Even though it's been about 20 years already since i picked up my first guitar and have never put it down ever since (don't mean that in the physical way) but i can still remember clearly what a piece of crap my first guitar truly was.
It was a badly made yellowish middle size folk shitty acoustic guitar with..somehow it had nylon strings. The guitar was bought from a local stationary store and it costs something like $15 USD brand new! Later, the owner, my generous friend gave it to me and also threw me a few basic chord lessons just to give me a boost and that started my life.
When i first saw my friend played the guitar with those chord changes and able to sing a at the same time that was like opening up my mind to another dimension. Because this friend wasn't suppose to be good in anything, but he could play guitar quite well. Changing chords and sing were the coolest things for me then. As life went on, surprisingly, i ended up playing guitar professionally while my friend doesn't even remember how to play those cool bare chords he used to show me anymore. That's life isn't it.
After that though, I've been a self taught in most of my skills, I'm a watch-and-learn person, pretty much. I always trust in my fingers more then the instrument. A good guitar player should be able to play any guitar and has a signature sound. Anyway, let's talk about your first guitar, if you haven't bought one yet.
So what's the ideal guitar for a beginner to buy? i would recommend anyone to get an acoustic guitar at first then move on to whatever you like. It doesn't have to be costly. And yes acoustic guitar, of course, is harder to play then electric, those hard tight strings tension will hurt your fingers like hell, no doubt about that, but it will only hurt about a month and it will be one of the best experience in your life, you won't regret. If you can play acoustic clearly every note, then you automatically will be able to any guitars with nice and clean chord and solo. And that's should be your priority goal when learning to master your songs.
Play clean & play clear! That's right, set your left hand's fingers on guitar fretboard about 90 degrees angle and make every note come out intentionally.
I would not recommend go around getting a $500 guitar if you haven't mastered a chord yet (but if you want to piss a way your money that's cool too). You never know, playing guitar for you might turn out to be a mission impossible for you and nobody can blame you, because we all know that we do things we can do best if this isn't for you then who cares. Find something else in life that you really like to do and master that.
Some people say getting an expensive guitar will force you to keep playing, well.. that might work too but not for me. And also, make sure find easy songs to learn at first. Songs that you love to sing in the shower (or not) and that will motivate you to play it good, and the song should NOT have more than 3-5 chords with easy keys position for guitar like C or D. Find that song and use it as a learning tool. If you can master one song from start to finish, then it's time to go to the next song.
Don't learn half way and give up. Learn to play it from start to finish, or finish to start that's true guitar player. So may kids these days don't know how to end a song. Just solo a few licks and put their guitar down, that's not the way to play at all. Good practice should have a clear goal even the goal is to make noise. Set goal every day what you want to accomplish and make sure you reach the goal and don't set it too hard though. To know what you really want and go after it everyday, that's the key to success in everything.
Go slow. Try changing 1-2 chords at first. Be realistic about it, know your limitations, don't rush or try not to slow the beat down in occasion when changing chord, keep it a steady rhythm even if you have to slow the song down to 10 bpm that's fine as long as you don't speed up and down the rhythm because you can't change the chord quick enough. Take all the time you need to ring each chord nicely every note and you will get good sound out of it, no bad notes no buzz no mute strings. Start slow!
The more you rush your playing, the worst guitarist you will become. Finally, the most important tip i want to leave you for today is that rhythm must comes first.
Keep your strumming in basic rhythm 1-2-3-4 like your life depends on it. And remember, it always fun to play guitar.
Do you remember your first guitar? I love to hear your story too. Please share.
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