Guitar(sp) advice

[usoilworker]

Ok im getting a guitar for christmas it will mostelikely be my gift to myself but my wifey may procure it for me. Hopefully the later but incase i have to go get one for myself here goes. I'm a beginner at best I've played before on acustic and only played by copying.

This is what i'd like what do you suggest?

Nice beginner electric - Not to expensive under 400 prefered
Some type of PC hookup for recording and mabye play along
An amp with headphone hookup so i can actually practice without bugging the family too much.
Some suggestions on not to expensive fx peddles

Strings to buy:
Pics:

And Direction to some learning material wether bought or on the internet I want to learhow to play by reading not just by ear.

Any other hardware that is suggested

Thanks in advance

[Whiskeyportal]

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[usoilworker]

:lol: picks picks for the love of god man picks.. the little plastic bone or whatever things you strum the strings with oh good lord some one save me from my pethatic inablilty to spell propperly and yes I like the split leg guitar Pics are welcome as well

[JerseyRich]

:lol: picks picks for the love of god man picks.. the little plastic bone or whatever things you strum the strings with oh good lord some one save me from my pethatic inablilty to spell propperly and yes I like the split leg guitar Pics are welcome as well

Round these parts we call it a PLECTRUM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectrum)

[Gvac]

You cannot go wrong with a Squier beginner pack (http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.php?display_article=97). They give you the guitar, the amp, the strap, picks, etc all for well under 400 bucks. They're not bad guitars either. I learned on a Squier and still love to play mine 20 years later.

Strings and picks will always be a matter of personal preference, but I believe Fender makes the best picks. I prefer heavy, but some guys like medium. Thin picks are only for those pansy classical guys...ignore them.

Strings come in a million varieties as well: extra light, light, light top heavy bottom, medium, heavy, jazz, etc. For a beginner I'd suggest medium gauge strings.

Good luck!

[JerseyRich]

You cannot go wrong with a Squier beginner pack (http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.php?display_article=97). They give you the guitar, the amp, the strap, picks, etc all for well under 400 bucks. They're not bad guitars either. I learned on a Squier and still love to play mine 20 years later.

Strings and picks will always be a matter of personal preference, but I believe Fender makes the best picks. I prefer heavy, but some guys like medium. Thin picks are only for those pansy classical guys...ignore them.

Strings come in a million varieties as well: extra light, light, light top heavy bottom, medium, heavy, jazz, etc. For a beginner I'd suggest medium gauge strings.

Good luck!

Just beware of those Squier guitars now. Gvac's Squier was made in Japan at a time when Fender Japan was making a lot of the the Fender guitars of very high caliber.

Now Squier guitars are made in China or Indonesia. Not as good Quality Control.

[usoilworker]

Apriciate the feedback (Hendricks rules)...I'll take look at the squire pack. The local music store is having a big end of year sale so i'll be sure and ask about there squire packs.

[tele7]

Instead of buying an amp and pedals right away, you may want to look into the "Guitar Port". It plugs right into your pc and costs about $99. Very user friendly and has a ton of amps and pedals to choose from. Obviously it will not sound as good as an amp, but some of the tones are pretty good. ...You can use headphones too.

http://line6.com/guitarport/

[Gunner S]

Just pick up a shitty Wal Mart Electric guitar. They have and always will be the best to learn beccause when you actually bump up to a Les Paul or an SG, You will feel the difference, Speed and smoothness of playing.


trust me, if you can play Fast and coordinated on a Wal-Mart First Act Guitar, You can play 2x as fast on a Les Paul or Gibson.

walmart guitar only cost 100$ on the head, just dont buy an Amp there.

you should try acoustic for the first month or 2 on a electric tho. just try learning simple tabs like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and the such. then move on to Slayer and Eddie Van Halen.

If you can play there shit on a wal mart guitar, you deserve to be bowed to. I'm still using a shitty wal mart guitar (I know how sad) and The only songs right now i can play for EVH is Top Gun, i can Play Slayer, Raining Blood and Dead SKin Mask

But Rage Against the Machine have by far the funnest songs to play on the guitar

[Puggle_kicker]

The best way to learn guitar is on an acoustic. It will strengthen your fingers faster, mistakes arent as obvious, and it isnt a pain for other people to listen to you practice.

That said . . . . . as far as answering your questions. The Squire packs are really great for beginners. Nice and cheap and they include everything a n00bie needs.

Pedals are a black hole of guitar snobbery. I tend to stay away. I use a blues driver and a JamMan looper pedal and nothing more.

[usoilworker]

Thanks again for the advice.. I got a demo of one of the vox guitars when i stopped in at the local shop. Way out of my price range but man what a sound. I'll look into the pc thing thats one of the things i was lookin for i'd like to not be banned to the garage by the wiffy for disturbing her peace and quiet. Its cold out there