1.ok so im a complete beginner...most of the ppl say buy an acoustic blahblah but iv no interest whtsoever in an acoustic plus the music i like to hear n would like to play is rock,metal mainly..im completely free for the nxt 2-3months so is thr any prob if i start with an electric?i hv a budget of around 20000...i fear tht i might quit if i start on an acoustic...plus they say electric is easier...sorry for posting this question again but had to lol... the following iv decided--- ibanez 170dx marshall 10w amp n the rest picks,strap,bag etc.. 2.i would be buying frm bajaao ***nvr buy guitar frm an online shop****i know but i hv no option...live in punjab no decent shops here i think..any shop in chandigarh whr i can buy the above mentioned stuff?.... 3.do i need to buy a tuner to start off? 4.i wont be takin lessons frm tutors or classes..will be learnng on the net so any decent places except igt?heard abt justinguitar.com..its quite good n youtube videos r always thr.. books,ebooks,softwares?guitar pro is thr any others? 5.can i plug my guitar into my music system?if yes do i need to buy an amp? thanks for reading n thanks to any1 who takes the time to reply..
Hey I was in the same state as u were in ...around an year back when i started i really didnt want to go for acoustic since i was a metal -rock freak. But as everyone says it is important that u go for an acoustic cause the acoustic will help u grab on to some good habits which the electric wont help u in for eg:- the acoustic will help u play the notes properly because even if there is a slight mistake the notes would become muted. Plus a person who started with an acoustic can play an electric pretty easily but a person who started with electric will find it tough to play acoustic. And if u really have an interest in guitars u would not stop playing even if it is acoustic im not sure bout ur 2nd ques cause i bought mine from a local shop . u can ask some other guys around in IGT. If u plan to teach urself its kinda better that u get a tuner cause i had troubles with tuning when i started ...or u can use AP tuner 3.1 on ur comp with a mic ( which is freeware of course and pretty much accurate ) . trust me it sounds horrible if u play out of tune. 4) Oh u plan to teach urself well u have a bumpy ride ahead of u then dont lose hope there will be a point when u feel really pissed with urself just hang in there and practice day and night I learned from these sites (im self taught) cyberfret.com guitar.about.com justinguitar.com (excellent site with videos) ultimate-guitar.com youtube.com ( tons of lessons and videos of everything on earth) and of course indianguitartabs.com 5) plugging into a music system can suck really bad better of buying an amp cheers and hope this helped Anirudh
The fact is that if you learn to play guitar on distortion - and thats what is evident from your post: you will sound nothing but actual distortion. No music, no clarity of notes, but plain mushy squishy distortion, thats what you will sound to others. So if you want other's to respect your playing, please learn to play on clean setting. Acoustic or electric doesn't make that much difference, just ensure that you wont use overdrive or distortion, while you are learning.
thanks @razor u answered everything...much appreciated n thanks for the sites... @alpha thanks for replying..n the marshall 10w has inbuilt distortion?i think so...n as u say can i use it without distortion..clean like u say while learning?might sound a bit noobish but thts wht i m whn it comes to guitar thanks
Hey no probs I think the marshall (u can check on the marshall website google it) has in built distortion but the distortion on combo amps can really suck badly as im experiencing that now. its always good to get a processor like RP80 or something and plug that to ur preamp or something. But for beginners i guess the combo amp's should be good enough Yeah u can play on clean Cheers
yup justin sandercoe is really good he has like a million videos on everything from basics to pinch harmonics to stairway to heaven fully taught
@ razor thanks again n ya justinguitar.com is a great site..will help a lot @buster i dnt know anything abt it coz i dont have the amp yet..
n ya@ razor tht marshall has inbuilt distortion..wont be tht good i guess...not thnkin abt a processor right now
yeah the distortion will suck and be nothing like a pedal but its better u go for that now and get a good processor later on. I have a stranger amp with inbuilt distortion and it sucks as u can see in my other thread. will buy a processor later on Cheers and glad to help
the marshall has an inbuilt overdrive channel( not distortion)..n in no way can be compared to a full fledged dist pedal. i would suggest u better go 4 a cheapo stranger flat amp+an entry level dist pedal(eg. Digitech grunge) instead of wasting 3.5k on mg10cd alone..
Ofcourse it cannot be compared to a full fledged pedal and if u plan to go for a cheapo amp as above said ^^ do not go for stranger 40 W amp its WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy to loud for home practice ( quoting from experience)
Stranger 20w: 2k digitech grunge/bad monkey/hothead: ~2.5k just stay away frm mg10cd (had a bad xperience).
thanks for the replies @thedisciple if i really get into playing it, ill buy the pedal or a processor later on...maybe after a few months or so
hey how much does a decent proceesor cost these days?like for home use to play songs better... not gonna buy now but can consider in the future
RP80 is somewhat good and costs round 5.2 k (i think) Zoom g1x also seems nice and is around 4.8k theres also g2.1u which is slightly costlier i think around 6k all prices quoted from bajaao.com so price difference around +or- 0.3k Cheers these are the processors im considering
thanks @ razor again..uve been of great help mate..hope u get ur processor soon n cheers to every1 who replied...much appreciated
