anybody got any suggestion on how to start off on guitar?

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ive been thinkin about it a while, ive got an old acustic lieing arround so i was wonderin if anyone could help me out on startin. i must stress i cant afford lessons, i have no idea what make the guitar is its a pile of crap. i also no next to nothing about notes etc 

[chezequerz]

ive been thinkin about it a while, ive got an old acustic lieing arround so i was wonderin if anyone could help me out on startin. i must stress i cant afford lessons, i have no idea what make the guitar is its a pile of crap. i also no next to nothing about notes etc

right basics .slash. are:

ure strings go bottom E A D G B top E (bottom E is the thickest string and bottom E the thinest)
ure frets are the space between the bars u should have dots or something on ure frets to mark them out and bassicaly the closer to the big hole in the middle u get the more high pitched the note u pick the string whilst pressing whatever string down to the fret board

im no guitar teacher but that should be the extreme basics covered

[.slash.]

i knew frets and stuff im not that daft, so if i was looking down onto the guitar it would go E the thickest then A D G B then E again? or would it be the opposite way

[Jordan123]

i knew frets and stuff im not that daft, so if i was looking down onto the guitar it would go E the thickest then A D G B then E again? or would it be the opposite way

yeah

you could also get one of those books which teach you how to play

[.slash.]

cheers guys, do them books actually work cause i was lookin at one and i was stuck on whether to get it

[chezequerz]

cheers guys, do them books actually work cause i was lookin at one and i was stuck on whether to get it

Sometimes they do theres online lessons on youtube i find those helpfull some times

[.slash.]

cheers 

any suggestion on what to start playin or should i just fuck about doin whatever till i get the hang of it?

[Jordan123]

learn the basic chords

[chezequerz]

cheers 

any suggestion on what to start playin or should i just fuck about doin whatever till i get the hang of it?

i started by learning deep purple nirvanna and greenday (i hate 2/3 of those bands) those are easy songs to get started out on i think the first song i learnt all the way through was smells like teen spirit

[.slash.]

was that on acustic or electric?

[chezequerz]

was that on acustic or electric?

my first guitar was electric but with those songs it doesnt really matter all that much

[ktallett]

yeah go with nirvana and ramones are quite good for beginners.

[an old rocker]

just start with the basic chords: c,d,e,f,g etc... just do a simple G D Am + G D C and you have a sort of acoustic version of KOHD
that was the first thing i learned...

[Jordan123]

just start with the basic chords: c,d,e,f,g etc... just do a simple G D Am + G D C and you have a sort of acoustic version of KOHD
that was the first thing i learned...

yeah me too