Which is better to play electric or a  acoustic guitar?..?
537077
acoustic..just make sure you pronounce it right..
1050838
Definitely stick with it.  Glad to hear you're starting with acoustic; alot of people start with electric and I think it robs them a little.  Acoustic takes a little more to play because the action of the fretboard is greater and bends and hammer-ons have to be done more crisply.  I learned with tabs you can find on any of hundreds of tabulature sites.  Once you get the timing down you'll pick it up.
749669
What is your budget? Martin® is top of the line anywhere from $500 to $6000. Gibson® and Fender® make a darn good acoustic also. \n\nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation?q=martin\n\nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/clearance/navigation/acoustic-acoustic-guitar?N=100001+306250+500111\n\nCheck out this website.
880568
The best advice you can possibly get right now is: Get lessons.  You'll save yourself a lot of frustrations.  The best kind to start with is an acoustic with the strings high off the fret board.  This teaches you strength & when you finally switch, you'll be lightning fast.  You should learn everything new on the acoustic.
191143
Any guitar with the right electronics and pickups. For the best out-of-the-box sound I love my SRV-edition Fender Stratocaster. My well-worn 73 Telecaster with Texas Special pickups is a close second.
1051071
Here's my golden tip for you...\n\n1. Choose a the right guitar for you.\n\nIn your stage, you should have first the unamplified guitar, or that simple guitar. You need not to worry the brand. You need not to buy the costly one. Just make sure that when you press the guitar fret, it's soft for your fingers and the sound is great.\n\n2. Know your favorite song/s\n\nThe best way to learn easily is to play whatever songs that you like. In that way, you can now familiarize the chords/fretting of the songs\n\n3. Do not overpressure yourself\n\nJust keep playing the guitar at the right tempo and timing. Don't try first the plucking. Practice first your strummings..\n\n4. Let your fingers sore!!!\n\nLetting your fingers sore will make it more hard and strong to hold onto the frets. For about a week and a half.\n\n5. I myself didn't had lessons. But not to brag, I can play songs by ear. Just familiarize the chords!! Because guitars is all about chords chords chords!!! But i advice you also to have a guitar teacher(like me)  because they can suggest something to enhance your skills.\n\n6. Honestly speaking, playing the guitar is not all about just playing it.You should learn how to play it with your heart! Just keep playing a song after song. Then after a few weeks, you could memorize the chords the easiest way.!\n\n-If you need song's guitar chords and tablatures. just visit http://www.ultimate-guitar.com and search the song you want to learn.\n\n-If you want to know the chords:\nhttp://www.all-guitar-chords.com/\n\n-If you have questions, just email me (psychoangelo89@yahoo.com). and im happy to answer you.!!\n\nGoodluck on your guitar adventures.!!!!
1017217
I've been playing the acoustic bass for about 7 years. I got better by learning other bands songs and then eventually writing my own.  Try to learn both easy and diffucult songs.  This will teach you how to move your fingers.  When listening to other music, listen for the bass and how it plays with the drums. Usually, the bass will hit each time the drummer hits a tom/snare drum. And as always.....practice.
780770
A Fender Stratocaster ELECTRIC GUITAR.  Why would anyone want to substitute this with a keyboard?  I can understand using keyboard instead of an orchestra, but replacing a guitar with a keyboard is sacrilege. If you can't play guitar and you need guitar in your recording, get a guitarist.
687855
I use the green Dunlops (I think they're .80 mm). They're so cheap, just buy a mixed handful and see what you like. I started out using very thin picks and have slowly worked my way up. Brain picks are great as well, they have a nice grip so you don't lose them while you're playing.
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Get a Taylor or a Martin, those are the best acoustic guitars, go to http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ and look for acoustic guitars, they have a ton.
63109
I've been wanting to play for a long time and bought an acoustic for my birthday this year.  If you know people who play it's great to sit and listen/watch/learn with them.  Ultimately it comes down to practice though.  I love just experimenting with different sounds and trying to reproduce chords or riffs I hear in songs.  Craigslist.com has good listings for local people who will give lessons.
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Acoustic. Go to www.harmony-central.com. Pick out five songs that you like on acoustic guitar. Get CHORDPRO, CHORD, or TAB files for the five songs. Either the file will have diagrams, or you can get a good free diagram online. (Or just E-Mail me with questions www.keptcompany.com) Play until it hurts, but they sound good. Then get five more songs. The strings, from lowest to higest, are EADGBe. Good luck. Hit me up with an E-Mail if you get stuck.
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Think of it this way. If you're comfortable, your guitar is comfortable. If it's too hot for you, it's too hot for your guitar. The best advice I can offer is to detune it and NO CASE, it'll trap the heat. Acoustics tend to be more susceptible to heat damage than electrics. If there's any way it can travel in the car with you instead of the trunk, do it. I ride with mine in the case in the back seat with the seatbelt on it (Its a '68 Martin, and I baby it)
631952
I personally think they both sound good but I would probably rather have the cello because I like lower instruments.  I like the bass a lot.  (not the bass guitar, the kind that's like a cello but it's lower)
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Piano. Actually keyboard. It is both easier & more fun to learn I think. My bf tried to teach me how to play guitar but it was hard for me to put my fingers EXACTLY the way they were supposed to be. To get the EXACT sound that the note is supposed to make, you gotta make sure you put your fingers in the exact spots.  W/ the piano/keyboard you don't have to worry how you place your fingers so much. As long as you're hitting the right notes. If you haven't tried the guitar I'm sure you'd agree w/ me on the piano/keyboard thing.\n\nBout what the guy said b/f me, keyboards are very lightweight as well. They also have more types of sounds. Pianos are very expensive. You can get a keyboard for maybe as low as $100-$600. Depends on how big of a keyboard you want. A used one would be the cheapest. Maybe check out garage/yard sales or even pawn shops. Depends on how many diff effects you want too. W/ a guitar you can buy amps but those can be expensive. It depends on what size & brand you're looking for tho. If you want a Marshall (what the rock stars use, check out the vids, you can expect to see a Marshall in music vids sometimes :P) expect to pay $800 for a big one. My bf got his for $800. A smaller one would cost less tho. But the amp that my bf has has lots of effects on it. The bigger the amp, the more effects it'll have. The more expensive the keyboard, the more expensive it'll be. Depends on what you want. Basic or instrument w/ more advanced features.
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You can use a piano. Just play a note, and tune your guitar using the little twisting notches on the top. (twisting tighter makes it higher)
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How about an electric bass?  That's not too far removed from the Cello, so you could probably pick it up easily.  Things you learn on one would transfer to the other.  \n\nGet good on the bass, then pick up a guitar.