrases like sentences, and make sure you break them up using punctuation—or space. You pause naturally when conversing, right? If you don't, you'll bore the listener. The same thing will happen with your audience if your solo is one dimensional. You'll wear them out and lose their attention." —Tom Principato

Ajmurrell View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 01:54 AM
Dec 30 2008, 01:54 AM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 628 Joined: 15-August 08 From: London, UK	My personal opinion is you should start with whichever one you would prefer to play, and feel you'd get the most enjoyement from. Learning an instrument takes a lot of time and practise, and this is made 100 times easier if you start learning what you want to learn. For me, I tried learning Piano, Trumpet, Recorder etc - but the guitar was the first (second to maybe the trumpet when I was younger) that was truely pleasureable. I started with the electric, and I'm fairly confident my interest wouldn't have been as big as it is now if I'd have started on acoustic. Not to say acoustic guitar is inferior to the electric by any means, as I love playing the acoustic just as much, but I personally was drawn to the electric like a fly to those blue neon lights in the zapper's. Once you go in, there's no coming back out! It's totally on personal opinion and whatever works on the individual in question, thats my answer at least. QUOTE (coolzx @ Dec 30 2008, 12:43 AM) I've been told lately that you should always learn acoustic first before you atempt to learn electric, but there are also who said other wise. So I just wanted to know "en masse" what everyone thinks, since i made up my own mind and bought an electric anyways. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- GMC Travel Agent, at your service.

coolzx View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 02:17 AM
Dec 30 2008, 02:17 AM	GMC:er Posts: 11 Joined: 27-December 08	Thanks a lot guys, it really helped me, and guess me strating with elecric isnt as bad as everyone around me said. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 02:22 AM
Dec 30 2008, 02:22 AM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	I started with acoustic and then later (6 months later) switched to electric. It definitely helps to play acoustic - I recommend both for complete development You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

kjutte View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 02:23 AM
Dec 30 2008, 02:23 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.710 Joined: 17-July 07 From: Norway	The answer to this is very simple. Starting out as a guitarist is extremely hard, and you'll need lots of motivation. It is of outmost importance that you start out with the stuff you listen to. Say you love metal, and want to play lamb of god stuff. Obviously the answer will be electric. To maintain the passion for your instrument you have to enjoy what you are playing, if not, you'll stop doing it. I've seen lots of guys that love guitar rock'n'roll, gotten an acoustic, and gave up because everything they're taught is chords and chilly lines. I hope this makes sense! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Bogdan Radovic View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 02:27 AM
Dec 30 2008, 02:27 AM	Bass & Beginner Instructor Posts: 15.614 Joined: 30-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	There is no right or wrong way....You made your own mind and started with electric..What I would recommend though is getting an acoustic one in the future too so you can play both..One will be your main focus of course (electric) but you could explore playing an acoustic one too so you develop skills from both worlds... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net Check out my lessons and my instructor board. Check out my beginner guitar lessons course! ; Take a bass course now!

Lian Gerbino View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 02:31 AM
Dec 30 2008, 02:31 AM	Instructor Posts: 4.426 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina	well, I really dont know... if this helps you, I´ve started to play with a nylon acoustic in my first months... but I remember I hated it that´s why I bought an electric one as soon I could and I learned a lot in the first years playing electric guitar. then, I picked the acoustic up once again to improve some folk skills You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Lian Gerbino: Dec 30 2008, 02:32 AM -------------------- Tersivel's webstore! get my band's new album

GuitarsANDtattoo... GuitarsANDtattoos View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 04:04 AM
Dec 30 2008, 04:04 AM	GMC:er Posts: 52 Joined: 25-July 08 From: US (Nebraska)	Yeah, both types do provide a totally unique sound. Like two separate worlds of feelings. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Practice, you must!

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 05:39 PM
Dec 30 2008, 05:39 PM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Both instruments are cool mate, and you won't make a mistake when choosing any of them as your primary focus. It is good to use both acoustic and electric when you practice, cause acoustic guitar can make you to do things you generally wouldn't do on electric guitar, like sliding and doing hammer ons and pull offs where you would normally bend the notes. So anything is good actually, as long as you keep practicing and as long as it makes you happy. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

timono View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 05:51 PM
Dec 30 2008, 05:51 PM	GMC:er Posts: 396 Joined: 6-July 07 From: Huizen, Netherlands	at the age of 9 i started on a nylon and played that for a long time 4-5 years, i liked it but not more then that. I practiced only like half an hour max a day. then i bought an electric guitar and switched guitar teacher and started to play electric and started to play more, at least half an hour a day.. After half a year on the electric GMC came on my guitarway and started to LOVE the guitar. now I play electric and acoustic sometimes. I think i had some advantage with starting on an acoustic first cause my right hand fingerpicking is still pretty good... i think But i think you need to start at whatever you love Timon You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: Guitars: Ibanez RG 2550 EGK Presige, Essex wannabe Gibson guitar (don't know the full name), Alhambra acoustic guitar Amps: Marshall MG 50DFX, Evans sound creator (50 watt), Orange crush 10 Effect pedals: Korg AX1500G record stuff: Line 6 toneport UX1 Piano: Yamaha P-85 Wishlist: Ibanez Jem 7V!!!!!!!!

wrk View Member Profile	Dec 30 2008, 07:07 PM
Dec 30 2008, 07:07 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.027 Joined: 19-June 06 From: Paris/France (..used to be german)	As said above, there is not right or wrong, it depends on the music you want to do and the sound you like. The question with which to start first can not really be answered as the question would follow at which point it would makes sense to switch If you are at the moment mainly interesting in electric guitar, then this is your instrument. I think as an electric guitar player it is always helpful to play acoustic as well. In my opinion it helps a lot to strengthen your hands and you can not hide behind distortion or effects. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- www.musiclearningtools.net www.youtube.com/AndyVeil

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