i learned guitar on an inexpensive nylon string classical guitar that I shaved the saddle down on to make it very easy to play on. It is much easier to make barre chords and therefore much easier to learn them on that kind of guitar. To this day, I play mostly nylon string guitars because of their versatility. You can play many styles on them. Even a low-cost Yamaha can be made to sound quite good.
My acoustic guitar is a $50 made in China 🇨🇳 Rouge dreadknought. I changed the plastic nut and saddle with bone and now the Ernie Balls ring out really nice.
I not really an adult beginner as such, when I was 15, my friend and I would sit in my parents garage and play our guitars. He knew more than I did so he taught me a lot, how to chord, strum, hold the pick etc…. But later in life I sort of gave it up, now in the last two years I have solidly practiced the guitar almost every day. I consider myself adult intermediate.
Good advice, but yes GET an off the shelf guitar set up. The shop SHOULD offer that to beginners, (& pros) who buy a new instrument! If they don't, they still might be able to RECOMMEND some1 to you!
Your points apply to EVERYBODY, not just adult beginners. For adult beginners SPECIFICALLY, it’s important to think of SCALE LENGTH. If you start as a teen or 20-something, you can start on a 25.5 scale, because you have a lifetime to build your hand muscles. If you start at 50, you need more help, so a 24 scale is better, because it requires less muscle power. Also helps you avoid arthritis pain and similar. If you are 65, I’d start with a 20-scale. No shame in it. John Lennon played a 20 scale.
Hello Ginny I am Learning on an Electric Guitar (Not plugged into an Amp) So i don,t Torment everyone with the Racket i,m Making 😂 .The Problem i find is making Chord Shapes up at Frets1_ 2_3 Frets (Cowboy Chords) .Thanks
Great tips! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I have a couple of issues in that first off I have never played a guitar, so I can't go in a guitar shop and try them out and secondly I don't know anyone I can borrow a guitar from to learn on. Do you recommend a certain guitar "IF" a person is just getting started and wants to buy one? I've heard several recommend the Yamaha FG800 for its price, but then I have heard some say to start out with a smaller acoustic size and not a dreadnought cause it's too big. One I was considering buying was the Yamaha FS830 .. smaller than a dreadnought and have read good things about it and it's in my budget of under $400
in your budget, a Sigma 000M-15, plain fantastic guitar for a very decent price. Super low action and very nice necks. Great sound, good tuners. Never seen a bad review on them. Change the strings to 009-045's, all acoustics are factory strung for experienced players with very strong hands...
Good thing to talk about action, probably the main problem why beginners give up (badly set up guitars with high action or bad fretwork). There are better, more in depth videos about choosing a good guitar... May I add a few points? Thanks... First, all acoustics come with way too fat strings for beginners. Do your fingers and your motivation a favor, and swap your strings for 009-045s. You can go back to fat strings when your fingers are strong and callused enough. Your guitar will probably need a minor adjustment if you change string gauge though, so bring it to a tech to do it for you. Later on you will do this yourself, now concentrate on learning to play in the most comfortable and pleasing way possible. Lighter strings are nicer to your guitar as well, it won't get a "belly bulge" as quickly, due to the lower tension. Which is going to make it easier to play and less costly to maintain... Two, most acoustics you'll find on the used market are dreadnoughts, and they simply are too big for anyone except the really big and tall people among us. If you are 1m70 (that's probably five foot eight or five foot seven) like me, a dreadnought is simply too much. Get a 000, a 00, a "parlor", or something like that. Get a guitar that fits your body size. Don't judge by the figures "on paper", try them in real life. I'm so glad I swapped my dreadnought for a 000 - and the figures are not that much different, but the feel is! Three: buy the best guitar you can afford, or you'll soon be hunting for another - or giving up... Also best buy it from someone who's going to set it up for you, with those lighter strings - and don't let them tell you light strings will lack in volume, 'cause you don't need that one dB extra, and a decent guitar will sound good with light strings.
Many people just starting out are not as likely to take it someplace for a set-up and really unlikely to make any serious work attempts on it themselves
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i learned guitar on an inexpensive nylon string classical guitar that I shaved the saddle down on to make it
very easy to play on. It is much easier to make barre chords and therefore much easier to learn them on
that kind of guitar. To this day, I play mostly nylon string guitars because of their versatility. You can
play many styles on them. Even a low-cost Yamaha can be made to sound quite good.
