3 Tips For Choosing A Guitar For Beginners

When you first decide to learn to play guitar normally how you will learn is the bigger decision then the beginner guitar you will purchase. Of course the lessons should be the main reason for concern and research which and what type of guitar you choose to learn on shouldn’t be glanced over.

Picking out the wrong type of guitar (electric or acoustic) could make your journey to learning to play guitar more painful and much less enjoyable then it possibly must be.

In this article I’m going to share with you the 3 points you must consider before buying an instrument for a beginner. If you take all three of these things under consideration before buying then you should get a guitar you’ll be very happy to learn on, and be able to keep for many years.

1.) What type of music do you like?

Of all the beginner guitarists I’ve talked to I doubt them have ever considered what type of music they enjoy and can eventually want to play before they are buying a guitar. Maybe you think it does not make much sense either but allow me to explain a little further.

Most beginners opt to pick up the guitar because they want to be able to play songs familiar to them. If you’re really into singer songwriters and much more laid back styles of music then an electric guitar makes a lot of sense for the first purchase. All things considered playing a nice soft tune through an amplifier with distortion with an electric guitar isn’t going to satisfy that craving to play your favourite songs is it.

Now vice versa, in case you are into hard rock then you should probably consider investing in a beginner electric guitar instead of an acoustic. Why? Well for the similar reasons I just accustomed to describe the acoustic purchase decision. You’re going to eventually want to play songs which have distortion and a harder sound on the guitar. Take this time very seriously when deciding what type of guitar to buy.

2.) Acoustic is Harder on the Fingers

Here’s a negative point for that acoustic guitar. Because the strings with an acoustic are a heavier gage, and there is generally a higher action (space between the strings and neck) with an acoustic guitar it will be tougher on your own fingers.

When you first start you’ll have no calluses on your fingers. These do form with time with practice but playing for additional then a few minutes at the start is going to leave your fingers feeling pretty sore. If you decide to learn on an electric guitar then your fingers will be twice as sore. Needless to say the reverse is true also, your fingers will callus over quicker, but the initial stages of learning would have been a bit painful.

3.) Simply how much do you want to spend?

I can not ignore the price factor here. It is good if everyone could easily get which ever instrument suited their fancy but the price point has to be considered. I have seen both electric and acoustic guitars round the $100 mark. They’re not great instruments but they’ll get a started.

If you’re planning to purchase an electric guitar you’ll want a small practice amp to go along with it. You should use and learn at the start with no amp, but it won’t be long before you’ll want to start playing your found chords using a bigger sound. Having an amplifier added a novice electric guitar can run nearer to the $200 mark, where an acoustic will probably be $50-$75 less.

There you have it. If you are using these three guidelines when purchasing a guitar for beginners I’m confident you won’t be disappointed with your purchase. Of course should you really enjoy playing the guitar I know this will not be your only purchase but investing in a guitar you’re pleased with up front will save money later on and give you a better chance of keeping it once you start.

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