Members Theboat Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Hello everyone on Harmony Central. I just recently found this music board by pure coincidence. I just started playing an acoustic guitar, with no idea if I picked the right one or not. Since no one I knew plays it. The model I got was a Yamaha-F310P. Again I am not sure if I made the right choice, but it costed me 200$ US. I really don't know where to begin, but I think I had the basics down, like the right way to hold a guitar with my left hand. I mainly fingerpick with my thumb.
Members carguy Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 Welcome to HC! I'm not familiar with the particular guitar you're starting with, but Im sureothers will post their opinions. All of us started somewhere, and most of us have upgraded guitars as we went along. Be prepared for that;no matter how many guitars you own, you will probably still want toadd additional guitars....different body shapes and sizes, differenttypes of wood, etc. Good luck!
Members PapaTom1 Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 Good beginner guitar. When you're a better player you will eventually want a better guitar.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 any guitar that makes you wanna play more is a good starter guitar... hell, its a good anything guitar if it makes you wanna play.
Members scoutll Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by Cldplytkmn any guitar that makes you wanna play more is a good starter guitar... hell, its a good anything guitar if it makes you wanna play. Yep, You RITE!!!!
Members kwakatak Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by Cldplytkmn any guitar that makes you wanna play more is a good starter guitar... hell, its a good anything guitar if it makes you wanna play. That's what I'm talking about! Feel free to experiment with lots of different strings/components/gear too. Try using a capo. Try an altered tuning. Blow $10 on a new set of pins or $20 on a new saddle. You get the idea. DEFINITELY spend the $30 to $50 to have it set up by a good tech!
Members BossyBoots Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 I bought my first full size guitar today from a great shop in Glasgow. I had been using my daughter's 3/4 size one which was good but my new one is so cool. Can't wait for my brother to see it - he is ace on the guitar.
Members UGB Posted October 24, 2005 Members Posted October 24, 2005 Originally posted by BossyBoots I bought my first full size guitar today from a great shop in Glasgow. I had been using my daughter's 3/4 size one which was good but my new one is so cool. Can't wait for my brother to see it - he is ace on the guitar. Welcome! Glad to hear of your purchase, but YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHAT YOU GOT!!!!
Members Theboat Posted October 24, 2005 Author Members Posted October 24, 2005 Haha- Thanks for the warm welcome, I am actually quite a fan of acoustic guitar music before I finally gathered enough money to buy one. Been trying to learn some basics of which I go to actiontab.com to learn. Hope I can learn something from the more experienced players of this board.
Members kwakatak Posted October 24, 2005 Members Posted October 24, 2005 You said that you mainly fingerpick using your thumb. I know of a couple places online that have lessons for that sort of style that may interest you. They're mostly blue-oriented though. What type of music do you like to play?
Members Theboat Posted October 24, 2005 Author Members Posted October 24, 2005 I do like the play with my thumb, but I am trying to learn how to use my other fingers to play as well. But any suggestions for places to start and help me improve would be much appriciated.
Members kwakatak Posted October 24, 2005 Members Posted October 24, 2005 I've heard a lot of folks beginning fingerstyle like Mark Hanson's "Accent on Music" website: (http://www.accentonmusic.com/) You might also want to check out the lessons over at Acoustic Player Magazine. LittleBrother and Paul Asbell have some good lessons there: http://www.acousticplayermagazine.com/master_pages/lessons.html If you're into fingerpicking blues then check out "Lazy Lefty Blues", "Dead Thumb Blues" and "Deep River Blues". BTW, LittleBrother also has free lessons on his personal website at: http://littlebrother.nlpd.com/freewebvideos.htm I also like to download tabs from www.power-tabs.net and try and muck my way through whatever song hits me at the time. For example, I've found some pretty good transcriptions of Tommy Emmanuel tabs there. I also like to accumulate offline reading material and subscribed to Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine (www.fingerstyleguitar.com). It's loaded with tab of all different types of music (blues, classical, jazz, etc) and comes with a companion audio CD that has the recordings by the original artists.
Members Ol' Tree Frog Posted October 24, 2005 Members Posted October 24, 2005 I've always been really impressed with the Yamahas I've played--even the less expensive models. I find them very playable and good value guitars.
Members leftync Posted October 25, 2005 Members Posted October 25, 2005 If you like the way it sounds, and it makes you want to play, then it was a good choice.
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