My acoustic guitar is a $50 made in China 🇨🇳 Rouge dreadknought. I changed the plastic nut and saddle with bone and now the Ernie Balls ring out really nice.
I not really an adult beginner as such, when I was 15, my friend and I would sit in my parents garage and play our guitars. He knew more than I did so he taught me a lot, how to chord, strum, hold the pick etc…. But later in life I sort of gave it up, now in the last two years I have solidly practiced the guitar almost every day. I consider myself adult intermediate.
Good advice, but yes GET an off the shelf guitar set up. The shop SHOULD offer that to beginners, (& pros) who buy a new instrument!
If they don't, they still might be able to RECOMMEND some1 to you!
Your points apply to EVERYBODY, not just adult beginners. For adult beginners SPECIFICALLY, it’s important to think of SCALE LENGTH. If you start as a teen or 20-something, you can start on a 25.5 scale, because you have a lifetime to build your hand muscles. If you start at 50, you need more help, so a 24 scale is better, because it requires less muscle power. Also helps you avoid arthritis pain and similar. If you are 65, I’d start with a 20-scale. No shame in it. John Lennon played a 20 scale.
Such great suggestions! Thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom and experience.❤
Difficult trying to get a non Chinese manufactured guitar. That was my biggest problem. Thankfully I managed.
Hello Ginny I am Learning on an Electric Guitar (Not plugged into an Amp) So i don,t Torment everyone with the Racket i,m Making 😂
.The Problem i find is making Chord Shapes up at Frets1_ 2_3 Frets (Cowboy Chords) .Thanks
Your electric will probably NEED a set up as well!
Great tips! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I have a couple of issues in that first off I have never played a guitar, so I can't go in a guitar shop and try them out and secondly I don't know anyone I can borrow a guitar from to learn on. Do you recommend a certain guitar "IF" a person is just getting started and wants to buy one? I've heard several recommend the Yamaha FG800 for its price, but then I have heard some say to start out with a smaller acoustic size and not a dreadnought cause it's too big. One I was considering buying was the Yamaha FS830 .. smaller than a dreadnought and have read good things about it and it's in my budget of under $400
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in your budget, a Sigma 000M-15, plain fantastic guitar for a very decent price. Super low action and very nice necks. Great sound, good tuners. Never seen a bad review on them. Change the strings to 009-045's, all acoustics are factory strung for experienced players with very strong hands...
Good thing to talk about action, probably the main problem why beginners give up (badly set up guitars with high action or bad fretwork). There are better, more in depth videos about choosing a good guitar...
May I add a few points? Thanks...
First, all acoustics come with way too fat strings for beginners. Do your fingers and your motivation a favor, and swap your strings for 009-045s. You can go back to fat strings when your fingers are strong and callused enough. Your guitar will probably need a minor adjustment if you change string gauge though, so bring it to a tech to do it for you. Later on you will do this yourself, now concentrate on learning to play in the most comfortable and pleasing way possible. Lighter strings are nicer to your guitar as well, it won't get a "belly bulge" as quickly, due to the lower tension. Which is going to make it easier to play and less costly to maintain...
Two, most acoustics you'll find on the used market are dreadnoughts, and they simply are too big for anyone except the really big and tall people among us. If you are 1m70 (that's probably five foot eight or five foot seven) like me, a dreadnought is simply too much. Get a 000, a 00, a "parlor", or something like that. Get a guitar that fits your body size. Don't judge by the figures "on paper", try them in real life. I'm so glad I swapped my dreadnought for a 000 - and the figures are not that much different, but the feel is!
Three: buy the best guitar you can afford, or you'll soon be hunting for another - or giving up... Also best buy it from someone who's going to set it up for you, with those lighter strings - and don't let them tell you light strings will lack in volume, 'cause you don't need that one dB extra, and a decent guitar will sound good with light strings.
you can lower the strings Ginny ... did you know that
@@wouterschijf47 yes, but I wouldn’t recommend that for a newbie😊
Many people just starting out are not as likely to take it someplace for a set-up and really unlikely to make any serious work attempts on it themselves
@@Greenjagsurf Any reputable shops SHOULD offer a set up service for new guitars!
Mine did!