Musicians please help

Its not what I think, its the way all the professional said it has to be. I'm more an electric player than accoustic, but somebody who start will become better over years if he starts with accoustic.

i'd say start on acoustic. the analogy that was always told to me was that learning to play electric was like learning to drive an automatic car. i would have found it much more difficult to go back to acoustic after playing electric. but i suppose it's your own choice. i'd suggest a squier strat or a simple starter guitar such as that.

Can I just ask - probably gonna sound dumb considering I am a guitarist but, what's so different about starting to play on electric or on acoustic. I learnt about 4 chords on my dad's acoustic, put that down, borrowed my uncle's electric a few days later and can now play one as well as the other. The only difference I can think of is that, if you start on steel-string acoustic, it doesn't hurt your fingers as much when you make the transition to electric, whereas it may do if you do it the other way round. Also, it may be the way most PROFESSIONALS advise but surely its different for everyone. Its not as simple as black and white - there's shades of grey in between.

As for a starter guitar, if you're definitely gonna begin on an electric, I'd agree with RichieW2001. Squier are a good budget brand but don't have the poor craftsmanship that puts a lot of people off learning to play on cheaper guitars. If you're really serious about it, I'd go for an Epiphone which is Gibson's version of Fender's Squier label. They are usually a lot better quality but you do have to pay a bit more for them (I'd advise you go second-hand for starters though - a lot cheaper!)

i'd say neck widths, string gauges etc all make it more difficult to be backwards compatible. but then again, i suppose everybody who started on electric will say that route is better and everybody who started on acoustic will say that is better.

True, who are they to say otherwise - you can only learn one way I suppose.

as R* said sooner or later u'll be able to play both really well once u get to a certain stage so it doesnt really matter what u start out on but technically since acoustics harder to play it makes going onto electric alot easier but then again if u find acoustic too hard to begin with u might just put it down and not play it.

definetely go for squire or epiphone alot better than what people give them credit for.

Aloha !

I'd say start acoustic. Actually I've never met a guitar teacher who suggested to start on an electric guitar, they all suggested to start on an acoustic. Most arguments why have already been said. It's easier to go from acoustic to electric instead of otherwise, plus an acoustic guitar will teach you the real feeling of a guitar. When you play on an electric guitar unplugged, it just sounds dead. It can't make it's own sound without any equipment, while an acoustic can and therefor has more feeling.

At least, that's the way I see it.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Not much.

True. Everyone's an individual. But I say go for electric, if that's what you're gonna play.

I started on acoustics and then moved on to electrics, but I wish I'd started with electric. Would've been much easier to learn certain stuff.

So again: if you're going to be playing electric more, why waste time and money on acoustic? Buy the electric one, play it, if you like it, buy an acoustic one. The transition either way isn't too hard, they both work the same way.

Ice

the difference between a good and shit electric guitar is that great guitars will sound great unplugged. my G&L almosts sounds like an acoustic when played unplugged and there's many many more guitars that ooze harmonics and balls even when they're unplugged.