What was your first guitar?

[Agent D]

I'm still shopping around and am looking for an electric (I know people say it's better to start on acoustic, but I want to start on electric--looks like more fun;) ). What do you suggest for beginners and what was your first?

[creedgirl111]

I really suggest starting on acoustic guitar. I really wouldn't start with electric.

[hide_tremonti]

Get a starter package from Fender or and Epiphone or something like that. They give you all a beginner needs.

[Mulletman]

my first instrument was a Fender P-Bass.

my first "good" instrument was a Fender J-Bass (brian's)

my first guitar was a vintage classical spanish quitar (~30 years old) i like classical better than acoustic.

[Bridge of Clay]

I started with an acoustic... although I still think I could have started with an eletric, just mho. The eletric has a lot of resources that the acoustic doesn´t: like when you play OLB, you go 3h5p3p2 and 2h3h5, it sounds better on eletric (you have to pick the string twice on acoustic when playing the 3h5p3p2 part)... not to mention the distortion...

I don´t have an eletric yet... I play an acoustic I borrowed from my cousin, who doesn´t play it anymore.... :) But I´m saving for a Tremonti SE.

But before you get exited, listen to Rune´s or hide_tremonti´s advice, they play way better than me and for a longer time...

[Bridge of Clay]

I meant excited....

[Leader of Men]

I started out with a squier strat, I wish I hadn't now, because it sounds so bad... but if you dont know if you like guitar or not, thats the guitar for you.

[hide_tremonti]

IMHO, distortion is not good for beginners, just because it can hide a lot of mistakes. It can hide sloppy techniques...and since you will start on electric, the only piece of advice I can give you now is to play clean until you have a good technique.

As for my first guitar, it was a no-name classical.

[Agent D]

I didn't know that about distortion, hide, thanks.

[Rune]

my first guitar was an olympia acoustic

my first electric was a fender mexican strat

and btw, in olb, i can do the hammer ons and pull offs without hitting the strings twice, you just need to have a strong fret hand to do it

[Bridge of Clay]

yep, I have a friend who told me that my fret hand isn´t strong enough :(

[Leader of Men]

Originally posted by N30°14'?.7 W84°
yep, I have a friend who told me that my fret hand isn´t strong enough :( Are you a shredder? Cuz you will need to work on it for that...

And I guess you need to work on it a little anyways...

[hide_tremonti]

You need a good strong fretting hand regardless.
He's also kinda a beginner so he wouldn't be shredding yet.